Benjamin Ross

This article is about the British writer and film director. For other uses, see Ben Ross (disambiguation).

Benjamin Ross is a writer and film director, born in 1964, based in the United Kingdom.^[1] His most noted works are The Young Poisoner’s Handbook, based on a real-life poisoning case, Poppy Shakespeare,^[2] and The Frankenstein Chronicles, about a search for a murderer, said to stitch together dead bodies of young children, trying to re-animate them.

Benjamin Ross
A photo of Benjamin Ross.
Born	United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

His most recent work is Testament: The Story of Moses,^[3] a docudrama about the life of Moses. After being released on Netflix in March of 2024, it rose to the number 1 most watched TV show on Netflix.^[4][5]

Filmography

• My Little Eye (1992)
• The Young Poisoner’s Handbook (1995).
• RKO 281 (1999)
• Guilty Hearts (2006) (segment: "Torte Bluma")
• Poppy Shakespeare (2008)
• The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015) (Season 1)