---
name: "Ben A. Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-a-williams"
fi1m_id: "ben-a-williams"
imdb_id: "nm3605431"
tmdb_id: 1577091
wikidata_id: "Q113365824"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T23:38:31.200312+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben A. Williams

## Identity

Ben A. Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-a-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-a-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm3605431
- **TMDB ID:** 1577091
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113365824
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113365824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3605431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1577091

Director. Born in London, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Ben Williams
- **Frequently works with:** [Lewis Arnold](https://film.one/person/lewis-arnold.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 77 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113365824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3605431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1577091

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sherwood*](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md) (82), [*Criminal Record*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) (81)
- **Peacock:** [*Humans*](https://film.one/tv/humans.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Pass*](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben A. Williams is a British film and television director from London. He graduated from the University of Bristol in 2005, where he co-founded the National Student Film Festival, Screentest. He later worked as assistant to producer Duncan Kenworthy and director Kevin Macdonald.

His debut feature *The Pass* (2016) was nominated for Outstanding Debut at the 2017 BAFTA Film Awards. Williams has directed episodes of television series including *Humans* (2018), *Baghdad Central* (2020), *War of the Worlds* (2021), *Sherwood* (2022), *Six Four* (2023), *Doctor Who* (2025) and *Criminal Record* (2026). He created the web series *Tube Tube*.

*Sources: benawilliams.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Criminal Record* (2024), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *Sherwood* (2022), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *The Pass* (2016), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md)
- *Humans* (2015), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Director
- *Criminal Record* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *Six Four* (2023), series, Director
- *Sherwood* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *Baghdad Central* (2020), series, Director
- *War of the Worlds* (2019), series, Director
- *The Pass* (2016), Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md)
- *Humans* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)

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