Director's Works
Common Saints, Illusions Ben Harris
Ben Harris is an award-winning London-based director working across narrative film, music videos, and commercials. With a background rooted in art and visual storytelling, his work is recognised for its bold aesthetic, emotionally driven atmosphere, and distinctive visual language. His films and videos have amassed over 25 million views online.
Ben’s UKMVA-winning video for Matilda Mann marked a breakthrough in the music video space, followed by collaborations with artists including Alfie Jukes, Maya Delilah, and Common Saints. He has delivered creative for major labels including Universal, Sony, Capitol Records, Blue Note, Decca, and AWAL.
In the commercial world, Ben has directed campaigns for Ray-Ban, Meta, Miu Miu, and Valentino, including work featuring Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla, Civil War, Knives Out). His recent campaign for Umberto Giannini became the most viral hair ad of the year.
Across his narrative work, Ben has directed films starring acclaimed actors including BAFTA winner Owen Teale (Game of Thrones), Paul Bazely (Such Brave Girls, Black Mirror), Guy Henry (Star Wars, Harry Potter), Sylvestra Le Touzel (The Crown, The Death of Stalin), and Jamie Flatters (Avatar: The Way of Water). He currently has two short films entering the festival circuit and is in development on his debut television pilot.
Shot with a skeleton crew in a disused factory in Eastern Europe, the video follows a factory worker trapped in a relentless loop within a tightly controlled, Orwellian world. His monotonous routine is disrupted when he discovers a miniature version of himself - an encounter that begins to fracture his sense of reality.
Common Saints is Charlie’s solo project, though fans have long perceived it as a band. Leaning into this ambiguity, we built a surreal visual language in which Charlie appears as every character in the film, blurring the line between the individual and the collective, posing an existential question, and reinforcing the idea that Charlie is Common Saints.
