Directing
Ben Rivers
EN, GD, TH, FR cinema · 62 credits
Born
1 January 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Somerset, England
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.
Known for
Filmography
Mare's Nest
Director, Editor, Sound, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
The Wind, One Brilliant Day
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
At Night
Director of Photography
Today Belongs to a Few and Tomorrow to No One
2026
Today Belongs to a Few and Tomorrow to No One
Director of Photography
Bogancloch
Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound
Close Up
Director
After Work
Director
Ijen / London
Director
The Minotaur
Director
The Invisible Mountain
Director of Photography
The House Was Quiet
Director
Krabi, 2562
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters
Director of Photography
Ghost Strata
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
10 Min
Director
Look Then Below
Director, Sound Designer
Slow Action
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
The Rare Event
Director
Trees Down Here
Sound, Director of Photography, Editor, Director
Now, at Last!
Director
I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead
Director of Photography
The Hunchback
Director, Writer
Urth
Director
Mohammed Mrabet
Director
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
A Distant Episode
Director of Photography, Director
Things
Director
This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men
2014
This Illuminated World Is Full of Stupid Men
Director of Photography
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
Two Years at Sea
Director, Writer
Alice
Director
Ah, Liberty!
Director
This Is My Land
Director
House
Director
Terror
2007
Terror
Director
Astika
Director
The Hyrcynium Wood
Director
The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director
Jack
Director
The Big Sink
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography