About Benny Safdie
Benjamin "Benny" Safdie (born February 24, 1986 in New York City) is an American director, screenwriter and actor, best known for the New York-set thrillers Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Josh Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their European father in Queens and their New Yorker mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father who translated his love of cinema to Benny and his brother by constantly filming them.
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Movie Credits
Benny Safdie has appeared in 26 movies.
TV Credits
Benny Safdie has appeared in 5 shows.
These include The Neistat Brothers, The Curse, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Togetherness and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Production Credits
Production
Credited for Executive Producer in 4 shows - The Curse, Telemarketers, Thank You Very Much and Pee-wee as Himself.
Credited for Producer in 6 shows - Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, John's Gone, Heartland, Funny Pages and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
Credited for Co-Producer in 1 show - Daddy Longlegs.
Credited for Casting Director in 1 show - The Black Balloon.
Credited for Production Assistant in 1 show - The Groomsmen.
Directing
Credited for Director in 25 shows - Gone Tomorrow, Into the Woods with Mark, The Adventures of Slater's Friend, The Ralph Handel Story, What To Do When Choking, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, There's Nothing You Can Do, John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island, Daddy Longlegs, John's Gone, Buttons, Straight Hustle, The Black Balloon, Trophy Hunter, Heartland, Solid Gold, Lenny Cooke, Heaven Knows What, Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident, Good Time, The Pure and the Damned, Uncut Gems, Goldman v Silverman, Question & Answer and Half Of The World.
Writing
Credited for Writer in 13 shows - The Curse, The Adventures of Slater's Friend, If You See Something, Say Something, The Back of Her Head, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, There's Nothing You Can Do, Daddy Longlegs, John's Gone, Straight Hustle, The Black Balloon, Trophy Hunter, Uncut Gems and Question & Answer.
Credited for Screenplay in 1 show - Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project.
Editing
Credited for Editor in 17 shows - The Adventures of Slater's Friend, The Ralph Handel Story, What To Do When Choking, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, There's Nothing You Can Do, John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Daddy Longlegs, John's Gone, Buttons, The Black Balloon, Lenny Cooke, Heaven Knows What, Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident, Good Time, Uncut Gems and Question & Answer.
Sound
Credited for Sound Mixer in 1 show - Heaven Knows What.
Credited for Sound Designer in 2 shows - The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs.
Camera
Credited for Director of Photography in 1 show - Buttons.
Art
Credited for Set Decoration in 1 show - The Neistat Brothers.
Creator
Credited for Creator in 1 show - The Curse.