Ben Russell

Ben Russell

DirectorCinematographerEditorSoundActor 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

Director

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Director

Austerity Measures

Austerity Measures

Director

Atlantis

Atlantis

Director

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 (51)

Movies (51)

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 of Photography

What Distinguishes the Past

What Distinguishes the Past

Director

Color-Blind

Color-Blind

Sound

The Rare Event

The Rare Event

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

Atlantis

Atlantis

Director

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

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Director

Austerity Measures

Austerity Measures

Director

Ponce de León

Director

River Rites

Director

Beast

Director

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Trypps #7 (Badlands)

Director

Let Each One Go Where He May

Let Each One Go Where He May

Director

Trypps #6 (Malobi)

Director

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Four

Director

Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

Director

Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

Director

Trypps #5 (Dubai)

Director

Peace Noise

Peace Noise

Director

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Director

Flying Saucey!

Cinematography

Black and White Trypps Number Two

Director

The Red and the Blue Gods

Director

Black and White Trypps Number One

Director

The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid

Director

The Ataraxians

Producer

Last Days

Director

Extra Terrestrial

Director

The Tawny

Director

Terra Incognita

Director

The Magic Kingdom

The Magic Kingdom

Camera Operator

The Breathers-In

Director

the quarry

Director

Daumë

Director

The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)

Director