Ben Russell

Ben Russell

DirectorCinematographerEditorProducerWriter 1998–2026 (28 year career)

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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

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Director

Let Each One Go Where He May

Let Each One Go Where He May

Director

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Cinematography

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Cinematography

Austerity Measures

Austerity Measures

Director

Atlantis

Atlantis

Cinematography

Deep Sleep

Deep Sleep

Director of Photography

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Director

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (7)

Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

The Red and the Blue Gods

as The Red God

The Ataraxians

as M.

Extra Terrestrial

as A Keeper

Daumë

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

as Abraham Lincoln

Crew (136)

Movies (136)

Another Earth

Another Earth

Director

Another Earth

Another Earth

Director of Photography

Direct Action

Direct Action

Director

Direct Action

Direct Action

Director of Photography

Direct Action

Direct Action

Editor

Against Time

Against Time

Director

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Director

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Director of Photography

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Editor

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Producer

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Writer

What Distinguishes the Past

What Distinguishes the Past

Director

Color-Blind

Color-Blind

Director

Color-Blind

Color-Blind

Director of Photography

Color-Blind

Color-Blind

Editor

Color-Blind

Color-Blind

Sound

The Rare Event

The Rare Event

Director

Good Luck

Good Luck

Director

Good Luck

Good Luck

Writer

Ouroboros

Ouroboros

Cinematography

He Who Eats Children

Director

Renée’s Room

Director of Photography

YOLO

YOLO

Director

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Director

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Director of Photography

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Editor

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Producer

Greetings to the Ancestors

Greetings to the Ancestors

Sound Designer

Atlantis

Atlantis

Cinematography

Atlantis

Atlantis

Director

Atlantis

Atlantis

Editor

Atlantis

Atlantis

Producer

Atlantis

Atlantis

Sound Designer

Atlantis

Atlantis

Sound Recordist

Atlantis

Atlantis

Writer

Pelican Radio

Pelican Radio

Thanks

Deep Sleep

Deep Sleep

Director of Photography

Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

Director

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Director

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Director of Photography

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Editor

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Sound Recordist

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Writer

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Cinematography

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Director

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Editor

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Producer

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Sound Designer

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Sound Recordist

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Writer

Austerity Measures

Austerity Measures

Director

Ponce de León

Cinematography

Ponce de León

Director

Ponce de León

Editor

River Rites

Cinematography

River Rites

Director

River Rites

Editor

River Rites

Sound Designer

Beast

Director

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Cinematography

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Director

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Editor

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Sound Designer

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Sound Recordist

Let Each One Go Where He May

Let Each One Go Where He May

Director

Let Each One Go Where He May

Let Each One Go Where He May

Editor

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Cinematography

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Director

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Editor

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Sound Designer

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Sound Recordist

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Four

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Four

Editor

Black and White Trypps Number Four

Sound Designer

Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

Director

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Director

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Director of Photography

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Editor

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Producer

Trypps #5 (Dubai)

Cinematography

Trypps #5 (Dubai)

Director

Trypps #5 (Dubai)

Editor

Peace Noise

Peace Noise

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Cinematography

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Editor

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Sound Designer

Flying Saucey!

Cinematography

Black and White Trypps Number Two

Cinematography

Black and White Trypps Number Two

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Two

Editor

The Red and the Blue Gods

Cinematography

The Red and the Blue Gods

Director

The Red and the Blue Gods

Editor

The Red and the Blue Gods

Sound Designer

Black and White Trypps Number One

Cinematography

Black and White Trypps Number One

Director

Black and White Trypps Number One

Editor

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Cinematography

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Director

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Editor

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Writer

The Ataraxians

Cinematography

The Ataraxians

Director

The Ataraxians

Editor

The Ataraxians

Producer

The Ataraxians

Sound Designer

Last Days

Cinematography

Last Days

Director

Last Days

Editor

Last Days

Sound Designer

Extra Terrestrial

Cinematography

Extra Terrestrial

Director

Extra Terrestrial

Editor

Extra Terrestrial

Sound Designer

The Tawny

Cinematography

The Tawny

Director

The Tawny

Editor

The Tawny

Sound Designer

Terra Incognita

Cinematography

Terra Incognita

Director

Terra Incognita

Editor

The Magic Kingdom

The Magic Kingdom

Camera Operator

The Breathers-In

Director

the quarry

Cinematography

the quarry

Director

the quarry

Editor

Daumë

Cinematography

Daumë

Director

Daumë

Editor

Daumë

Sound Designer

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

Cinematography

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

Director

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

Editor

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

Writer