Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley is one of the most distinctive voices in British cinema, and I'm genuinely a fan. Coming up through advertising and short films before breaking into features, he developed a style that blends thriller and horror with thick veins of black comedy and satire. What I value is how uncompromising his sensibility is: a filmmaker from Billericay who also edits his own work, giving his movies a jagged, unsettling rhythm you can feel in your spine. He isn't for everyone, and that's exactly the point. The directors who leave a mark are usually the ones unwilling to sand down their edges, and Wheatley keeps his sharp.

Name (English)

Ben Wheatley

Name (Japanese)

ベン・ウィートリー

Reading

べん・うぃーとりー

Born

January 1, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Billericay, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / television director / screenwriter / film producer / film editor

• Official sitehttp://www.mrandmrswheatley.co.uk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Wheatley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2895597

Tags

• film director
• television director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.