
Benjamin Ree
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1989-07-10 (35 years old)
Place of Birth
Oslo, Norway
Benjamin Ree
Biography
Benjamin Ree (born July 10, 1989) is a Norwegian director and cinematographer of several documentaries, including Magnus (2016), The Painter and the Thief (2020), and Ibelin (2024).
Ree began making films at the age of eleven and studied Journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University. After his studies Ree worked as a freelance videojournalist for BBC and Reuters, most notably covering the 2011 Norway attacks. Ree has said in interviews that making his first feature Magnus was his film school: "There I understood that I could transfer the interviews to a universal, nonverbal cinematic language."
Known For
Crew
(2024)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Director, Additional Editor
(2020)
The Painter and the Thief
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(2017)
The Ballad of Morgan Kane
Editorial Consultant
(2016)
Magnus
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
(2014)
When Ailin Kissed Lars
Director, Writer, Producer
(2012)
Dreaming of the Golden Eagle
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography