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.
Licorice Pizza
Oppenheimer
John's Gone
Stars at Noon
Trophy Hunter
The Groomsmen
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Daddy Longlegs
Yeast
Lenny Cooke
The Acquaintances of a Lonely John
The Black Balloon
Solid Gold
Heaven Knows What
The Back of Her Head
Straight Hustle
There's Nothing You Can Do
Buttons
Person to Person
Good Time
