Benjamin Ree
Directing
- Born
- July 10, 1989 (age 37) · Oslo, Norway
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
Behind the camera7
- 2024The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Director, Additional Editor
- 2020The Painter and the Thief Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2017The Ballad of Morgan Kane Editorial Consultant
- 2016Magnus Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- 2014When Ailin Kissed Lars Director, Writer, Producer
- 2012Dreaming of the Golden Eagle Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- TBAThe Greatest Illusion Director
Acting1
- 2017David Lynch: Insight as Self