Ben Kutchins

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Ben Kutchins is an American cinematographer.

Biography

Kutchins started his career with an internship at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), rising to production assistant. [1] Next he studied film at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, then shot about 60 short films in two years, before working on indie films and was then hired to shoot the film Veronica Mars followed by the Amazon series, Mozart in the Jungle . [1]

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He has been nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) for his work on Ozark , in 2018 and 2020. [2] [3]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1999TagLucas Howe
2002PutnamPaul Myers
2003Double VisionHelen Truong
Highs and Lows Justin Bartha
2004Goodbye AntonioMichael Zampino
2005I? Wade Robson
2017Laboratory ConditionsJocelyn Stamat
2019The Big Break Philip Andelman
2020Khruangbin featuring Leon Bridges: Texas Sun

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2002 Bomb the System Adam Bhala Lough
2004 The Best Thief in the World Jacob Kornbluth
2005 Waterborne Ben Rekhi
2007 The Fifth Patient Amir Mann
2008 Harrison Montgomery Daniel Davila
2010 Holy Rollers Kevin Asch
Ashes Ajay Naidu
2011 The Art of Getting By Gavin Wiesen
2012 Why Stop Now Phil Dorling
Ron Nyswaner
2013 Lucky Them Megan Griffiths
2014 Brahmin Bulls Mahesh Pailoor
Veronica Mars Rob Thomas
The Longest Week Peter Glanz
2015 Ten Thousand Saints Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini
Sleeping with Other People Leslye Headland
2017 Crown Heights Matt Ruskin
2019 Photograph Ritesh Batra With Tim Gillis
Jexi Jon Lucas
Scott Moore
2020 Clouds Justin Baldoni
2023 Boston Strangler Matt Ruskin

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2006Sp!t Rotimi Rainwater With Frank Navas
2011Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of LeonStephen C. MitchellWith Ari Issler
Dig It! Danny Clinch With David Homcy
2015 Soaked in Bleach Benjamin Statler
2021 Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Emmett Malloy

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2007 POV Katie Galloway
Po Kutchins
Episode "Prison Town, USA"
2014 Mozart in the Jungle Paul Weitz
Bart Freundlich
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Tricia Brock
Roman Coppola
Adam Brooks
Daryl Wein
Season 1
2015 Happyish Ken Kwapis
Gail Mancuso
Ken Whittingham
Andrew McCarthy
Jesse Peretz
All 10 episodes
2017-2020 Ozark Daniel Sackheim
Ellen Kuras
Jason Bateman
Phil Abraham
Ben Semanoff
14 episodes
2018 The Dangerous Book for Boys Greg Mottola
Luke Matheny
Todd Biermann
Ken Kwapis
All 6 episodes
2019 Legion Dana Gonzales Episode "Chapter 26"
2021 The White Lotus Mike White Season 1

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References

  1. 1 2 Friedman, Illya (September 21, 2020). "Ben Kutchins, Emmy-nominated cinematographer of Ozark, on creating the look of the show, working with Jason Bateman, the Veronica Mars movie, Mozart in the Jungle". Cam Noir. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. Grobar, Matt (August 20, 2018). "'Ozark' Cinematographer Ben Kutchins Wades Into Highly Cinematic, Extremely Dark Realism With Netflix Crime Drama".
  3. "The White Lotus Cinematographer Ben Kutchins Exposes the Darkness and Light Amidst Hawaii's Natural Beauty". Below the Line. July 30, 2021.