Biography
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, nota...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Man Finds Tape
2025
Producer
Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only t...
Wild Magic
2025
Executive Producer
A kaleidoscopic road trip through modern mystical Americana, revealing the hidden magic that’s happening all around us. A living tribute to the glimme...
Descendent
2025
Producer
After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question h...
Touch Me
2025
Executive Producer
Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.
Things Will Be Different
2024
as The Vise Grip Left
In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. Th...
Things Will Be Different
2024
Executive Producer
In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. Th...
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
2023
as Self - Director / Executive Producer
Through candid interviews with the creative minds behind the show, and exclusive on-set footage, discover how the talented team that powered "Loki: Se...
Pruning
2023
Producer
When a far-right political commentator discovers she has inspired a mass shooting, she must contend with her conscience – by any means necessary.
Lynch/Oz
2023
as Host (Chapter 5: 'Judy') (voice)
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this T...
Something in the Dirt
2022
as Levi Danube
When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their LA apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fam...
Something in the Dirt
2022
Writer, Producer, Director
When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their LA apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fam...
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022
as Self - Director
Join the likes of Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke as they reveal how Marvel Studios' Moon Knight was painstakingly brought to life. Through insightful int...
Breathing Happy
2022
as Mystery Door (voice)
In this mind-bending drama, a recovering drug addict can achieve one year of sobriety alone on Christmas day, but his demons tempt him to relapse.
Synchronic
2020
Director, Writer, Producer
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly...
She Dies Tomorrow
2020
Producer
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane disco...
Separation
2020
as Mark
On the final night of a heated divorce, a husband and wife acquire a strange new disease.
Separation
2020
Producer
On the final night of a heated divorce, a husband and wife acquire a strange new disease.
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
as Self
Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attractin...
After Midnight
2019
as Shane
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying...
After Midnight
2019
Producer
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying...
Fatale Collective: Bleed
2019
as Theodore (segment "Boxed")
In this brisk six-shooter anthology, an ensemble of women share entertainingly twisted tales that span disturbing subjects and sick styles through dec...
Rock Bottom
2019
Producer
Rock Bottom chronicles the cosmic/comic misadventures of a girl undergoing a life crisis after she locks herself out of her apartment with no pants on...
The Endless
2017
as Justin Smith
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
The Endless
2017
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
78/52
2017
as Self
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the...
Straight Outta OZ
2016
Director of Photography, Editor
This visual album features artists Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Perez Hilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amber Riley, Raven Symoné and Tamar Braxton ...
Dementia
2015
as Nurse Hollings
After being diagnosed with dementia, an elderly war veteran is forced by his estranged family to hire a live-in nurse, only to find she harbors a sini...
Contracted: Phase II
2015
as Handsome Officer
Picking up directly where the previous film left off, the story follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scramble...
The Making of Spring
2014
as Self
Electronic Press Kit of the movie Spring. A collection of behind-the-scenes, videos, photos, interviews etc.
The Making of Spring
2014
Screenplay, Director
Electronic Press Kit of the movie Spring. A collection of behind-the-scenes, videos, photos, interviews etc.
V/H/S: Viral
2014
as Rollerblading Marine (segment "Bonestorm")
As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought ...
V/H/S: Viral
2014
Producer, Editor, Director
As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought ...
Spring
2014
Director, Writer, Editor
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014
as Self
A Short Doc About the Short Form & Anthologies
Wrecked
2013
Director, Writer
After his plane crashes in the middle of a desert, fighter pilot Denny Myers is not clear if he is behind enemy lines...
Resolution
2013
as Level 3 UFO Cult Member
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events o...
Resolution
2013
Producer, Writer, Director
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events o...
A.M.
2010
Director, Writer
A young woman encounters a bizarre presence on a desolate desert highway.
Plague Town
2009
Production Coordinator
An American family visiting their Irish roots accidentally stumbles on a horde of bloodthirsty mutant children.
Ideation
N/A
Producer
Centers on a group of corporate consultants who work together on a mysterious and ethically ambiguous project for the government.