Ben Rivers
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972 (age 54) · 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
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
August 9, 2013
Two Years at Sea
May 4, 2012
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
July 4, 2013
Krabi, 2562
September 6, 2019
I Know Where I'm Going
March 21, 2009
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
August 12, 2015
A Distant Episode
September 15, 2015
The Hunchback
April 27, 2016
Trees Down Here
May 26, 2018
Now, at Last!
November 16, 2018
Things
September 19, 2014
Ah, Liberty!
June 21, 2008
Behind the camera61
- 2026The Wind, One Brilliant Day Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2026At Night Director of Photography
- 2026Mare's Nest Director, Editor, Sound, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2025Close Up Director
- 2025Bogancloch Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound
- 2022The Minotaur Director
- 2022After Work Director
- 2022Ijen / London Director
- 2021The Invisible Mountain Director of Photography
- 2020