Benny Safdie

Actor Profile
Benny Safdie

Benny Safdie was born on February 24, 1986 and is currently 37 years old.

Biography

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 25 movies.

Some of the most popular movies include:
Full Cast of Stars at Noon
Full Cast of Yeast
Full Cast of Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems
Full Cast of Question & Answer
Full Cast of There's Nothing You Can Do
Full Cast of The Acquaintances of a Lonely John
Full Cast of John's Gone
If You See Something, Say Something
Full Cast of What To Do When Choking
Full Cast of A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What
I Think I'm Missing Parts
Full Cast of The Ralph Handel Story

TV Credits

Benny Safdie has appeared in 4 TV Series.

These include The Neistat Brothers, The Curse, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Togetherness.

Production Credits

Benny Safdie has 76 production credits.

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.

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 Recordist in 3 shows - The Black Balloon, Heaven Knows What and Good Time.
Credited for Sound Designer in 2 shows - The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs.

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 - Above the Line.

Production

Credited for Executive Producer in 2 shows - The Curse and Telemarketers.
Credited for Producer in 6 shows - Above the Line, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, John's Gone, Heartland and Funny Pages.
Credited for Production Assistant in 1 show - The Groomsmen.
Credited for Co-Producer in 1 show - Daddy Longlegs.
Credited for Casting Director in 1 show - The Black Balloon.

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.