Benjamin Gilmour is a German Australian author and filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the film Jirga (2018).
[1][4] Warrior Poets: Guns, Movie-making and the Wild West of Pakistan, first published in 2008,[5] is an account of the making of his feature film, Son of a Lion, but it also describes much about the Pashtun people of the North-West Frontier Province and in particular the town of Darra Adam Khel, where guns are made.
[12] He is also the author of an illustrated book for children The Travel Bug (2011), and two volumes of poetry, The Song of a Hundred Miles and Night Swim.
[17][18] Gilmour wrote and directed the 2018 film Jirga,[19][20] Son of a Lion (2007)[21][22][23] and Paramedico (2012).
[26][27] It was selected as Australia's entry to the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film section.