Benny Safdie

Benjamin 'Benny' Safdie (born February 24, 1986) 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.

Crew

Daddy Longlegs

(Director)

The Pure and the Damned

(Director)

Thank You Very Much

(Executive Producer)

John's Gone

(Writer)

John's Gone

(Director)

Lenny Cooke

(Director)

The Acquaintances of a Lonely John

(Director)

Question & Answer

(Director)

The Black Balloon

(Director)

Daddy Longlegs

(Writer)

The Back of Her Head

(Writer)

There's Nothing You Can Do

(Director)

The Black Balloon

(Writer)

Question & Answer

(Editor)

Question & Answer

(Writer)

The Adventures of Slater's Friend

(Director)

The Smashing Machine

(Director)

The Smashing Machine

(Screenplay)

The Smashing Machine

(Producer)

Solid Gold

(Director)

Buttons

(Director)

The Story of Charles Riverbank

(Director)

The Story of Charles Riverbank

(Writer)

Buttons

(Director of Photography)

The Pleasure of Being Robbed

(Editor)

Good Time

(Director)

The Surprise Tour

(Editor)

Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project

(Screenplay)

Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project

(Producer)

Trophy Hunter

(Director)

The Black Balloon

(Sound Recordist)

The Adventures of Slater's Friend

(Editor)

The Adventures of Slater's Friend

(Writer)

Uncut Gems

(Director)

Daddy Longlegs

(Co-Producer)

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

(Director)

The Ralph Handel Story

(Director)

Straight Hustle

(Director)

Straight Hustle

(Writer)

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident

(Director)

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident

(Editor)

What To Do When Choking

(Editor)

What To Do When Choking

(Director)

Gone Tomorrow

(Director)

Into the Woods with Mark

(Director)

The Acquaintances of a Lonely John

(Editor)

The Black Balloon

(Editor)

Lenny Cooke

(Editor)

The Acquaintances of a Lonely John

(Writer)

Buttons

(Editor)

Trophy Hunter

(Writer)

Daddy Longlegs

(Editor)

If You See Something, Say Something

(Writer)

John's Gone

(Editor)

The Groomsmen

(Production Assistant)

John's Gone

(Producer)

The Black Balloon

(Casting Director)

Daddy Longlegs

(Sound Designer)

The Acquaintances of a Lonely John

(Producer)

The Pleasure of Being Robbed

(Sound Designer)

Good Time

(Editor)

Uncut Gems

(Writer)

There's Nothing You Can Do

(Editor)

The Ralph Handel Story

(Editor)

There's Nothing You Can Do

(Writer)

Heaven Knows What

(Sound Recordist)

Heaven Knows What

(Director)

Heaven Knows What

(Editor)

Heaven Knows What

(Sound Mixer)

Good Time

(Sound Recordist)

Funny Pages

(Producer)

Uncut Gems

(Editor)

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

(Editor)

Goldman v Silverman

(Director)

Heartland

(Director)

Heartland

(Producer)

Marcy Me

(Director)

The Neistat Brothers

(Set Decoration)

The Curse

(Executive Producer)

Telemarketers

(Executive Producer)

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

(Executive Producer)

The Curse

(Story)

The Curse

(Teleplay)

The Curse

(Writer)

Ren Faire

(Executive Producer)

Pee-wee as Himself

(Executive Producer)

The Curse

(Creator)