Justin Benson
Justin Benson (born June 9, 1983) is an American filmmaker who works with his filmmaking partner, Aaron Moorhead. Both have served in directing, producing, editing, and acting roles in their projects, while Moorhead is also a cinematographer and Benson is a writer.
Justin Benson was born on June 9, 1983, in San Diego, California, United States.
As a child, Benson was a fan of the Marvel Comics character Daredevil, which later informed his contributions to several Marvel television series, notably Daredevil: Born Again.
Both he and Moorhead directed shorts and commercials early in their careers. In 2017, Benson and Moorhead, alongside their producing partner David Lawson Jr., founded the film production company Rustic Films.
Their first film, the 2012 horror film Resolution, was screened at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. They described their partnership as purely collaborative and cast the lead actors after working with them on previous commercials they had worked on. Their follow-up, the 2014 romantic body horror film Spring, premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was publicly praised by both Richard Linklater and Guillermo del Toro. The pair's work can also be found in the horror anthology film V/H/S: Viral, in the segment entitled"Bonestorm." Their film, The Endless, premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2017 and was theatrically released in 2018 by Well Go USA Entertainment. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the duo created and starred in Something in the Dirt, which was shot in Benson's apartment due to restrictions on the film industry at the time.
In television, Benson and Moorhead have contributed to multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe television series. After directing two episodes of Moon Knight, the duo were recruited as lead directors of the second season of Loki. After a significant creative reshuffle on Daredevil: Born Again, the two were hired to direct most of the episodes.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.868 |
Birthday | 1983-06-09 |
Place of Birth | San Diego, California, USA |
Also Known As | 贾斯汀·本森, |
2022
Something in the Dirt
5.7/91
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2014
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
0/0
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2022
Breathing Happy
3/1
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2014
The Making of Spring
0/0
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Lynch/Oz
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V/H/S: Viral
4.9/606
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2012
Resolution
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2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
7.1/39
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Things Will Be Different
6/20
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2017
The Endless
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Dementia
4.7/74
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78/52
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Contracted: Phase II
5.318/214
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2019
After Midnight
5.5/116
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2019
Fatale Collective: Bleed
4.3/3
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2020
Separation
5.8/5
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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
3/5
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