Benjamin Ree

July 10, 1989 — Oslo, Norway

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."

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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

2024

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The Painter and the Thief

2020

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Magnus

2016

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Dreaming of the Golden Eagle

2012

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The Ballad of Morgan Kane

2017

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When Ailin Kissed Lars

2014