Ben Russell
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Ben Russell
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
(2009)
(2005)
The Red and the Blue Gods
as The Red God
(2004)
The Ataraxians
as M.
(2004)
Extra Terrestrial
as A Keeper
(2000)
(1998)
The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
as Abraham Lincoln
Crew
(2024)
Direct Action
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2022)
Against Time
Director
(2021)
The Invisible Mountain
Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
(2020)
What Distinguishes the Past
Director
(2020)
Conjuring the Devil
Director
(2019)
Color-Blind
Director, Director of Photography, Sound, Editor
(2018)
The Rare Event
Director
(2017)
Good Luck
Writer, Director
(2017)
Ouroboros
Cinematography
(2016)
He Who Eats Children
Director
(2015)
Greetings to the Ancestors
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer, Producer
(2015)
YOLO
Director
(2015)
Renée’s Room
Director of Photography
(2014)
Atlantis
Director, Sound Designer, Producer, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Writer, Editor
(2014)
Pelican Radio
Thanks
(2014)
Deep Sleep
Director of Photography
(2013)
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography
(2013)
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer, Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
(2013)
(2012)
Austerity Measures
Director
(2012)
Ponce de León
Director, Editor, Cinematography
(2011)
River Rites
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
(2011)
Beast
Director
(2010)
Trypps #7 (Badlands)
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
(2009)
Let Each One Go Where He May
Director, Editor
(2009)
Trypps #6 (Malobi)
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Recordist
(2009)
(2008)
Black and White Trypps Number Four
Director, Editor, Sound Designer
(2008)
Trypps #5 (Dubai)
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2008)
Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2008)
Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
Director
(2007)
Black and White Trypps Number Three
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
(2007)
Peace Noise
Director
(2006)
Black and White Trypps Number Two
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2006)
Flying Saucey!
Cinematography
(2005)
Black and White Trypps Number One
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2005)
The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
(2005)
The Red and the Blue Gods
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography
(2004)
The Ataraxians
Producer, Director, Sound Designer, Cinematography, Editor
(2004)
Extra Terrestrial
Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Cinematography
(2004)
Last Days
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
(2003)
The Tawny
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
(2002)
The Magic Kingdom
Camera Operator
(2002)
Terra Incognita
Director, Editor, Cinematography
(2002)
the quarry
Director, Editor, Cinematography
(2002)
The Breathers-In
Director
(2000)
Daumë
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
(1998)
The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor