Ben Kutchins

Ben Kutchins is an American cinematographer.

Biography

Kutchins started his career with an internship at Industrial Light & Magic, rising to production assistant. 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.
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.

Filmography

Film

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
2011	Dig It!	Danny Clinch	With David Homcy
2015	Soaked in Bleach	Benjamin Statler
2021	Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell	Emmett Malloy