Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley (born 1972) is an English filmmaker, film editor, and animator. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and television programmes. He is best known for his work in the thriller and horror genres, with his films frequently incorporating heavy elements of black comedy and satire. Wheatley has received numerous accolades for his work, including an Evening Standard British Film Award, five British Independent Film Award nominations, and numerous awards and honours from film festivals including South by Southwest, Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, Raindance, Toronto and Cannes.

Works

Ideal

Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.

Release Date2005-01-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Brother Ben

Episode Count14

Vote Count34

Comedy Shuffle

Comedy Shuffle

Release Date2007-01-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Amazing Wizard Ben

Episode Count1

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.

Release Date2025-09-10

Charactersd Himself

Cider with Rosie

This adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie comes of age under the protective eye of his mother, he learns to live with an eccentric collection of friends, neighbours, and relatives. As he enters his teenage years, Laurie discovers women.

Release Date1998-12-26

Charactersd Older Jack

Vote Count7

Rob Loves Kerry

Release Date2006-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ben

Vote Count4

Scala!!!

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.

Release Date2024-01-05

Charactersd Self

Vote Count9

Why Horror?

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Release Date2014-10-03

Charactersd Self

Vote Count22

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look Now, Performance, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth. Roeg reflects on his career, which began as a leading cinematographer, and on the themes that have obsessed him, such as our perception of time and the difficulty of human relationships.

Release Date2015-06-28

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence

Martin Scorsese and other contemporary filmmakers reveal the impact The Third Man had on their careers and why the film is still so relevant today.

Release Date2015-07-20

Charactersd Self

Worshipping 'The Wicker Man'

Famous fans featurette

Charactersd Self

Doctor Who

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Release Date2005-03-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count3161

Meg 2: The Trench

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.

Release Date2023-08-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3634

Generation Z

Flesh-eating baby-boomers get a taste for teenagers in Ben Wheatley's darkly comic, outlandishly gory, zombie-horror satire.

Release Date2024-10-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count14

Time Trumpet

Set in the year 2031, this mockumentary looks back at events that ostensibly happened during the first 30 years of the 21st century. The series follows a format that co-creator Armando Iannucci previously used in his satirical year-in-review programme '2004: The Stupid Version'.

Release Date2006-08-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count14

Modern Toss

A partly animated British comedy programme based on characters from Modern Toss. Based on cartoonist Jon Link work. Renowned for its scurrilous humour and highly stylised animation.

Release Date2006-07-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count3

Strange Angel

The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.

Release Date2018-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count41

The Wrong Door

The Wrong Door is a comedy sketch show, first aired on BBC Three on 28 August 2008. The programme is the first comedy show in which almost all of the sketches have a CGI element. As such, it was produced under the working title of The CGI Sketch Show. The show also contains strong language, adult humour and toilet humour.

Release Date2008-08-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

The Duke of Burgundy

Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.

Release Date2014-10-18

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count346

High-Rise

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

Release Date2015-11-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1194

In Fabric

A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.

Release Date2018-12-06

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count338

Rebecca

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Release Date2020-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1117

Free Fire

Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.

Release Date2017-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1163

Kill List

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

Release Date2011-09-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count804

ABCs of Death 2

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Release Date2014-10-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count323

Sightseers

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

Release Date2012-11-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count528

The ABCs of Death

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Release Date2013-03-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count607

In the Earth

As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.

Release Date2021-04-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count370

A Field in England

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Release Date2013-07-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count271

Tank 432

With nowhere else to hide, a group of mercenaries and their prisoners take cover inside a long abandoned Bulldog tank. But, while they try to keep the forces outside at bay, the real enemy is already among them, locked inside the 'Belly of the Bulldog'. After collaborating closely with Ben Wheatley on FREE FIRE, HIGH-RISE, A FIELD IN ENGLAND and KILL LIST, director Nick Gillespie makes his feature debut.

Release Date2015-10-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count42

The Greasy Strangler

Ronnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy woman takes the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her love. It also signals the arrival of an oily strangler who stalks the streets at night.

Release Date2016-06-03

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count196

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.

Release Date2018-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count51

Doctor Who: Deep Breath

The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that have been occurring all around the city.

Release Date2014-08-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count115

Down Terrace

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..

Release Date2010-07-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count77

Normal

In the aftermath of a bank robbery, an interim sheriff uncovers a criminal conspiracy at the heart of his small-town community.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Aaaaaaaah!

Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions run high and deep-seated grudges resurface amongst the tribe. Are we not men? Or are we simply beasts?

Release Date2015-08-28

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count48

Bulk

When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far - his brane explodes. That's "brane" not "brain" - but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan is sent in - kicking and screaming - to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers. Now manifested as a normal townhouse hosted by the enigmatic and multi-dimensional Aclima - his adventure begins. A house where opening a door from one room to another can lead you to other worlds not just the kitchen.

Release Date2025-08-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Klokkenluider

A darkly comic, character-driven thriller following Ewan, a government whistleblower, and Silke, his forthright Flemish wife, as they are sent to a remote country house in west Belgium. Joined by two close protection officers, they await the arrival of a British journalist.

Release Date2023-09-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4

Doughnut

Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut

Release Date2021-03-13

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count2

The Ghoul

A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.

Release Date2017-08-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count47

Steve Coogan: The Inside Story

Spoof documentary about the career of comedian Steve Coogan.

Release Date2009-12-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Wages of Fear

In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Freak Shift

An all-guns-blazing sci-fi action thriller about a band of misfits who hunt down and kill nocturnal underground monsters.

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Burge & Way

Director: Ben Wheatley

Release Date2011-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Inside Burge & Way

Director: Ben Wheatley

Release Date2011-01-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

An Appreciation by Ben Wheatley

In this video piece, British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) explains what makes Stanley Kubrick's films unique, and discusses some of his favorite scenes from The Killing, the framing of different scenes, the basic challenges Stanley Kubrick must have been presented with because of the film's limited budget, the indelible images he created.

Release Date2015-02-09

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