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BenJAMIN Mathews
Ben Mathews is an award-winning Australian filmmaker, actor, and acting coach whose work has earned more than 25 international awards and screened at major festivals including Cannes and Tropfest.
He is the only Australian ever nominated for a Student Academy Award, and trained in New York at the Atlantic Theater Company under David Mamet and William H. Macy.
His television credits include Redhead, the highest-rated web series on ABC iView, and Deadbeat Dads, winner of the MTV 180 Project.
His most recent film, Project Hourglass, won three awards at the 2026 Tropfest including the People's Choice Award.
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Holly Mathews
Holly Mathews is a producer, writer, and CEO of Acting Mastery.
She began her career as a professional dancer and aerial artist, touring internationally before moving into film and television production.
Her most recent producing credit, Project Hourglass, won three awards at the 2026 Tropfest including the People's Choice Award.
As CEO, Holly has scaled Acting Mastery into a globally recognised training platform, bringing together international teachers, casting directors, and filmmakers to build a highly active creative community.
Acting Mastery acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and teach. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.