Ben Richardson

Cinematographer

Beasts of the Southern Wild


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Resume

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn – Producers; Benh Zeitlin – Director
  • 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Winner for Excellence in Cinematography
  • 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize

The Hunter & The Swan Discuss Their Meeting

Josh Hetzler – Producer; Emily Carmichael – Director
  • 2011 Sundance Film Festival - Official Selection

Seed

Josh Hetzler – Producer; Daniel Bird, Ben Richardson – Co-Directors
  • 2010 Slamdance Festival - Winner Best Animation

Glory At Sea

Par Parekh, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn – Producers; Benh Zeitlin – Director
  • 2008 SXSW - Winner Wholphin Award
  • 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival – Special Jury Prize
  • 2008 New Orleans Film Festival – Narrative Short Award
  • 2008 Woodstock Film Festival – Jury Prize

You & Me

Elizabeth & the Catapult; Universal Music Group; Ben Richardson – Director

Perfectly Perfect

Elizabeth & the Catapult; Universal Music Group; Beck Underwood – Director

Feather Cuts & Monkey Boots

Dodgy; Mud Hut Records; Scott Weintrob – Director

The Drip Machine

Short – Dir. Ben Richardson

Commercial stop-motion project

Animation for branded feature documentary (currently under NDA)

Bio

Ben Richardson is an award-winning cinematographer, currently based in New York City.

He won Best Animation at Slamdance 2010 for "Seed", which he co-directed and shot. He was also director of photography on "The Hunter & the Swan Discuss Their Meeting", a Sundance 2011 official selection.

Originally from the UK, Ben lived for five years in Prague, where he met director Benh Zeitlin, with whom he subsequently worked as cinematographer on the multi-award-winning "Glory At Sea". They continued their collaboration on "Beasts of the Southern Wild", winner of the 2012 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, for which Ben also won the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

Contact

contact@benrichardson.com

www.imdb.me/benrichardson

Mira Yong
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