Benjamin "Benny" Safdie (born February 24, 1986 in New York City) is an American director and screenwriter, best known for the crime-thriller Good Time (2017). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Josh Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their father in Queens and their mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father.
Movie | Into the Woods with Mark | 2025 | |
Series | The Curse | Dougie Schecter | 2023-11-12 |
Movie | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Herbert Simon | 2023-03-29 |
Movie | Oppenheimer | Edward Teller | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Stars at Noon | CIA Man | 2022-10-14 |
Movie | Licorice Pizza | Joel Wachs | 2021-11-26 |
Movie | Pieces of a Woman | Chris | 2020-12-30 |
Movie | Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems | Self | 2020-03-10 |
Movie | Person to Person | Eugene | 2017-07-28 |
Movie | Good Time | Nick Nikas | 2017-08-11 |
Movie | The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie | Self | 2017-10-03 |
Movie | John's Gone | John | 2010-09-07 |
Series | The Neistat Brothers | Self | 2010-06-05 |
Movie | John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island | 2008-09-27 | |
Movie | Yeast | Riverguy 2 | 2008-03-10 |
Movie | The Acquaintances of a Lonely John | 2008-05-22 | |
Movie | There's Nothing You Can Do | 2008-08-05 | |
Movie | I Think I'm Missing Parts | 2007-11-26 | |
Movie | What To Do When Choking | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | If You See Something, Say Something | 2006-03-11 | |
Movie | The Ralph Handel Story | Ralph Handel | 2006-06-19 |