Ben Rivers
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972
- Birthplace
- Somerset, England
A London-based artist and filmmaker. He has created around 40 short and feature films that blur the line between documentary and fiction, often focusing on people living on the margins of society. Rivers won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his debut feature, Two Years at Sea. His solo exhibitions have been held in Milan, Chicago, Hamburg, and London, and a complete retrospective of his work was presented at the National Gallery of Jeu de Paume in Paris. At the 34th Message to Man Festival, he received the Silver Centaur prize for his film Bogancloch.
Filmography
- Today Belongs to a Few and Tomorrow to No One
Today Belongs to a Few and Tomorrow to No One 2026
Director of Photography
The Wind, One Brilliant Day 2026
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
At Night 2026
Director of Photography
Mare's Nest 2026
Director, Editor, Sound, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Close Up 2025
Director
Bogancloch 2025
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound
The Minotaur 2022
Director
After Work 2022
Director
Ijen / London 2022
Director
The Invisible Mountain 2021
Director of Photography
The House Was Quiet 2020
Director
Look Then Below 2019
Director, Sound Designer
Krabi, 2562 2019
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Ghost Strata 2019
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
10 Min 2019
Director
Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters 2019
Director of Photography
Now, at Last! 2018
Director
The Ambassadors 2018
Director
Slow Action 2018
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead 2018
Director of Photography
Trees Down Here 2018
Director of Photography, Editor, Sound, Director
The Rare Event 2018
Director
Dreaming In The Dark 2018
Director
Urth 2016
Director
The Hunchback 2016
Director, Writer
The Shape of Things 2016
Director
There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay 2015
Director
What Means Something 2015
Director
A Distant Episode 2015
Director of Photography, Director
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers 2015
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Mohammed Mrabet 2015
Director
- This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men
This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men 2014
Director of Photography
The Film That Buys the Cinema 2014
Director
Things 2014
Director
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness 2013
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget 2013
Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead 2013
Director
Phantoms of a Libertine 2012
Director
- I First Saw the Light
I First Saw the Light 2012
Producer
Two Years at Sea 2012
Director, Writer
More Than Just A Dram 2012
Director
- The Creation as We Saw It
The Creation as We Saw It 2012
Director
- Sack Barrow
Sack Barrow 2011
Director
- May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last
May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last 2009
Director
- Experiments in Terror 3
Experiments in Terror 3 2009
Director
I Know Where I'm Going 2009
Director
Alice 2009
Director
- Origin of the Species
Origin of the Species 2008
Director
Ah, Liberty! 2008
Director
- Sørdal
Sørdal 2008
Director
- A World Rattled of Habit
A World Rattled of Habit 2008
Director
- Terror
Terror 2007
Director
House 2007
Director
This Is My Land 2007
Director
Astika 2006
Director
- The Coming Race
The Coming Race 2006
Director
Jack 2005
Director
The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe 2005
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
The Hyrcynium Wood 2005
Director
- We the People
We the People 2004
Director
- Old Dark House
Old Dark House 2003
Director
The Big Sink 1993
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Credits from TMDB.