---
name: "Benji Samit"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benji-samit"
fi1m_id: "benji-samit"
imdb_id: "nm1658012"
tmdb_id: 1380820
wikidata_id: "Q64010072"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T15:11:20.327060+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."
---

# Benji Samit

## Identity

Benji Samit

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benji-samit
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benji-samit
- **IMDb ID:** nm1658012
- **TMDB ID:** 1380820
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64010072
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji_Samit, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010072, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1658012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1380820

Writer. Born 1 January 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Dan Hernandez](https://film.one/person/dan-hernandez.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji_Samit, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010072, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1658012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1380820

## Coming up

- *Spaceballs: The New One* (2027-04-22), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem*](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Benji Samit is an American film and television writer and producer. He frequently collaborates with writing partner Dan Hernandez, whom he met at Brown University.

Samit received story and screenplay credit on *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019) and screenplay credit on *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023). His other film credits include *The Addams Family 2* (2021). On television, he has written episodes of *One Day at a Time* (2017–2019), *The Tick* (2019) and *Central Park* (2020–2022).

In 2018, Samit and Hernandez were named in Paste Magazine's list of the top 28 comedy writers. In 2019, they signed a long-term deal with 20th Television to develop, write and produce series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog* (2008), Fi1m 81, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/tv/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Spaceballs: The New One* (2027), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Koala Man* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *The Addams Family 2* (2021), Story, Writer
- *Central Park* (2020), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *One Day at a Time* (2017), series, Writer
- *Con Man* (2015), series, as Comic Book Store Patron (uncredited)
- *Super Fun Night* (2013), series, Writer
- *1600 Penn* (2012), series, Writer
- *Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog* (2008), series, Thanks — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog.md)
- *Night Wolf*, Writer
- *Club 33*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Benji Samit](https://film.one/media/person/16213/gallery-2f09ff03fb8f.jpg) Benji Samit — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Benji_Samit_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026.jpg/1280px-Benji_Samit_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benji Samit](https://film.one/media/person/16213/gallery-d270387ab4a4.jpg) Benji Samit — Image via TMDB

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