Biography
Ben Richardson is an English cinematographer, television producer and director. He studied media arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the British Society of Cinematographers.
Richardson shot Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) after initially being hired for miniature photography; the film premiered at Sundance, where he won the Excellence in Cinematography award. His other credits as director of photography include The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Wind River (2017), Mare of Easttown (2021) and 1883 (2021). He has also directed episodes of Tulsa King (2022).
Three of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Mare of Easttown earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
