---
name: "Ben Lewin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-lewin"
fi1m_id: "ben-lewin"
imdb_id: "nm0506802"
tmdb_id: 168330
wikidata_id: "Q933562"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "6 August 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-01T22:17:23.038077+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Lewin

## Identity

Ben Lewin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-lewin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-lewin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0506802
- **TMDB ID:** 168330
- **Wikidata ID:** Q933562
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lewin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168330

Producer and director. Born 6 August 1946 in Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 6 August 1946, Poland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lewin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168330

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*The Sessions*](https://film.one/film/the-sessions.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Lewin is an Australian film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Poland in 1946, he emigrated with his family to Melbourne as a child. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and worked as a criminal barrister before receiving a scholarship to the National Film and Television School in England.

Lewin began his career in British television after graduating. He has directed feature films in Australia, Britain and the United States. He is best known for writing, directing and producing the 2012 film *The Sessions*, which starred John Hawkes and Helen Hunt. His other credits include directing episodes of *Ally McBeal* and the films *Please Stand By* (2018), *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018) and *Falling for Figaro* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sessions* (2012), Fi1m 79, Director, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sessions.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film* (2025), Actor
- *Falling for Figaro* (2021), Writer, Director
- *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018), Director
- *Please Stand By* (2018), Director
- *Speechless* (2016), series, Director
- *The Sessions* (2012), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sessions.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Director
- *Lucky Break* (1994), Writer, Director
- *The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish* (1991), Director, Screenplay
- *Plead Guilty, Get A Bond* (1990), Writer
- *Georgia* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *A Matter of Convenience* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Dunera Boys* (1985), Director, Writer
- *Welcome to Britain* (1976), Editor, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director, Writer
- *Mascotland*, Executive Producer

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