Benjamin Ree

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."

Crew

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

Director, Additional Editor

Dreaming of the Golden Eagle

Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

Magnus

Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography

The Ballad of Morgan Kane

Editorial Consultant

The Painter and the Thief

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

When Ailin Kissed Lars

Director, Writer, Producer

The Greatest Illusion

Director