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Ben Russell (b.1976, USA) is an artist and filmmaker whose films and installations are in direct conversation with the history of the documentary image, providing a time-based inquiry into trance phenomena. Russell received a FIPRESCI International Critics Prize (IFFR 2009) for his first feature film Let Each One Go Where He May.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
2002  The Magic Kingdom

Cinematography:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  River Rites
2012  Ponce de León
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2017  Ouroboros

Director:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Director of Photography:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Editor:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Producer:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Sound:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Sound Designer:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Sound Recordist:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Thanks:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2014  Pelican Radio
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

Writer:
1998  The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)
2000  Daumë
2002  Terra Incognita
2002  The Breathers-In
2002  The Magic Kingdom
2002  the quarry
2003  The Tawny
2004  Extra Terrestrial
2004  Last Days
2004  The Ataraxians
2005  Black and White Trypps Number One
2005  The Red and the Blue Gods
2005  The Twenty-One Lives of Billy The Kid
2006  Black and White Trypps Number Two
2006  Flying Saucey!
2007  Black and White Trypps Number Three
2007  Peace Noise
2008  Black and White Trypps Number Four
2008  Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
2008  Trypps #5 (Dubai)
2008  Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
2009  Let Each One Go Where He May
2009  Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
2009  Trypps #6 (Malobi)
2010  Trypps #7 (Badlands)
2011  Beast
2011  River Rites
2012  Austerity Measures
2012  Ponce de León
2013  A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
2013  Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
2013  Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
2014  Atlantis
2014  Deep Sleep
2014  Pelican Radio
2015  Greetings to the Ancestors
2015  Renée’s Room
2015  YOLO
2016  He Who Eats Children
2017  Good Luck
2017  Ouroboros
2018  The Rare Event
2019  Color-Blind
2020  What Distinguishes the Past
2021  The Invisible Mountain
2022  Against Time
2024  Direct Action
????  Direct Action

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