Ben Rivers

Ben Rivers (born in 1972) is a contemporary experimental film maker, director and innovative artist based in London. His work has been shown in many Independent film festivals including the PDX Film Festival in 2009 where he premiered his latest film "Origin Of Species". He works using equipment, such as the Bolex wind up camera, that provides him with certain limitiations such as time constraints and dated developing methods to achieve an aged look. His work ranges from themes about exploring unknown wilderness territories to candid and intimate portrayals of real-life subjects.

Filmography

"Old Dark House"(2003)

"House"(2005)

"This Is My Land"(2006)

"Ah Liberty!"(2008)

"Origin Of Species"(2009)

References

http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2009octdec/rivers.html

http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/fw36/1737.html

http://www.ica.org.uk/17753.twl

http://www.art-action.org/proposition/catalogue/detail_prog09.php?codeoeuvre=O6832560&lang=en&qui=reali&oeuvre=O6832560

http://cinema-scope.com/wordpress/web-archive-2/issue-43/features-listen-to-britain-on-the-outskirts-with-ben-rivers/?preview=true}}

External LInks

http://www.pdxfilmfest.com/2009/schedule/the_earth_is_young

http://www.katemacgarry.com/benrivers.php

http://www.benrivers.com/index.html

Ben Rivers on Tank.tv Interview 08'