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Ben Russell

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.

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Known For
Directing

Movies (49)

Direct Action
5.3

Direct Action

Director (Directing)

2024

Against Time
5.0

Against Time

Director (Directing)

2022

The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Editor (Editing)

2021

What Distinguishes the Past

What Distinguishes the Past

Director (Directing)

2020

Conjuring the Devil

Conjuring the Devil

Director (Directing)

2020

Color-Blind
4.0

Color-Blind

Sound (Sound)

2019

The Rare Event
5.0

The Rare Event

Director (Directing)

2018

Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

2017

Good Luck
5.4

Good Luck

Writer (Writing)

2017

Ouroboros
5.0

Ouroboros

Cinematography (Crew)

2017

He Who Eats Children
7.8

He Who Eats Children

Director (Directing)

2016

YOLO

YOLO

Director (Directing)

2015

Renée’s Room

Renée’s Room

Director of Photography (Camera)

2015

Greetings to the Ancestors
6.2

Greetings to the Ancestors

Director of Photography (Camera)

2015

Atlantis
6.4

Atlantis

Director (Directing)

2014

Deep Sleep
5.8

Deep Sleep

Director of Photography (Camera)

2014

Pelican Radio
6.0

Pelican Radio

Thanks (Crew)

2014

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
6.2

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Director (Directing)

2013

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
7.3

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Director (Directing)

2013

Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

Director (Directing)

2013

Austerity Measures
6.3

Austerity Measures

Director (Directing)

2012

Ponce de León
7.2

Ponce de León

Director (Directing)

2012

River Rites
6.6

River Rites

Director (Directing)

2011

Beast
5.0

Beast

Director (Directing)

2011

Trypps #7 (Badlands)
6.1

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Director (Directing)

2010

Let Each One Go Where He May
7.7

Let Each One Go Where He May

Director (Directing)

2009

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
5.0

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

2009

Trypps #6 (Malobi)
6.0

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Director (Directing)

2009

Black and White Trypps Number Four
5.8

Black and White Trypps Number Four

Director (Directing)

2008

Trypps #5 (Dubai)
4.8

Trypps #5 (Dubai)

Director (Directing)

2008

Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

Director (Directing)

2008

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
5.0

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Director (Directing)

2008

Black and White Trypps Number Three
7.0

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Director (Directing)

2007

Peace Noise
5.0

Peace Noise

Director (Directing)

2007

Black and White Trypps Number Two
6.5

Black and White Trypps Number Two

Director (Directing)

2006

Flying Saucey!

Flying Saucey!

Cinematography (Crew)

2006

Black and White Trypps Number One
5.9

Black and White Trypps Number One

Director (Directing)

2005

The Red and the Blue Gods
4.0

The Red and the Blue Gods

as The Red God

2005

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
6.0

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Director (Directing)

2005

The Ataraxians
7.0

The Ataraxians

as M.

2004

Extra Terrestrial
4.5

Extra Terrestrial

as A Keeper

2004

Last Days
7.5

Last Days

Director (Directing)

2004

The Tawny
4.5

The Tawny

Director (Directing)

2003

the quarry
7.0

the quarry

Director (Directing)

2002

The Breathers-In

The Breathers-In

Director (Directing)

2002

The Magic Kingdom

The Magic Kingdom

Camera Operator (Camera)

2002

Terra Incognita
5.8

Terra Incognita

Director (Directing)

2002

Daumë
5.7

Daumë

2000

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
6.7

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

as Abraham Lincoln

1998