Ben Russell
Known for
Directing
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.
Best known work
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013
Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2010
River Rites
2011
Let Each One Go Where He May
2009
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2013Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007Black and White Trypps Number One
2005
Austerity Measures
2012Ponce de León
2012Daumë
2000Filmography
2026
La ProspettivaDirector
2026
Another EarthDirector, Director of Photography
2024
Direct ActionDirector, Director of Photography, Editor
2022
Against TimeDirector
2021
The Invisible MountainEditor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
2020
What Distinguishes the PastDirector
2019
Color-BlindSound, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
2018
The Rare EventDirector
2017
2017
Good LuckWriter, Director
2017
OuroborosCinematography
2016
He Who Eats ChildrenDirector
2015
YOLODirector
2015
Renée’s RoomDirector of Photography
2015
Greetings to the AncestorsDirector of Photography, Producer, Sound Designer, Editor, Director
2014
AtlantisDirector, Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, Cinematography, Producer, Writer
2014
Deep SleepDirector of Photography
2014
Pelican RadioThanks
2013
A Spell to Ward Off the DarknessDirector, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
2013
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We ForgetDirector, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
2013
2012
Austerity MeasuresDirector
2012
Ponce de LeónDirector, Editor, Cinematography
2011
River RitesDirector, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
2011
BeastDirector