---
name: "Ben Hopkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-hopkins"
fi1m_id: "ben-hopkins"
imdb_id: "nm0394114"
tmdb_id: 72156
wikidata_id: "Q816517"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:52:30.267375+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 Hopkins

## Identity

Ben Hopkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-hopkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-hopkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0394114
- **TMDB ID:** 72156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q816517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72156

Writer. Born 1 January 1969 in Hong Kong.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Hong Kong
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72156

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Limonov: The Ballad*](https://film.one/film/limonov-the-ballad.md) (58)

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## Biography

Ben Hopkins is a British film director, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Hong Kong in 1969, he was educated at Oxford and the Royal College of Art. He has lived in London, Istanbul and Berlin.

His directorial credits include *Simon Magus* (1999), selected for competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, *The Market: A Tale of Trade* (2008) and *Lost in Karastan* (2014). As a screenwriter he has written *Inside* (2023), *Limonov: The Ballad* (2024) and *Fuze* (2025). He is also the author of the novel *Cathedral* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk, benhopkins.eu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Limonov: The Ballad* (2024), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/limonov-the-ballad.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Fuze* (2025), Screenplay
- *Limonov: The Ballad* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/limonov-the-ballad.md)
- *Inside* (2023), Writer
- *Slahi und seine Folterer* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Marionette* (2020), Writer
- *Yearning* (2015), Director
- *Lost in Karastan* (2014), Sound Designer, Director, Writer
- *Napoli: City of the Damned* (2009), Director, Writer
- *The Market: A Tale of Trade* (2008), Director, Writer
- *37 Uses for a Dead Sheep* (2006), Director
- *Footprints* (2003), Director
- *The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Janice Beard 45 WPM* (1999), Writer
- *Simon Magus* (1999), Director, Writer
- *National Achievement Day* (1996), Director
- *The Revolution According to Kamo*, Writer
- *A Waiter in Paris*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Documentary 2006: European Film Award for Best Documentary (nominated), for *37 Uses for a Dead Sheep*
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 1999: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Simon Magus*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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