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Payman Benz

  • Director
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Winning Time - Episode 107
Payman Benz is a comedy director, producer and writer based in Los Angeles. He's directed episodes of The Last Man on Earth, HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chad Powers, Black Monday and Comedy Central's Robbie. Payman has also directed commercials for brands such as Nike, Adidas, DirecTV and PayPal.
BornJanuary 31
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    Known for

    Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in The Last Man on Earth (2015)
    The Last Man on Earth
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Steve Zahn, Glen Powell, Wynn Everett, Perry Mattfeld, and Quentin Plair in Chad Powers (2025)
    Chad Powers
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
    Black Monday
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Steve Zahn, Glen Powell, Wynn Everett, Perry Mattfeld, and Quentin Plair in Chad Powers (2025)
      Chad Powers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Randall Park, J.B. Smoove, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, and Kamaia Fairburn in Blockbuster (2022)
      Blockbuster
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
      Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Grand Crew (2021)
      Grand Crew
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
      Black Monday
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Beth Stelling in Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy (2020)
      Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy
      7.0
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Rory Scovel in Robbie (2020)
      Robbie
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Kal Penn, Diana Maria Riva, Kiran Deol, Samba Schutte, Moses Storm, Joel Kim Booster, and Poppy Liu in Sunnyside (2019)
      Sunnyside
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2019
    • Adam Pally and Sam Richardson in Champaign ILL (2018)
      Champaign ILL
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Sacha Baron Cohen in Who Is America? (2018)
      Who Is America?
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in The Last Man on Earth (2015)
      The Last Man on Earth
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2018
    • Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez in Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
      Jimmy Kimmel Live!
      6.4
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2013–2018
    • Patton Oswalt, Paula Pell, Glenn Howerton, Yuyao Deng, Allisyn Snyder, Sari Arambulo, Jean Villepique, Mary Sohn, Jacob Houston, Marisa Baram, Lyric Lewis, Aparna Brielle, Nick Peine, Jacob Timothy Manown, Eddie Leavy, Spence Moore II, and Micky Lee in A.P. Bio (2018)
      A.P. Bio
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • John Michael Higgins, Andrea Martin, Horatio Sanz, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, and Briga Heelan in Great News (2017)
      Great News
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Randall Park, J.B. Smoove, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, and Kamaia Fairburn in Blockbuster (2022)
      Blockbuster
      5.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Rory Scovel in Robbie (2020)
      Robbie
      7.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Patton Oswalt, Paula Pell, Glenn Howerton, Yuyao Deng, Allisyn Snyder, Sari Arambulo, Jean Villepique, Mary Sohn, Jacob Houston, Marisa Baram, Lyric Lewis, Aparna Brielle, Nick Peine, Jacob Timothy Manown, Eddie Leavy, Spence Moore II, and Micky Lee in A.P. Bio (2018)
      A.P. Bio
      7.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Telescope
      Short
      • producer
      • 2013
    • California's Lost Gold
      TV Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Andrew Dice Clay, Rozie Bacchi, Antonio D. Charity, Caleb Emerson, Laird Macintosh, James Evans, Charles Fournier, Eddie Gossling, Daniel Tosh, Harry Karp, Andrew Wantuck, Ramsey Moore, Nick Malis, Robbie Troy, Todd Glass, Nikki Nemzer, Joe Borden, Jim Patton, John Elerick, Megan Abrigo, Nathan Webnar, Peter Relyea, Michael O'Brien, Kammy Burnett, Zak McKee, Carly Hallam, Joseph Carl White II, E.J. Golden, Sarah Collette Campbell, Joselyn Hughes, Garrett Schabb, Elizabeth A. Anderson, Runa Lucienne, Castro, T.K. Kelly, Ricky Carmona, Taylor Hingtgen, Keisha Kimball, and Sam Jarvis in Tosh.0 (2009)
      Tosh.0
      7.3
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2012
    • Open House (2012)
      Open House
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Stephen Kramer Glickman stars as Gary Middlewater in the Comedy Central Series "Small Business".
      Small Business
      9.1
      TV Movie
      • supervising producer
      • 2012
    • Secret Admirer
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • The Killing of Leonard Riley
      9.1
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Mancations (2011)
      Mancations
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Laugh Track Mash-ups
      6.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Comedy Gumbo (2008)
      Comedy Gumbo
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2008
    • A Halloween Tale
      6.6
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2007

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • January 31
      • Iran

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