---
name: "Ben Semanoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benjamin-semanoff"
fi1m_id: "benjamin-semanoff"
imdb_id: "nm1032608"
tmdb_id: 1404817
wikidata_id: "Q115650550"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:52:08.688010+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Semanoff

## Identity

Ben Semanoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benjamin-semanoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benjamin-semanoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm1032608
- **TMDB ID:** 1404817
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115650550
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115650550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1032608/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404817

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Benjamin Semanoff
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 3 directing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jason Bateman](https://film.one/person/jason-bateman.md), [Laura Linney](https://film.one/person/laura-linney.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 81 (3), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115650550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1032608/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404817

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ozark*](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md) (70), [*Black Rabbit*](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md) (63)
- **Apple TV:** [*Yellowjackets*](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Benjamin Semanoff, also credited as Ben Semanoff, is an American director and former cinematographer. He began his career in the camera department, working as an A-camera operator and Steadicam operator on films including *Creed* (2015) and *The Upside* (2019), and television series such as *The Leftovers* (2014) and *Ozark* (2017).

Semanoff transitioned to directing, helming episodes of *Ozark* (2018–2020), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. His other directing credits include episodes of *Yellowjackets* (2021–2025), *Tulsa King* (2022), *The Old Man* (2022–2024) and *Black Rabbit* (2025). A graduate of Temple University, he is based in New York.

*Sources: imdb.com, bensemanoff.com, variety.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (3) — the average rests on these

- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *Ozark* (2017), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Creed* (2015), Fi1m 85, "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Fi1m 65, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *M.I.A.* (2026), series, Director
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Director
- *The Old Man* (2022), series, Director
- *Candy* (2022), series, Director
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (2021), series, Director
- *One of Us Is Lying* (2021), series, Director
- *Power Book III: Raising Kanan* (2021), series, Director
- *The Upside* (2019), "B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *Rebel in the Rye* (2017), "B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *Ozark* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *Creed* (2015), "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Big Ass Spider!* (2013), "B" Camera Operator, Camera Operator
- *The End of Love* (2013), Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *The Bleeding* (2009), Steadicam Operator
- *Jeffrey Ross: No Offense* (2008), Steadicam Operator
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Camera Operator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)

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