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James Benning

Director · 112 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for RR (2007)

Frequent collaborators: Bette Gordon

Directed movies (97 total, ranked by score)

  1. Untitled Fragments

    2017

    Documentary

    61

  2. after Traylor. Thoreau cabin (2008-2018)

    2018

    62

  3. SAM

    2018

    Documentary

    63

  4. Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010

    2010

    64

  5. wavelength

    2016

    65

  6. TEN YEARS LATER

    2022

    66

  7. US 41

    2014

    67

  8. Exquisite Moving Corpse

    2022

    Documentary, Animation

    68

  9. Birth of a Nation

    2018

    Documentary

    69

  10. Reforming the Past

    2010

    70

  11. thinking of red

    2016

    71

  12. Time and a Half

    1972

    72

  13. Pascal's Lemma

    1984

    73

  14. FUCK ME (orange)

    2014

    74

  15. Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación

    2020

    Documentary

    75

  16. signs

    2014

    76

  17. Ash 01

    2016

    77

  18. scorched earth

    2016

    78

  19. Fresh Air

    2016

    79

  20. Concord Woods

    2014

    80

  21. FUCK ME (green)

    2014

    81

  22. PLACE

    2020

    82

  23. John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

    2010

    Documentary

    83

  24. 20 Little Films

    2012

    Documentary

    84

  25. Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

    1971

    85

  26. Breathless

    2024

    Documentary

    86

  27. Tulare Road

    2010

    Documentary

    87

  28. 9-1-75

    1975

    88

  29. Two Skies

    —

    Documentary

    89

  30. 74.78

    2005

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.