Ben Russell
- Known for
- Directing
Ben Russell (b.1976, USA) is an artist and filmmaker whose films and installations are in direct conversation with the history of the documentary image, providing a time-based inquiry into trance phenomena. Russell received a FIPRESCI International Critics Prize (IFFR 2009) for his first feature film Let Each One Go Where He May.
Filmography
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La Prospettiva [1653] 2026
Director
Another Earth 2026
Director, Director of Photography
Direct Action 2024
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Against Time 2022
Director
The Invisible Mountain 2021
Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
What Distinguishes the Past 2020
Director
- Conjuring the Devil
Conjuring the Devil 2020
Director
Color-Blind 2019
Sound, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Rare Event 2018
Director
Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder 2017
Actor
Good Luck 2017
Writer, Director
Ouroboros 2017
Cinematography
- He Who Eats Children
He Who Eats Children 2016
Director
YOLO 2015
Director
- Renée’s Room
Renée’s Room 2015
Director of Photography
Greetings to the Ancestors 2015
Director of Photography, Producer, Sound Designer, Editor, Director
Atlantis 2014
Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, Cinematography, Producer, Writer
Deep Sleep 2014
Director of Photography
Pelican Radio 2014
Thanks
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness 2013
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget 2013
Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead 2013
Director
- Ponce de León
Ponce de León 2012
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Austerity Measures 2012
Director
- River Rites
River Rites 2011
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
- Beast
Beast 2011
Director
Trypps #7 (Badlands) 2010
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
Let Each One Go Where He May 2009
Director, Editor
- Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl 2009
Actor, Director
- Trypps #6 (Malobi)
Trypps #6 (Malobi) 2009
Director, Sound Recordist, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Designer
- Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai) 2008
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season 2008
Director
- Trypps #5 (Dubai)
Trypps #5 (Dubai) 2008
Director, Cinematography, Editor
- Black and White Trypps Number Four
Black and White Trypps Number Four 2008
Director, Sound Designer, Editor
- Black and White Trypps Number Three
Black and White Trypps Number Three 2007
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography
Peace Noise 2007
Director
- Black and White Trypps Number Two
Black and White Trypps Number Two 2006
Director, Editor, Cinematography
- Flying Saucey!
Flying Saucey! 2006
Cinematography
- Black and White Trypps Number One
Black and White Trypps Number One 2005
Director, Cinematography, Editor
- The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid 2005
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- The Red and the Blue Gods
The Red and the Blue Gods 2005
as The Red God, Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography
- Last Days
Last Days 2004
Director, Sound Designer, Cinematography, Editor
- Extra Terrestrial
Extra Terrestrial 2004
as A Keeper, Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Designer
- The Ataraxians
The Ataraxians 2004
as M., Producer, Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography
- The Tawny
The Tawny 2003
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Designer
- the quarry
the quarry 2002
Director, Editor, Cinematography
- The Breathers-In
The Breathers-In 2002
Director
- Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita 2002
Director, Cinematography, Editor
The Magic Kingdom 2002
Camera Operator
- Daumë
Daumë 2000
Actor, Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography
- The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts) 1998
as Abraham Lincoln, Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
Credits from TMDB.