Director

Ned Benson

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1167896

IMDb ID: nm0072600

Known for: Directing

Born: April 3, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2010 - 2024

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.65

Wikidata: Q18043655

Also known as

Edgar Benson

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Director (6)Story (1)Writer (1)

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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 simultaneously. They were premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival under the title The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her.Benson later edited the films into one film, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The Weinstein Company had a limited release in September 2014. On January 16, 2019, Benson and Jac Schaeffer served as story writers for Black Widow. He was later replaced by Eric Pearson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ned Benson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.