On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.
- FICUNAM – International Competition
- Subversive Film Festival – International Competition – Best Film
- Vilnius Film Festival – European Debut Competition – Best Film
- Luxembourg Film Festival – International Competition – Grand Jury Award for Best Film
- Toronto International Film Festival – Wavelenghts
- Sevilla Film Festival – International Competition – Grand Jury Award
- Thessaloniki Film Festival – International Competition – Golden Alexander for Best Film
- Viennale
- Festival du nouveau Cinéma de Montreal – Les Nouveaux Alchimistes – Special Mention Jury Prize
- Leffest - Lisboa & Sintra Film Festival – International Competition – Special Jury Award for Best Director
- El Gouna Film Festival – International Competition – Silver Award for Narrative Film
- Batumi Film Festival – International Competition – Best Film, Best Actress Award to Ella Smith
- New York Film Festival – Main Slate
- BFI London Film Festival – First Features Competition
- Locarno Film Festival – International Competition – Special Mention Jury Prize
In 1997 he was the first recipient of the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize and the following year BBC2 broadcast his film Fishtank, (47mins) produced by Artangel and filmmaker Adam Curtis. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2001 and was nominated for the Turner Prize, also in 2001. He has made work about his immediate family, about animals in zoos around the world and about the British landscape. Recently he has written and directed his first feature film for cinema called "Ray & Liz", shot on location in the Midlands where he grew up. His work is held in many collections including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, V & A and Tate Galleries, London
- 2018 – Ray & Liz
- 2016 – Ray – Part 1
- 1999 – Playstation – Short documentary
- 1999 – Ray in bed – Short documentary
- 1998 – Tony Smoking Backward – Short documentary
- 1998 – Liz Smoking
- 1998 – Fishtank – Documentary
Ella Smith
Justin Salinger
Patrick Romer
Deirdre Kelly
Tony Way
Sam Gittins
Joshua Millard-Lloyd
Screenwriter: Richard Billingham
DOP: Daniel Landin
Editor: Tracy Granger
Production: Primitive Film
World sales: Luxbox
