---
name: "Justin Benson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/justin-benson"
fi1m_id: "justin-benson"
imdb_id: "nm1918140"
tmdb_id: 1074560
wikidata_id: "Q17308798"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "9 June 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:31:15.729673+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."
---

# Justin Benson

## Identity

Justin Benson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/justin-benson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** justin-benson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1918140
- **TMDB ID:** 1074560
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17308798
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Benson_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17308798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1918140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1074560

Director and producer. Born 9 June 1983 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 9 June 1983, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** 贾斯汀·本森
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Moorhead](https://film.one/person/aaron-moorhead.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Benson_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17308798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1918140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1074560

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Daredevil: Born Again*](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md) (74), [*Loki*](https://film.one/tv/loki.md) (71)

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

## Fi1m on Justin Benson

> Justin Benson, working with Aaron Moorhead, makes science fiction and horror feel close to ordinary life. We rate that grounded approach, though *Daredevil: Born Again* shows that convincing physical danger cannot compensate for every familiar plot.

The fights in *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025) hurt to watch. We winced at the violence because the blows retain a sense of what a body can suffer. That concern with physical consequences connects Justin Benson's television work to the grounded science fiction and horror he makes with Aaron Moorhead. It is a capable crime series, with more force in its action than invention in its plotting.

Benson's first feature as writer and co-director was *Resolution* (2012), made with Moorhead. *Spring* (2014) made room for romance within body horror, while *The Endless* (2017) returned to the earlier film's universe through a cult story. *Synchronic* (2019) continued those connections between films. By *Something in the Dirt* (2022), shot in Benson's flat, comedy had become more prominent. Their films allow these different kinds of storytelling to coexist without requiring every scene to frighten us.

Moorhead's work as co-director, cinematographer and editor makes it unhelpful to discuss their visual habits as Benson's alone. Their mobile camera wanders away from characters to reveal information, encouraging us to inspect the surroundings as closely as the people. That is a useful way to make an ordinary setting feel unsafe without immediately explaining what is wrong. Their more complicated narratives ask for a different sort of patience, and will not suit every evening.

The move into television gives us a more qualified recommendation in *Daredevil: Born Again*. Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio provide much of the reason to keep watching. Benson and Moorhead served as lead directors, and the fights are a persuasive fit for their interest in making physical danger credible. The uneven pacing is harder to excuse: there is a limit to how much strong performances can do when a series cannot maintain its momentum. Choose it for the actors and the action, rather than in the hope that Benson will make familiar crime plotting feel unfamiliar.

## Biography

Justin Benson is an American director, writer, producer and actor. He frequently collaborates with filmmaking partner Aaron Moorhead, with Benson writing and Moorhead often serving as cinematographer. Their early work includes the horror film *Resolution* (2012), the romantic body horror *Spring* (2014), the science-fiction horror *The Endless* (2017) and *Synchronic* (2019).

Benson and Moorhead have directed episodes of several Marvel Cinematic Universe series, including *Moon Knight* (2022) and *Loki* (2023, for which they were lead directors on the second season). They were hired as lead directors and executive producers on *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025) following a creative overhaul, directing multiple episodes across its first two seasons. In 2017 they co-founded the production company Rustic Films with David Lawson Jr.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Loki* (2021), Fi1m 71, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Touch Me* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Man Finds Tape* (2025), Producer
- *Jacques the Giant Slayer* (2025), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Descendent* (2025), Producer
- *Wild Magic* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Things Will Be Different* (2024), as The Vise Grip Left · Executive Producer
- *Pruning* (2023), Producer
- *Lynch/Oz* (2023), as Host (Chapter 5: 'Judy') (voice)
- *Something in the Dirt* (2022), as Levi Danube · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Breathing Happy* (2022), as Mystery Door (voice)
- *Moon Knight* (2022), series, Director
- *Archive 81* (2022), series, Director
- *Loki* (2021), series, as John Anglin · Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Synchronic* (2020), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *She Dies Tomorrow* (2020), Producer
- *Separation* (2020), as Mark · Producer
- *After Midnight* (2019), as Shane · Producer
- *Fatale Collective: Bleed* (2019), as Theodore (segment "Boxed")
- *Rock Bottom* (2019), Producer
- *The Endless* (2017), as Justin Smith · Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
- *Straight Outta OZ* (2016), Director of Photography, Editor
- *Dementia* (2015), as Nurse Hollings
- *Contracted: Phase II* (2015), as Handsome Officer
- *The Making of Spring* (2014), Screenplay, Director
- *V/H/S: Viral* (2014), as Rollerblading Marine (segment "Bonestorm") · Producer, Editor, Director, Screenplay
- *Spring* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Wrecked* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Resolution* (2013), as Level 3 UFO Cult Member · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *A.M.* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Plague Town* (2009), Production Coordinator
- *Ideation*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Justin Benson](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-397afaf49372.jpg) Justin Benson — GuillemMedina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Justin_Benson%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg/1280px-Justin_Benson%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-d26b4ac9e1c7.jpg) Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141698085%29.jpg/1280px-Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141698085%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-fa15f6273d4e.jpg) Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141728286%29.jpg/1280px-Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141728286%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-f0048bef1b37.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Justin Benson](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-c22f8fc41d36.jpg) Justin Benson — Image via TMDB
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-c876ac4c1e92.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/47077/gallery-96f836978aeb.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501133437%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501133437%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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