Justin Benson

Justin Benson

1983-06-09 San Diego, California, USA 40 Credits

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...

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Man Finds Tape

Man Finds Tape

2025

Producer

10.0
Producing

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

Wild Magic

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

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

Descendent

2025

Producer

Producing

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

Touch Me

2025

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Things Will Be Different

2024

as The Vise Grip Left

5.5
Acting

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

Things Will Be Different

2024

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

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

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2

2023

as Self - Director / Executive Producer

7.5
Acting

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

Pruning

2023

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Lynch/Oz

2023

as Host (Chapter 5: 'Judy') (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

Something in the Dirt

2022

as Levi Danube

5.8
Acting

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

Something in the Dirt

2022

Director, Writer, Producer

5.8
Directing Writing Producing

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

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

2022

as Self - Director

7.0
Acting

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

Breathing Happy

2022

as Mystery Door (voice)

3.0
Acting

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

Synchronic

2020

Director, Writer, Editor

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

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

She Dies Tomorrow

2020

Producer

5.1
Producing

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

Separation

2020

as Mark

5.8
Acting

On the final night of a heated divorce, a husband and wife acquire a strange new disease.

Separation

Separation

2020

Producer

5.8
Producing

On the final night of a heated divorce, a husband and wife acquire a strange new disease.

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020

as Self

3.0
Acting

Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attractin...

After Midnight

After Midnight

2019

as Shane

5.6
Acting

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

After Midnight

2019

Producer

5.6
Producing

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

Fatale Collective: Bleed

2019

as Theodore (segment "Boxed")

4.3
Acting

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

Rock Bottom

2019

Producer

Producing

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

The Endless

2017

as Justin Smith

6.3
Acting

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

The Endless

2017

Director, Editor, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

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

78/52

2017

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

Straight Outta OZ

2016

Director of Photography, Editor

7.3
Directing

This visual album features artists Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Perez Hilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amber Riley, Raven Symoné and Tamar Braxton ...

Dementia

Dementia

2015

as Nurse Hollings

4.6
Acting

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

Contracted: Phase II

2015

as Handsome Officer

5.3
Acting

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

The Making of Spring

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Electronic Press Kit of the movie Spring. A collection of behind-the-scenes, videos, photos, interviews etc.

The Making of Spring

The Making of Spring

2014

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

Electronic Press Kit of the movie Spring. A collection of behind-the-scenes, videos, photos, interviews etc.

V/H/S: Viral

V/H/S: Viral

2014

as Rollerblading Marine (segment "Bonestorm")

4.9
Acting

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

V/H/S: Viral

2014

Producer, Editor, Director

4.9
Producing Directing Writing

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

Spring

2014

Director, Writer, Producer

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

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

We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film

2014

as Self

Acting

A Short Doc About the Short Form & Anthologies

Wrecked

2013

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

After his plane crashes in the middle of a desert, fighter pilot Denny Myers is not clear if he is behind enemy lines...

Resolution

Resolution

2013

as Level 3 UFO Cult Member

6.3
Acting

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

Resolution

2013

Writer, Director, Producer

6.3
Writing Directing Producing

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.

A.M.

2010

Writer, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

A young woman encounters a bizarre presence on a desolate desert highway.

Plague Town

Plague Town

2009

Production Coordinator

4.9

An American family visiting their Irish roots accidentally stumbles on a horde of bloodthirsty mutant children.

Ideation

Ideation

N/A

Producer

Producing

Centers on a group of corporate consultants who work together on a mysterious and ethically ambiguous project for the government.