Benny Safdie
Filmmaker Benny Safdie did not have to search far and wide for inspiration. While he often looked outward to capture the spirit and energy of his hometown New York in his films, one of his best works was motivated by a desire to recreate his unusual childhood that also likely shaped his future career path. In the feature film "Daddy Longlegs" (2010), which he cowrote and directed with his brother, Josh, Safdie attempted to relive their experiences growing up with a frantic father who chronicled their every move on tape. To reconstruct their family dynamics into a sort of childhood memoir, Safdie thoughtfully incorporated his own confused feelings as a child, as well as the emotional struggles they perceived their father to have gone through. The result was an honest, smart, and stylistic movie that was technically flawless and also introduced the film industry to one of its newest and most original voices.
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Benny Safdie
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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93% |
|
Oppenheimer | Edward Teller (Character) | $329.7M | 2023 |
99% |
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Herb Simon (Character) | $20.3M | 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | Thank You Very Much | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
62% |
|
Stars at Noon | L'homme de la CIA (Character) | $36.0K | 2022 |
82% |
|
Funny Pages | Producer | $49.0K | 2022 |
90% |
|
Licorice Pizza | Joel Wachs (Character) | $17.3M | 2021 |
76% |
|
Pieces of a Woman | Chris (Character) | - | 2020 |
91% |
|
Uncut Gems |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
$50.0M | 2019 |
91% |
|
Good Time |
Nick Nikas (Character), Director, Film Editing |
$2.0M | 2017 |
87% |
|
Heaven Knows What |
Director, Film Editing |
$79.1K | 2014 |
78% |
|
Lenny Cooke |
Director, Film Editing |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Black Balloon |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Solid Gold |
Goldman (Character), Director |
- | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Straight Hustle | Director | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John's Gone | John (Character) | - | 2010 |
80% |
|
Daddy Longlegs | Director | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Go Get Some Rosemary |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
$20.7K | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
|
Yeast | Riverguy 2 (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Back of Her Head | Screenwriter | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island |
John (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ralph Handel Story |
Ralph Handel (Character), Director, Film Editing |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Think I'm Missing Parts | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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100% | 92% | Ren Faire | Executive Producer | 2024 |
93% | 43% | The Curse |
Dougie Schecter (Character), Creator, Executive Producer, Writer |
2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2023 |
100% | 68% | Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God | Executive Producer | 2023 |
96% | 92% | Telemarketers | Executive Producer | 2023 |
82% | 61% | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |