Ben Kutchins

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]

He has been nominated three times for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) for his work on Ozark in 2018 and 2020 and The White Lotus in 2025. ^{[2] [3]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
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 [a]	Ritesh Batra
	Jexi	Jon Lucas Scott Moore
2020	Clouds	Justin Baldoni
2023	Boston Strangler	Matt Ruskin

1. Shared credit with Tim Gillis

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2006	Sp!t	Rotimi Rainwater	With Frank Navas
2011	Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon	Stephen C. Mitchell	With 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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2007	POV	Katie Galloway Po Kutchins	Episode "Prison Town, USA"
2019	Legion	Dana Gonzales	Episode "Chapter 26"
2021-present	The White Lotus	Mike White	Season 1 and Season 3

References

1. 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.