Directed credits
8
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Ben Southwell
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 6All crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 1471200
Known for: Directing
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1994 - 2025
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 7
Frequent jobs
Director (8)Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Ben Southwell is a British television producer and director who has worked in prime-time factual programming for nearly three decades. His credits span history, travel, science, genealogy and natural-history television, including Fake or Fortune?, Who Do You Think You Are?, Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico, Last Chance to See, The Real History of Science Fiction and programmes with Ray Mears. He also teaches documentary and unscripted television storytelling.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ben Southwell.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ben Southwell.
Director • 3 eps
Lost In The Desert with Nick Knowles
2025 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Into the Gobi Desert with Nick Knowles
2024 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Hidden India
2015 • Series
Director • 4 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Fake or Fortune?
2011 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Last Chance to See
2009 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ben Southwell.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ben Southwell.
Director • 2 eps
Fake or Fortune?
2011 • Series
Director • 4 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Last Chance to See
2009 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Lost In The Desert with Nick Knowles
2025 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Hidden India
2015 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Into the Gobi Desert with Nick Knowles
2024 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ben Southwell.