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Ben Wheatley
Wheatley in 2012
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Billericay, Essex, England, United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Notable workKill List
Sightseers
A Field in England
High-Rise
SpouseAmy Jump
Children1
Websitemrandmrswheatley.co.uk

Ben Wheatley (born 1972)[1] is an English director of feature films, TV comedy shows, adverts and idents, animated shorts and internet ads.

Early life

Wheatley was born in Billericay, Essex. He went to Haverstock School in North London and it was here during the sixth form that he met Amy Jump, who is now his wife and co-founder of the "Mr and Mrs Wheatley" blog.[2] The couple have a son[3] and live in Brighton.[4]

Career

Initially a short film maker and animator, Wheatley moved his work to the internet. His clip "cunning stunt" which shows his friend Rob Hill jumping over a car has had over 10 million views.[citation needed] The hundred or so short animations and games found on the "Mr and Mrs Wheatley" site were noticed by large media companies and Wheatley's work expanded into mainstream media.[citation needed]

In 2006 Wheatley won a "Lion" award at Cannes advertising festival for directing the AMBX viral, with The Viral Factory.[5] In July 2006 he directed live-action sections of the TV series Modern Toss, ("i live ere", "Alan", "Drive by abuser", "Customer services", "Accident and emergency", "Citizens advice", "Illegal alphabet"), which was aired on Channel 4. Wheatley has also written and created clips for BBC Two's Time Trumpet and has appeared in and directed sketches for BBC Three's Comedy Shuffle.[6] Between 2007 and 2009 Wheatley directed series 2 of Modern Toss, The Wrong Door and Ideal series 5 and 6 for BBC Three.

In May 2009 he directed the feature film Down Terrace in eight days; it won the Next Wave prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin and Best UK Feature at Raindance in London.[7][8] In 2010 Wheatley completed his second feature, Kill List for Warp X.[9][10] Wheatley's third film was the black comedy Sightseers, released in the UK in November 2012. It was written by its stars, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material by Amy Jump, and was chosen for the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[11][12] Wheatley's fourth film, A Field in England was financed through the Film4 talent and ideas hub, Film4.0. It was followed in 2016 by High Rise, an adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel of the same name. He has also directed advertisements for Blink Productions and Moxie.

A sci-fi TV series, Silk Road, written and directed by Wheatley, has been announced. It is said to be "in the vein of the Patrick McGoohan TV series The Prisoner," and will be screened on HBO.[13] In 2014, Wheatley directed the first two episodes of the eighth series of Doctor Who, a show he has been a fan of since childhood.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer Editor
2009 Down Terrace Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Kill List Yes Yes Yes
2012 Sightseers Yes Yes
The ABCs of Death Yes Yes Segment: U Is for Unearthed
2013 A Field in England Yes Yes
2015 High-Rise Yes Yes
2016 Free Fire Yes Yes Yes
2018 Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Yes Yes Yes
TBD Freakshift Yes Yes Yes

TV

  • Time Trumpet (2006) – Writer (4 Episodes)
  • Modern Toss (2008) – Director (4 Episodes)
  • The Wrong Door (2008) – Writer/Director (6 Episodes)
  • Steve Coogan: The Inside Story (2009) – Director
  • Ideal (2009–10) – Director (14 Episodes)
  • Doctor Who (2014) – Director (2 Episodes)
  • Strange Angel (2018) - Director (1 episode)

Music videos

Recurring collaborators

Actor Down Terrace Kill List Sightseers The ABCs of Death A Field in England High-Rise Free Fire Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Total
Alice Lowe ☒N ☒N 2
Eileen Davies ☒N ☒N 2
Enzo Cilenti ☒N ☒N 2
Gareth Tunley ☒N ☒N 2
Gemma Lise Thornton ☒N ☒N 2
Julia Deakin ☒N ☒N 2
Kali Peacock ☒N ☒N 2
Kenneth Hadley ☒N ☒N 2
Mark Kempner ☒N ☒N 2
Michael Smiley ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N 5
Neil Maskell ☒N ☒N ☒N 3
Peter Ferdinando ☒N ☒N 2
Reece Shearsmith ☒N ☒N 2
Richard Glover ☒N ☒N 2
Robert Hill ☒N ☒N 2
Robin Hill ☒N ☒N 2
Sam Riley ☒N ☒N 2
Sara Dee ☒N ☒N ☒N 3
Simon Smith ☒N ☒N 2
Steve Oram ☒N ☒N 2
Tony Way ☒N ☒N ☒N 2
Crew Down Terrace Kill List Sightseers A Field in England High-Rise Free Fire Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Total
Amy Jump ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N 5
Andrew Starke ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N 6
Claire Jones ☒N ☒N ☒N 3
Jim Williams ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N 4
Laurie Rose ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N 7
Robin Hill ☒N ☒N ☒N 3

References

  1. ^ Ben Child (29 August 2013). "Ben Wheatley to direct adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ^ MrandMrsWheatley
  3. ^ "A Field in England director Ben Wheatley on the key films in his life". The Dissolve. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Ben Wheatley Update". Film City Brighton & Hove. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ AMBX Archived 28 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Time Trumpet Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Now Toronto 'Q&A'
  8. ^ Film4 Compiling ‘The Kill List’ Archived 9 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Devil Worshippers Beware! You May Be Part of The Kill List". Dread Central.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ Leffler, Rebecca. "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  12. ^ "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Hatfull, Jonathan (19 March 2013). "SIGHTSEERS DIRECTOR BEN WHEATLEY GETS HBO TV SERIES". Scifinow.co.uk. Silk Road for HBO. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  14. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (14 October 2013). "Ben Wheatley to direct Doctor Who". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

External links

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