Бен Уитли
/ Ben Wheatley
director
Born in 1972. Initially a short film maker and animator, Wheatley moved his work to the internet instantly gaining a wider audience. His viral clip Cunning Stunt has had over 10 million views. The hundred or so short virals, animations and games found on mrandmrswheatley.co.uk soon caught the eye of large media companies and Wheatley's work expanded into main stream media.
In 2006 Wheatley won a Lion at Cannes advertising festival for directing AMBX viral with the viralfactory. In July 2006 Wheatley directed the live action sections for Modern Toss, which was aired on Channel 4. Wheatley has also written and created clips for BBC Two's Time Trumpet and directed and appeared in sketches for BBC Three's Comedy Shuffle. Between 2007 and 2009 Wheatley directed series 2 of Modern Toss, The Wrong Door and Ideal series 5 for BBC3. In May 2009 he directed his first feature film Down Terrace which won the Next Wave prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin and Best UK Feature at Raindance in London. Wheatley’s second film Kill List premiered at SXSW Film Festival. Currently is working on his third feature.























