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)
2025
- Bogancloch ... (Director)
2022
- After Work ... (Director)
- The Minotaur ... (Director)
- Ijen / London ... (Director)
2021
- The Invisible Mountain ... (Director of Photography)
2020
- The House Was Quiet ... (Director)
2019
- Krabi, 2562 ... (Director)
- 10 Min ... (Director)
- Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters ... (Director of Photography)
- Ghost Strata ... (Director)
- Look Then Below ... (Director)
2018
- Trees Down Here ... (Director of Photography)
- I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead ... (Director of Photography)
- The Rare Event ... (Director)
- Slow Action ... (Director)
- Dreaming In The Dark ... (Director)
- Now, at Last! ... (Director)
- The Ambassadors ... (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)
- There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay ... (Director)
- What Means Something ... (Director)
- A Distant Episode ... (Director of Photography)
- Mohammed Mrabet ... (Director)
2014
- The Film That Buys the Cinema ... (Director)
- Things ... (Director)
- This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men ... (Director of Photography)
2013
- Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget ... (Cinematography)
- A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness ... (Director)
- Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead ... (Director)
2012
- Two Years at Sea ... (Director)
- More Than Just A Dram ... (Director)
- I First Saw the Light ... (Producer)
- Phantoms of a Libertine ... (Director)
- The Creation as We Saw It ... (Director)
2011
- Sack Barrow ... (Director)
2009
- Experiments in Terror 3 ... (Director)
- May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last ... (Director)
- I Know Where I'm Going ... (Director)
- Alice ... (Director)
2008
- A World Rattled of Habit ... (Director)
- Ah, Liberty! ... (Director)
- Sørdal ... (Director)
- Origin of the Species ... (Director)
2007
- House ... (Director)
- Terror ... (Director)
- This Is My Land ... (Director)
2006
- Astika ... (Director)
- The Coming Race ... (Director)
2005
- Jack ... (Director)
- The Hyrcynium Wood ... (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)