Ben Wheatley is an English writer, editor and director who specializes in strange and dark stories, often with a psychedelic or surreal ambiance.
Filmography:
- Down Terrace: Writer, editor, director, executive producer
- Kill List: Writer, editor, director
- Sightseers: Editor, director
- The ABCs of Death segment "U is for Unearthed": Editor, director
- A Field in England: Writer, editor, director
- High-Rise: Editor, director
- Free Fire: Writer, editor, director
- Happy New Year Colin Burstead: Writer, editor, director
- Rebecca: Director
- In The Earth: Writer, editor, director
- Meg 2: The Trench: Director
His work includes the following tropes:
- Auteur License: He writes and edits most of the films he directs.
- Creator's Oddball: Wheatley primarily writes and edits his own indie films, so his director-for-hire work on an adaptation of Rebecca and the mainstream, kitschy monster-flick sequel The Meg 2 stand out in his filmography.
- Mushroom Samba: Horrific mushroom hallucinations factor into both A Field in England and In the Earth.
- Production Posse: Four films with Neil Maskell. Three films with Michael Smiley and Reece Shearsmith. Two films with Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, and Armie Hammer. While it might be a coincidence, many of his repeat actors also have multiple appearances in Edgar Wright projects.
