- Born
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Born and raised in New York City: in both Queens & Manhattan. He attended the school of Communication at Boston University. He often collaborates with his brother Josh Safdie. He is a director, writer, editor and actor known for Daddy Longlegs(2009),Heaven Knows What(2014), Good Time (2017), Uncut Gems (2019) and Oppenheimer (2023).
- IMDb mini biography by: Rose styles
- SpouseAva Safdie
- RelativesJosh Safdie(Sibling)
- Benny was actually going to become a physicist before becoming a filmmaker.
- In his acceptance speech after winning Best Actor for Uncut Gems (2019) at the Independent Spirit Awards, Adam Sandler jokingly described how he thought Benny and his co-writer/co-director brother Josh Safdie looked like "homeless rabbis" when he first met them.
- Brother of Josh Safdie.
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