Biography
Ned Benson (born April 3, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Columbia University in 2001. Benson had a long-term relationship with Jessica Chastain, but they broke up in 2010. After working on The Westerner, Benson made his directorial debut film, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. After Chastain asked questions about the background, Benson wrote another script devoted entirely to her perspective, and she joined the cast. It was shot as two films s...
Complete Filmography
The Greatest Hits
2024
Producer, Director, Writer
Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through roman...
Black Widow
2021
Story
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursue...
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
Director, Writer, Producer
Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may ...
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
Director, Writer, Producer
Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be...
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
Writer, Director, Producer
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her...
The Westerner
2010
Director, Writer, Producer
About a young boy who runs away from home, trying to find his way to a place he once visited with his mother.
Yes
2010
Writer, Director, Producer
A couple confronts uncertainty in their relationship after being apart for three months.
Four Lean Hounds
2003
Director, Writer
A film about the complications of grief experienced through two couples in the mid-1970's.
Featherwood
N/A
Writer
Carol Blevins, a heroin addict and “Aryan Princess featherwood” (property of a gang member), became one of the FBI’s most important informants during ...