Benjamin Ree
DirectingAlso in Writing, Production, Camera, and Editing
Born July 10, 1989 (37 years old)·Oslo, Norway·Male
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).
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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."
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the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
18 credits across 8 titlesDirecting
6 creditsWriting
3 creditsProduction
2 creditsCamera
3 creditsEditing
3 creditsAs self
1 creditTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
