Ben Richardson

Cinematographer

Birthday September 21, 1975

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace England, United Kingdom

Age 48 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1975

Benjamin T. Richardson, ASC (born 21 September 1975) is an English cinematographer, television producer and director.

1985

Beasts of the Southern Wild was also nominated for four Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards, including a nomination for Best Picture.

2004

Richardson met director Benh Zeitlin in Prague in 2004 and subsequently collaborated on the short film Glory at Sea in 2008.

During pre-production on Beasts of the Southern Wild, Richardson shot a test reel which convinced the financiers to approve him as cinematographer for the film.

2010

His short film Seed won Best Animated Short at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.

2012

He is best known for his work on the films Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Wind River (2017), and Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), as well as the limited series Mare of Easttown (2021), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Richardson was born in England and attended Bournemouth School succeeded by Royal Holloway, University of London's media arts degree programme.

Richardson is a director of photography.

Three of his films, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Happy Christmas, and Wind River have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Beasts of the Southern Wild debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where Richardson won the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

For his work on the film he also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, and was nominated for multiple awards including a Camerimage award and a Satellite Award.

2014

Richardson had been in a relationship with actress Anna Kendrick since 2014 after they met while filming Drinking Buddies.

That relationship ended on an unknown date.

Short film

Film

Television

Short films

Television

2019

In 2019, Richardson was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers.