Benjamin Ree
Director, cinematographer and writer · Born July 10, 1989 (37) · Oslo, Norway
Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies
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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Biography from TMDB.
- July 10, 1989 (37)
- Oslo, Norway
- Director, cinematographer and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Benjamin Ree's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Benjamin Ree's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Benjamin Ree's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Ballad of Morgan Kane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Magnus(2016)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
When Ailin Kissed Lars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Dreaming of the Golden Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Greatest Illusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2012 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)
Highest rated
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
3 major awards from 7 major nominations, 2020–2025.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- Sundance award, won · World Cinema - Documentary
- Sundance award, won · World Cinema, Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Documentary
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- Sundance award, won · Creative Storytelling
- Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Documentary
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.
How do Benjamin Ree's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Benjamin Ree work with?
People who share at least 2 of Benjamin Ree's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Uno Helmersson shares the most, 3.
Composers and editors
- Uno HelmerssonShared titles: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024), The Painter and the Thief (2020), Magnus (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Uno Helmersson
- Robert StengårdShared titles: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024), The Painter and the Thief (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Stengård
Producers
- Ingvil GiskeShared titles: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024), The Painter and the Thief (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ingvil Giske
