Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 10, 1989
Place of Birth
Oslo, Norway
Credits
8 titles
Benjamin Ree
Biography
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
The Painter and the Thief
Director
The Ballad of Morgan Kane
Editorial Consultant
David Lynch: Insight
Self
Magnus
Director
When Ailin Kissed Lars
Director
Dreaming of the Golden Eagle
Director
The Greatest Illusion
Director