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Ben Lewin

Highest Rated: 91% The Sessions (2012)

Lowest Rated: 32% The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Birthday: Aug 6, 1946

Birthplace: Poland

A Polish-born, English-trained Australian writer-director, Ben Lewin impressed the world with his creative gifts. Using crutches after contracting polio as a child, Lewin overcame his physical challenges and built an international screen career, winning Australian Writers' Guild Awards for "The Dunera Boys" (BBC, 1985) and "The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish" (1991), as well as an Australian Film Institute (AFI) award for "Plead Guilty, Get a Bond" (1990) and two AFI nominations for "Georgia" (1988). After making the leap to Hollywood by lensing installments of "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997-2002) and "Touched by an Angel" (CBS, 1994-2003), Lewin scored his biggest American film success when he wrote, produced and directed "The Sessions" (2012), the based-on-real-life story of a paralyzed man (John Hawkes) who hires a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt). Hilarious, heartbreaking and honest, the Sundance Film Festival award-winning film showcased Lewin's unique strengths and was tapped to be a major awards contender. Gifted with a deep compassion and quirky sense of humor to match his filmmaking prowess, Ben Lewin was able to tell powerful stories that reflected the human condition, regardless of country or culture.

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Highest-Rated Movies

91% 80% The Sessions
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73% 71% Falling for Figaro Watchlist 58% 69% Please Stand By Watchlist
33% 54% Lucky Break
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33% 69% Purple Hearts
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32% 52% The Catcher Was a Spy Watchlist
Georgia
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72% The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
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Welcome to Britain
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The Dunera Boys
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Filmography

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Purple Hearts 33% 69% 2022 Director Falling for Figaro 73% 71% 2020 Director, Screenwriter The Catcher Was a Spy 32% 52% 2018 Director Please Stand By 58% 69% 2017 Director The Sessions 91% 80% 2012 Director, Screenwriter Lucky Break 33% 54% 1994 Director, Writer The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish 72% 1991 Director Georgia 1988 Director A Matter of Convenience 1987 Director, Screenwriter The Dunera Boys 1985 Director Welcome to Britain 1976 Director
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