Ben Rivers
Born: 1972-01-01 in Somerset, England
Known For: Directing
Biography
A London-based artist and filmmaker. He has created around 40 short and feature films that blur the line between documentary and fiction, often focusing on people living on the margins of society. Rivers won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his debut feature, Two Years at Sea. His solo exhibitions have been held in Milan, Chicago, Hamburg, and London, and a complete retrospective of his work was presented at the National Gallery of Jeu de Paume in Paris. At the 34th Message to Man Festival, he received the Silver Centaur prize for his film Bogancloch.
Filmography
2026
- Mare's Nest ... (Director)
- At Night ... (Cinematography)
2025
- Bogancloch ... (Director)
2022
- Ijen / London ... (Director)
- The Minotaur ... (Director)
- After Work ... (Director)
2021
- The Invisible Mountain ... (Director of Photography)
2020
- The House Was Quiet ... (Director)
2019
- Ghost Strata ... (Director)
- Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters ... (Director of Photography)
- 10 Min ... (Director)
- Krabi, 2562 ... (Director)
- Look Then Below ... (Director)
2018
- Trees Down Here ... (Director of Photography)
- Now, at Last! ... (Director)
- I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead ... (Director of Photography)
- Slow Action ... (Director)
- The Ambassadors ... (Director)
- Dreaming In The Dark ... (Director)
- The Rare Event ... (Director)
2016
- The Hunchback ... (Director)
- Urth ... (Director)
- The Shape of Things ... (Director)
2015
- The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers ... (Director)
- Mohammed Mrabet ... (Director)
- What Means Something ... (Director)
- A Distant Episode ... (Director of Photography)
- There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay ... (Director)
2014
- This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men ... (Director of Photography)
- Things ... (Director)
- The Film That Buys the Cinema ... (Director)
2013
- A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness ... (Director)
- Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget ... (Cinematography)
- Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead ... (Director)
2012
- Two Years at Sea ... (Director)
- Phantoms of a Libertine ... (Director)
- The Creation as We Saw It ... (Director)
- More Than Just A Dram ... (Director)
- I First Saw the Light ... (Producer)
2011
- Sack Barrow ... (Director)
2009
- I Know Where I'm Going ... (Director)
- Alice ... (Director)
- May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last ... (Director)
- Experiments in Terror 3 ... (Director)
2008
- Origin of the Species ... (Director)
- A World Rattled of Habit ... (Director)
- Sørdal ... (Director)
- Ah, Liberty! ... (Director)
2007
- House ... (Director)
- Terror ... (Director)
- This Is My Land ... (Director)
2006
- The Coming Race ... (Director)
- Astika ... (Director)
2005
- The Hyrcynium Wood ... (Director)
- Jack ... (Director)
- The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe ... (Director)
2004
- We the People ... (Director)
2003
- Old Dark House ... (Director)
1993
- The Big Sink ... (Director)