Directing
Benjamin Ree
NO, EN cinema · 8 credits
Born
10 July 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
Oslo, Norway
Also known as Бенджамин Ри
Benjamin Ree (born July 10, 1989) is a Norwegian director and cinematographer of several documentaries, including Magnus (2016), The Painter and the Thief (2020), and Ibelin (2024). Ree began making films at the age of eleven and studied Journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University. After his studies Ree worked as a freelance videojournalist for BBC and Reuters, most notably covering the 2011 Norway attacks. Ree has said in interviews that making his first feature Magnus was his film school: "There I understood that I could transfer the interviews to a universal, nonverbal cinematic language."
Known for
Filmography
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Director, Additional Editor
The Painter and the Thief
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Ballad of Morgan Kane
Editorial Consultant
Magnus
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
When Ailin Kissed Lars
Director, Writer, Producer
Dreaming of the Golden Eagle
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography