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Ben Wheatley

Director

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2024 -
Production (role):
Normal (Director)
Company:
WME Independent
Project details:
In production

Written by Derek Kolstad, starring Bob Odenkirk
Date: 2023
Production (role):
The Meg 2: The Trench (Director)
Company:
Warner Brothers
Project details:
Starring Jason Statham

Date: 2021
Production (role):
In The Earth (Director / Writer)
Company:
Rook Films
Project details:
Featured at Sundance Film Festival 2021
Date: 2020
Production (role):
Rebecca (Director)
Company:
Working Title Films / Netflix
Project details:
Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (Director, Writer, Editor)
Company:
Rook Films / BBC Films
Project details:
A re-working of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus tale

Featured in London Film Festival 2018 Official Competition

Starring Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires and Charles Dance
Date: 2017-
Production (role):
Eyes Without A Face (Director / Writer)
Company:
Gaumont Films
Project details:
Writing

Adaptation of Jean Redon's Horror novel
Date: 2017-
Production (role):
Hard Boiled (Director / Writer)
Company:
Warner Bros
Project details:
Adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel

In development
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Free Fire (Director / co-Writer)
Company:
Rook Films / Studio Canal / A24 (US release)
Project details:
Featured as the Closing Gala for London Film Festival 2016

Starred Armier Hammer, Brie Larson & Cillian Murphy
Date: 2015
Production (role):
High Rise (Director)
Company:
Recorded Picture Company / Hanway Films / Film 4 / Studio Canal
Project details:
Adaptation of J.G.Ballard's novel

Starred Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans & Elisabeth Moss

Featured in London Film Festival 2015

Date: 2013
Production (role):
A Field In England (Director)
Company:
Film4 / Rook Films
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Sightseers (Director)
Company:
Big Talk Productions / Rook Films / Film 4 / Studio Canal
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Kill List (Director / co-Writer)
Company:
Protagonist Pictures / IFC (US release)
Date: 2009
Production (role):
Down Terrace (Director / co-Writer)
Company:
Mondo Macabro / Metrodome (UK) / Magnolia (US)
TELEVISION
Date: 2023
Production (role):
Generation Z (Writer / Director / EP)
Company:
The Forge/ Channel 4
Project details:
Original series (6 x 1 hour)

TX-ing Autumn 2024
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Strange Angel 2 (Director)
Company:
CBS
Project details:
Directed Eps 1 & 2
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Strange Angel (Director)
Company:
CBS
Project details:
Created by Mark Heyman
Starring Jack Reynor
Date: 2016-
Production (role):
The Wages Of Fear (Director / co-Writer)
Company:
Rumble Films
Project details:
In development
Date: 2014
Production (role):
Doctor Who 8 (Director)
Company:
BBC
Project details:
2 x 60min
Date: 2009-10
Production (role):
Ideal (Director)
Company:
Baby Cow / BBC 3
Project details:
Series 5 - 6

Date: 2008
Production (role):
The Wrong Door (Director)
Company:
BBC
AWARDS
Date: 2016
Production (role):
British Independent Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Director (FREE FIRE)
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Toronto International Film Festival Awards
Company:
Won People's Choice Award (FREE FIRE)
Date: 2016
Production (role):
London Film Critics Circle Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best British / Irish Film Of The Year (HIGH RISE)
Date: 2015
Production (role):
Toronto International Film Festival Awards
Company:
Nominated for for Platform Prize (HIGH RISE)
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Company:
Won Peter Sellers Award for Comedy (SIGHTSEERS)
Date: 2012
Production (role):
British Independent Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Director (SIGHTSEERS)
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Evening Standard Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Screenplay (KILL LIST)
Date: 2011
Production (role):
British Independent Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Director (KILL LIST)
Date: 2011
Production (role):
British Independent Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Screenplay (KILL LIST)
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Company:
Won Most Promising Newcomer
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Company:
Nominated for Best Screenplay (DOWN TERRACE)
Date: 2011
Production (role):
SXSW Film Festival
Company:
Nominated for Audience Award (KILL LIST)
Date: 2009
Production (role):
Austin Fantastic Fest
Company:
Won Best Film (DOWN TERRACE)
Date: 2009
Production (role):
Raindance Film Festival
Company:
Won Jury Prize Best UK Feature (DOWN TERRACE)
Project details:
The Meg 2: The Trench

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024 -
    Production (role): Normal (Director)
    Company: WME Independent
    Project details: In production

    Written by Derek Kolstad, starring Bob Odenkirk
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): The Meg 2: The Trench (Director)
    Company: Warner Brothers
    Project details: Starring Jason Statham

  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): In The Earth (Director / Writer)
    Company: Rook Films
    Project details: Featured at Sundance Film Festival 2021
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): Rebecca (Director)
    Company: Working Title Films / Netflix
    Project details: Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (Director, Writer, Editor)
    Company: Rook Films / BBC Films
    Project details: A re-working of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus tale

    Featured in London Film Festival 2018 Official Competition

    Starring Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires and Charles Dance
  • Date: 2017-
    Production (role): Eyes Without A Face (Director / Writer)
    Company: Gaumont Films
    Project details: Writing

    Adaptation of Jean Redon's Horror novel
  • Date: 2017-
    Production (role): Hard Boiled (Director / Writer)
    Company: Warner Bros
    Project details: Adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel

    In development
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Free Fire (Director / co-Writer)
    Company: Rook Films / Studio Canal / A24 (US release)
    Project details: Featured as the Closing Gala for London Film Festival 2016

    Starred Armier Hammer, Brie Larson & Cillian Murphy
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): High Rise (Director)
    Company: Recorded Picture Company / Hanway Films / Film 4 / Studio Canal
    Project details: Adaptation of J.G.Ballard's novel

    Starred Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans & Elisabeth Moss

    Featured in London Film Festival 2015

  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): A Field In England (Director)
    Company: Film4 / Rook Films
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Sightseers (Director)
    Company: Big Talk Productions / Rook Films / Film 4 / Studio Canal
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Kill List (Director / co-Writer)
    Company: Protagonist Pictures / IFC (US release)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): Down Terrace (Director / co-Writer)
    Company: Mondo Macabro / Metrodome (UK) / Magnolia (US)
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): Generation Z (Writer / Director / EP)
    Company: The Forge/ Channel 4
    Project details: Original series (6 x 1 hour)

    TX-ing Autumn 2024
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Strange Angel 2 (Director)
    Company: CBS
    Project details: Directed Eps 1 & 2
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Strange Angel (Director)
    Company: CBS
    Project details: Created by Mark Heyman
    Starring Jack Reynor
  • Date: 2016-
    Production (role): The Wages Of Fear (Director / co-Writer)
    Company: Rumble Films
    Project details: In development
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): Doctor Who 8 (Director)
    Company: BBC
    Project details: 2 x 60min
  • Date: 2009-10
    Production (role): Ideal (Director)
    Company: Baby Cow / BBC 3
    Project details: Series 5 - 6

  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): The Wrong Door (Director)
    Company: BBC
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): British Independent Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Director (FREE FIRE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Toronto International Film Festival Awards
    Company: Won People's Choice Award (FREE FIRE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): London Film Critics Circle Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best British / Irish Film Of The Year (HIGH RISE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): Toronto International Film Festival Awards
    Company: Nominated for for Platform Prize (HIGH RISE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Evening Standard British Film Awards
    Company: Won Peter Sellers Award for Comedy (SIGHTSEERS)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): British Independent Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Director (SIGHTSEERS)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Evening Standard Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Screenplay (KILL LIST)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): British Independent Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Director (KILL LIST)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): British Independent Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Screenplay (KILL LIST)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Evening Standard British Film Awards
    Company: Won Most Promising Newcomer
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Evening Standard British Film Awards
    Company: Nominated for Best Screenplay (DOWN TERRACE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): SXSW Film Festival
    Company: Nominated for Audience Award (KILL LIST)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): Austin Fantastic Fest
    Company: Won Best Film (DOWN TERRACE)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): Raindance Film Festival
    Company: Won Jury Prize Best UK Feature (DOWN TERRACE)
    Project details: The Meg 2: The Trench
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