Benny Safdie
Birthday: Born in 1986-02-24 in New York City, New York, USA
Deathday: Alive
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.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi
Character: Nari
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a crucial mission to confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire....
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York....
Togetherness
Character: Craddock Brother #2
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive....
The Neistat Brothers
Character: Self
Following Casey and Van Neistat, The Neistat Brothers is a autobiographical documentary following the lives and adventures of the two brothers. The series follows their travels around the world and New York as they tell their stories about six week chunks of their lives in their signature vlog-like style...
The Curse
Character: Dougie Schecter
An alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show....
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John's Gone
Character: John
John sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches. He is punch drunk, not with love but something far more strange and lost. One can only say John's gone....
The Acquaintances of a Lonely John
Character:
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 people but sometimes they just don't want to be bothered with him....
Stars at Noon
Character: CIA Man
In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country....
Oppenheimer
Character: Edward Teller
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....
The Story of Charles Riverbank
Character: Charles Riverbank
This is the story of a man named Charles Riverbank, who upon losing his home, wanders into various adventures and lot of dirty looks....
There's Nothing You Can Do
Character:
The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies....
Second Stop from Jupiter: The Making of Daddy Longlegs
Character: Himself
A documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs....
Happy Gilmore 2
Character:
Revisit Happy Gilmore's golf career after his win in the Tour Championship....
Good Time
Character: Nick Nikas
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 his brother Nick out of jail....
Person to Person
Character: Eugene
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day....
Yeast
Character: Riverguy 2
A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships....
The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie
Character: Self
Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series....
The Ralph Handel Story
Character: Ralph Handel
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 worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit. Safdie bravely committed himself to actual nightclubs for several of these abysmal routines, lending a curious note of authenticity to the counterfeit documentary....
John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island
Character:
John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned....
What To Do When Choking
Character:
A short film by Ben Safdie....
Into the Woods with Mark
Character:
A film by Ben Safdie....
Solid Gold
Character: Goldman
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 that's all that matters....
Goldman v Silverman
Character: Al Silverman
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 to make sure of that....
Pieces of a Woman
Character: Chris
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 in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss....
Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems
Character: Self
A behind the scenes look at Uncut Gems (2019) by the Safdie Brothers with interviews from the cast and more....
Licorice Pizza
Character: Joel Wachs
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973....
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Character: Herbert Simon
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence....
A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What
Character:
The story behind the acclaimed film, "Heaven Knows What," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and inspired by the life of Arielle Holmes....
Question & Answer
Character: Self
The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS....