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.
Benny Safdie Biography / Wiki
| Name | Benny Safdie |
| Also Know | Ben Safdie, The Safdie Brothers |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1986-02-24 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 36 |
| Deathday |
Benny Safdie Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| John’s Gone | John | 2010-09-07 | John’s Gone is a fever dream comedy about John’s World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs frie… |
| The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | 2008-05-22 | This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of p… | |
| The Ralph Handel Story | 2006-01-01 | Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar w… | |
| I Think I’m Missing Parts | 2006-01-01 | A woman’s car breaks down at a house in the woods. She looks out the window to see a variety of bizarre activities…. | |
| John’s Lonely Trip to Coney Island | 2007-01-01 | John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don’t quite work out as planned…. | |
| Life With Zach Mulden | 2006-01-01 | A short film by Josh & Benny Safdie…. | |
| If You See Something, Say Something | 2005-01-01 | A short film by JoshSafdie…. | |
| What To Do When Choking | 2007-01-01 | A short film by Ben Safdie…. | |
| Into the Woods with Mark | A film by Ben Safdie…. | ||
| Mark Goes to a Party | 2005-01-01 | A film by Josh & Ben Safdie…. | |
| Solid Gold | Goldman | 2012-01-01 | SOLID GOLD is an experiment in street performance and how to be seen. It’s about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and th… |
| Question & Answer | 2020-02-08 | The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS…. | |
| There’s Nothing You Can Do. | 2008-08-05 | The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies…. | |
| Good Time | Nikolas “Nick” Nikas | 2017-08-11 | After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld to get … |
| Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie | Self | 2017-10-03 | Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from t… |
| Goldman v Silverman | Al Silverman | 2020-01-16 | Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one … |
| Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems | Himself | 2020-03-10 | A behind the scenes look at Uncut Gems (2019) by the Safdie Brothers with interviews from the cast and more…. |
| The Pure and the Damned | Self | 2017-08-31 | Behind the scenes and the making of Good Time (2017)…. |
| A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What | 2015-01-01 | The story behind the acclaimed film, “Heaven Knows What,” directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and inspired by the life of Arielle Holmes. “This behind… | |
| Stars at Noon | CIA Man | 2022-10-14 | In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dang… |
| Alberto Lives in a Bathroom | 2004-01-01 | A man lives in a bathtub. He goes out for the day, then returns…. | |
| Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | Herbert Simon | 2023-04-28 | When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence…. |
| Yeast | Riverguy 2 | 2008-03-01 | A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships…. |
| Pieces of a Woman | Chris | 2020-12-30 | When a young mother’s home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones… |
| Licorice Pizza | Joel Wachs | 2021-11-26 | The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973…. |
| Oppenheimer | Edward Teller | 2023-07-19 | The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II…. |
| Person to Person | Eugene | 2017-07-28 | Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day…. |
Benny Safdie Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Daddy Longlegs | Director | 2009-05-16 | After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a… |
| John’s Gone | Director | 2010-09-07 | John’s Gone is a fever dream comedy about John’s World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs frie… |
| The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | Director | 2008-05-22 | This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of p… |
| The Black Balloon | Director | 2012-01-20 | While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouqu… |
| Lenny Cooke | Director | 2013-12-06 | In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire and… |
| There’s Nothing You Can Do. | Director | 2008-08-05 | The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies…. |
| Solid Gold | Director | 2012-01-01 | SOLID GOLD is an experiment in street performance and how to be seen. It’s about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and th… |
| Buttons | Director | 2011-09-02 | Josh & Benny Safdie, Alex Kalman, and Factory 25 present this feature-length program of found moments from the everyday—films that showcase the wond… |
| Good Time | Director | 2017-08-11 | After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld to get … |
| Trophy Hunter | Director | 2012-12-01 | Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the la… |
| Uncut Gems | Director | 2019-08-30 | A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of… |
| The Ralph Handel Story | Director | 2006-01-01 | Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar w… |
| John’s Lonely Trip to Coney Island | Director | 2007-01-01 | John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don’t quite work out as planned…. |
| Straight Hustle | Director | 2011-11-07 | Hustle, hustle, hustle… hard. These two got a cold hustle going on in downtown Seattle. Commissioned and produced by the Northwest Film Forum for th… |
| Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident | Director | 2016-01-01 | Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bo… |
| My Neighbor Still Says It’s Ok | Director | 2005-01-01 | A short film by Josh & Benny Safdie…. |
| What To Do When Choking | Director | 2007-01-01 | A short film by Ben Safdie…. |
| Gone Tomorrow | Director | A short film by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, & Alex Kalman…. | |
| Mark Goes to a Party | Director | 2005-01-01 | A film by Josh & Ben Safdie…. |
| Life With Zach Mulden | Director | 2006-01-01 | A short film by Josh & Benny Safdie…. |
| Into the Woods with Mark | Director | A film by Ben Safdie…. | |
| Heaven Knows What | Director | 2015-05-29 | A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at r… |
| Goldman v Silverman | Director | 2020-01-16 | Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one … |
| Heartland | Director | 2013-06-13 | A horror film inspired by cults and Los Angeles in the late 1970s…. |
| The Pure and the Damned | Director | 2017-09-05 | Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘The Pure and the Damned’ music video from the soundtrack of Good Time (2017) featuring Iggy Pop…. |
| Question & Answer | Director | 2020-02-08 | The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS…. |
| Untitled Safdie Brothers / Adam Sandler Project | Director | An upcoming film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, starring Adam Sandler…. | |
| The Adventures of Slater’s Friend | Director | 2005-04-22 | This is a Film about Slater’s Friend. A camera crew follows a man by the name of Philbert Powell around on his journey from the supermarket to his job… |
Benny Safdie Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Daddy Longlegs | Co-Producer | 2009-05-16 | After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a… |
| The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | Producer | 2008-05-22 | This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of p… |
| The Black Balloon | Casting Director | 2012-01-20 | While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouqu… |
| John’s Gone | Producer | 2010-09-07 | John’s Gone is a fever dream comedy about John’s World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs frie… |
| The Groomsmen | Production Assistant | 2006-06-09 | Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his p… |
| Funny Pages | Producer | 2022-08-08 | A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul…. |
| Heartland | Producer | 2013-06-13 | A horror film inspired by cults and Los Angeles in the late 1970s…. |
| Executive Producer | A genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child… | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| John’s Gone | Writer | 2010-09-07 | John’s Gone is a fever dream comedy about John’s World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs frie… |
| Daddy Longlegs | Writer | 2009-05-16 | After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a… |
| The Back of Her Head | Writer | 2007-01-20 | Josh Safdie made this assured comedy in and around his apartment building when he was still a film student at Boston University. The dioramic setup pl… |
| The Black Balloon | Writer | 2012-01-20 | While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouqu… |
| Straight Hustle | Writer | 2011-11-07 | Hustle, hustle, hustle… hard. These two got a cold hustle going on in downtown Seattle. Commissioned and produced by the Northwest Film Forum for th… |
| Life With Zach Mulden | Writer | 2006-01-01 | A short film by Josh & Benny Safdie…. |
| Trophy Hunter | Writer | 2012-12-01 | Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the la… |
| If You See Something, Say Something | Writer | 2005-01-01 | A short film by JoshSafdie…. |
| The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | Writer | 2008-05-22 | This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of p… |
| Uncut Gems | Writer | 2019-08-30 | A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of… |
| Question & Answer | Writer | 2020-02-08 | The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS…. |
| Writer | A genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child… | ||
Sound
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Daddy Longlegs | Sound Designer | 2009-05-16 | After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a… |
| The Pleasure of Being Robbed | Sound Designer | 2008-10-03 | A lost and troubled Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers…. |
| The Black Balloon | Sound Designer | 2012-01-20 | While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouqu… |
| Heaven Knows What | Sound Mixer | 2015-05-29 | A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at r… |
| Heaven Knows What | Sound Recordist | 2015-05-29 | A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at r… |
| Good Time | Sound Recordist | 2017-08-11 | After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld to get … |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Buttons | Cinematography | 2011-09-02 | Josh & Benny Safdie, Alex Kalman, and Factory 25 present this feature-length program of found moments from the everyday—films that showcase the wond… |
| The Pleasure of Being Robbed | Editor | 2008-10-03 | A lost and troubled Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers…. |
| Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident | Editor | 2016-01-01 | Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bo… |
| What To Do When Choking | Editor | 2007-01-01 | A short film by Ben Safdie…. |
| Buttons | Editor | 2011-09-02 | Josh & Benny Safdie, Alex Kalman, and Factory 25 present this feature-length program of found moments from the everyday—films that showcase the wond… |
| The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | Editor | 2008-05-22 | This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of p… |
| Lenny Cooke | Editor | 2013-12-06 | In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire and… |
| John’s Gone | Editor | 2010-09-07 | John’s Gone is a fever dream comedy about John’s World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs frie… |
| Daddy Longlegs | Editor | 2009-05-16 | After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a… |
| The Black Balloon | Editor | 2012-01-20 | While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouqu… |
| Good Time | Editor | 2017-08-11 | After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld to get … |
| Heaven Knows What | Editor | 2015-05-29 | A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at r… |
| Uncut Gems | Editor | 2019-08-30 | A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of… |
| John’s Lonely Trip to Coney Island | Editor | 2007-01-01 | John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don’t quite work out as planned…. |
| Question & Answer | Editor | 2020-02-08 | The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS…. |
| Set Decoration | Following Casey and Van Neistat, The Neistat Brothers is a autobiographical documentary following the lives and adventures of the two brothers. The se… | ||
| Creator | A genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child… | ||
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