Benjamin Ree (born July 10, 1989) is a Norwegian director and cinematographer of several documentaries, including Magnus (2016), The Painter and the Thief (2020), and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024).

[1] Ree began making films at the age of eleven[2] and studied journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University.

[3] After his studies Ree worked as a freelance videojournalist for BBC and Reuters,[4] most notably covering the 2011 Norway attacks.

Club wrote that "by scrambling his film’s chronology in ways that threaten to rupture any sense of trust between director and viewer.

[1] The film documents the life of "Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25".

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Variety praised the film, stating "It’s a world unto itself, and a glowing example of how moviemaking — like a person’s digital footprint — can be a form of immortality that soothes even the most devastating loss."