---
name: "Benjamin Cleary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benjamin-cleary"
fi1m_id: "benjamin-cleary"
imdb_id: "nm6526715"
tmdb_id: 1571805
wikidata_id: "Q22075563"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:25:18.155642+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."
---

# Benjamin Cleary

## Identity

Benjamin Cleary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benjamin-cleary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benjamin-cleary
- **IMDb ID:** nm6526715
- **TMDB ID:** 1571805
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22075563
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Cleary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6526715/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1571805

Director. Born 1 January 2000 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Dublin, Ireland
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Cleary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6526715/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1571805

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Swan Song*](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Benjamin Cleary is an Irish writer, director and producer from Dublin. He graduated from University College Dublin and completed an MA in Screenwriting at the London Film School.

Cleary is best known for his short film *Stutterer* (2015), which he wrote, directed and edited. It won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2016. His feature debut *Swan Song* (2021), which he also wrote and directed, stars Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina and Glenn Close.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Swan Song* (2021), Fi1m 71, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Swan Song* (2021), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Glimpse* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Wave* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Stutterer* (2015), Director, Screenstory, Editor, Screenplay
- *Love is a Sting* (2015), Writer
- *The Great Fall* (2015), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Live Action Short Film (won), for *Stutterer*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/benjamin-cleary