Ben Russell
Filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1976 · age 50
Ben Russell is an American artist and experimental filmmaker. Russell developed his reputation over the numerous shorts he made throughout the 2000s, many as part of his "Trypps" series, and as the curator of the Magic Lantern Cinema in Providence, Rhode Island.
Ben Russell is read about 13 times a day, in 5 languages.
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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Another EarthFilm, Director2022
Against TimeFilm, Director2019
Color-BlindFilm, Director2018
The Rare EventFilm, Director2016He Who Eats ChildrenFilm, Director2014
AtlantisFilm, Director, Writer2012
Austerity MeasuresFilm, Director2011BeastFilm, Director2009
Let Each One Go Where He MayFilm, Director2008Guggenheim FellowshipAward2007Black and White Trypps Number ThreeFilm, Director2005Black and White Trypps Number OneFilm, Director2004Extra TerrestrialFilm, Director2002Terra IncognitaFilm, Director1998The Death of Abraham Lincoln (In Three Parts)Film, Director, Writer1976BornPeople around Ben
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In 2009, he made his acclaimed feature debut, Let Each One Go Where He May, shot in Suriname in a series of 13 long takes accomplished with a Steadicam. Both a Guggenheim Fellow and participating artist in documenta 14, Russell's work has been described as drawing on elements of ethnography, psychedelia and Surrealism.
