Benji Lanpher

Primetime Emmy winner

Benji Lanpher was born on January 1st, 1984 in Minnesota as Benjamin Moore Lanpher. He is named after his 3x great grandfather, Clement C. Moore who wrote 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. He has lived and worked professionally as a filmmaker currently in Los Angeles, California for 23 years. Benji is a 1x Emmy award winner, 2x Emmy nominated cinematographer known for his work as Director of Photography for National Geographic Channel, Vice on HBO, Viceland & Vice Media, along with his comedy work with Sacha Baron Cohens' Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Who is America,Tiger King 2, Chimp Crazy, Monsters of God, Will Smith's 'Bucket List', The Biggest Little Farm, & The Man Will Burn Benji has worked as a cinematographer documenting in some of the most dangerous places and situations around the world. His unique style of immersive adventure filmmaking & cinematography has led him to embed with cartels, mafias, sports ultras & gangs, along with documenting the entire 1000 miles of the Iditarod through the Arctic twice. He starred on NBC's 'The Island with Bear Grylls' as an embedded camera operator/cast member who was castaway-ed in the Pearl Islands for 28 days with no food or water, only the clothes on his back while filming the experience. Notably, he gave CPR and revived an endangered sea turtle during the show sparking international news making him the shows breakout star.

What are Benji Lanpher's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Power

38%

Self

29%

Society

27%

Ideas

7%

Community2 Greed2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Contemplative

3

Warm

2

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 Hopeful2 Unsettling2

How their films end

Happy1
Ambiguous3
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Benji Lanpher's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).

Also on these channels

Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax

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Filmography

5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

Monsters of God(2026)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Chimp Crazy(2024)
Show Cinematographer · as Self
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Curse of the Chippendales(2021)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The Biggest Little Farm(2018)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Huang's World(2013)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 5 MovieCove titles from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Biggest Little Farm (2018)

$5.3M worldwide

Highest rated

The Biggest Little Farm (2018)

Midcredits 98^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Cinematography5 of 5 · 65^th

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy from 2 major nominations, 2015–2019.

WinNomination

2019
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
2015
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

Who does Benji Lanpher work with?

People who share at least 2 of Benji Lanpher's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Goode shares the most, 2.