Benjamin Uttley shooting from the open door of the Longest Flight camera ship

Film Director · Founder, Stamp Productions

Stories worth going the distance for.

A Guinness World Record holder and award-winning director, cinematographer and producer, Benjamin Uttley founded Stamp Productions and has made multiple feature documentaries — including Silver Spitfire — The Longest Flight, the film of the record-setting circumnavigation he flew as part of the expedition team — dozens of commercials seen billions of times, and some of Red Bull’s most successful films. He is now moving into feature drama, beginning with the BAFTA-qualifying short James Hyde — The Very Thought of You.

Selected work Stamp Productions

Selected Work

Films made the hard way

Writer, Director & Cinematographer · BAFTA-qualifying

James Hyde — The Very Thought of You

The true story of the Trinidadian Spitfire pilot who gave his life for Britain’s freedom. Starring David Jonsson. British Cinematographer called it “cinema’s first one-take dogfight in a real Spitfire”.

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The Silver Spitfire over the Greenland ice cap — photographed air-to-air on the Longest Flight

Director, Producer & Cinematographer · 2019

The Silver Spitfire — The Longest Flight

The feature documentary of the Guinness World Record circumnavigation — 122 days around the world with G-IRTY, a Spitfire that fought 51 wartime battles. Ben flew as one of the six-man record team, directing, producing and filming the expedition.

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Director · Feature Documentary · In post-production

Cape to Cape

John Balsdon’s world record-breaking drive — Nordkapp to Cape Agulhas, 20,000 km and 25 borders in 28 days, beating a record that stood for 42 years. The first time the challenge has ever been fully documented. Autumn 2026.

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The slate

Feature Film · Co-writer & Director

Burning Blue

A sweeping epic — the feature of James Hyde — The Very Thought of You, aimed at 2029. Co-written with Simon Uttley, whose credits include Cleaner, starring Daisy Ridley.

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Feature Documentary · In the making

Untitled Amber Forte Project

A feature documentary with the wingsuit legend — human flight at its outer edge, from a director who works out of open aircraft doors.

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Feature Film · Action Horror · Filming 2027

Dragon

An action horror of the George and the Dragon legend. Written by Simon Uttley — filming in 2027.

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Official Selection — HollyShorts & Norwich Film Festival · As featured in British Cinematographer

Stamp Productions · Commercials

Dozens of spots, billions of views

For Bridgestone, Red Bull and beyond — including some of Red Bull’s most successful films.

Frame from the Bridgestone campaign — Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi at the bar

Bridgestone · Global campaign

Directing Olympic champion — and friend — Gianmarco Tamberi. Frame from the finished film.

Max Verstappen in Red Bull race suit beside a competition drift car — Red Bull campaign

Red Bull · Global campaigns

Directing world champion Max Verstappen — champions, machines and tyre smoke in some of Red Bull’s most successful films.

amicable · TV commercial

Directing drama for television — casting, performance and story. The same muscles as the features.

Director's storyboards — Stamp Productions, Bridgestone 'Judo'

The boards

Every spot begins drawn — director’s storyboards from the Bridgestone “Judo” film.

In their words

“Having worked in post-production for over 40 years, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with numerous directors. From the outset, it was clear that Ben stands among the visionaries. His work — across a diverse range of projects — is consistently cinematic, with a visual and emotional depth that irresistibly draws audiences in.” Col Goudie BFE · Editor, Star Wars: Rogue One & James Hyde — The Very Thought of You

About

Benjamin Uttley

An award-winning director, cinematographer and producer, Benjamin founded Stamp Productions and has directed dozens of television commercials seen billions of times — including some of Red Bull’s most successful films — alongside multiple feature documentaries, among them Silver Spitfire — The Longest Flight. He is a named Guinness World Record holder for the fastest circumnavigation by single-seat, single-engine piston aircraft — 122 days around the world with G-IRTY, a Spitfire that fought 51 battles in the Second World War, Ben flying as one of the six-man expedition team while directing, producing and filming. He is now moving into feature drama: the BAFTA-qualifying short James Hyde — The Very Thought of You — an official selection at HollyShorts and Norwich Film Festival — has been developed into the sweeping epic Burning Blue, aimed at 2029 and co-written with his brother Simon Uttley, with a second feature — Dragon, an action horror of the George and the Dragon legend — filming in 2027. He is completing the feature documentary of John Balsdon’s world record-breaking Cape to Cape expedition — the first full documentation of the 20,000 km challenge — due in autumn 2026. A further feature documentary, with wingsuit legend Amber Forte, is in the making.

Commercial and branded work through Stamp Productions. Fine art photography at the gallery. He hosts the podcast The One Thing I Learned.