About
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."
Filmography
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin2024 · Director, Additional Editor
The Painter and the Thief2020 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Ballad of Morgan Kane2017 · Editorial Consultant
Magnus2016 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
When Ailin Kissed Lars2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
Dreaming of the Golden Eagle2012 · Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography