Ben Wheatley

Director and producer. Born 7 May 1972 in Billericay, Essex, England, UK.

Titles on Fi1m7 directing · 2 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 7 titles

Born

7 May 1972, Billericay, Essex, England, UK

Active

2005–present

Frequently works with

Amy Jump, Andy Starke, Claire Jones, Dan Zeff, Nira Park

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

63Fi1m

60Critics

We rate Ben’s work 3 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 793

Under 603

Of 7 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films, 2 series
Screen time: 9 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $403m across 4 films with figures
Active: 2005–present

Genres

Drama3
Horror3
Comedy2
Crime2
Romance2
Thriller2

Best and worst on Fi1m

82BestKill List2011

48WorstMeg 2: The Trench2023

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11990s

82000s

202010s

82020s

Directors most worked with

Dan Zeff2 titles

Producers most worked with

Andy Starke2 titles

Claire Jones2 titles

Nira Park2 titles