Biography
Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – brothers, independent New York filmmakers, and actors – grew up in Queens and Manhattan. Inspired and encouraged by their father, a film enthusiast, they began making films in their early days. The pair studied communications at Boston University, cofounding the Red Bucket Films creative collective with Alex Kalman while there.
They have cooperated on a variety of film work, including the features Daddy Longlegs (alternate title Go Get Some Rosemary, 2008), Heaven Knows What (2014), and Good Time (2017), the feature-length documentary Lenny Cooke (2013), and a variety of shorts, such as The Adventures of Slater's Friend (2005), The Black Balloon (2012), and Trophy Hunter (2012).
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Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2019 |
Uncut Gems |
2017 |
Good Time |
2014 |
Heaven Knows What |
2009 |
Daddy Longlegs |
2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Music videos | |
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2020 |
Oneohtrix Point Never: Lost But Never Alone |
Director
Movies | |
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2019 |
Uncut Gems |
2017 |
Good Time |
2014 |
Heaven Knows What |
2009 |
Daddy Longlegs |
2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Documentaries | |
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2013 |
Lenny Cooke |
2011 |
Buttons |
Straight Hustle |
Shows | |
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2024 |
Adam Sandler: Love You |
Music videos | |
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2020 |
Oneohtrix Point Never: Lost But Never Alone |
2017 |
JAY-Z: Marcy Me |
Oneohtrix Point Never: The Pure and the Damned |
Cinematographer
Movies | |
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2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Documentaries | |
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2013 |
Lenny Cooke |
2011 |
Buttons |
Producer
Movies | |
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2022 |
Funny Pages |
2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Shows | |
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2024 |
Adam Sandler: Love You |
Short | |
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2010 |
John's Gone |
2007 |
The Back of Her Head |
2006 |
We’re Going to the Zoo |
Editor
Movies | |
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2009 |
Daddy Longlegs |
2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Documentaries | |
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2011 |
Buttons |
Short | |
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2012 |
The Black Balloon |
The Trophy Hunter |
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2010 |
John's Gone |
2008 |
There's Nothing You Can Do |
2006 |
If You See Something, Say Something |
Actor
Movies | |
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2017 |
Ezer Kenegdo |
2016 |
My Art |
2015 |
This Summer Feeling |
2008 |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Yeast |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
Adam Sandler: Funny Guy (TV movie) - a.f. |
Concerts | |
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2022 |
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM |
Short | |
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2007 |
The Back of Her Head |
2006 |
The Ralph Handel Story |
We’re Going to the Zoo |
Performer
Shows | |
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2018 |
Front Row Flynn |
Hollywood Insider |
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2015 |
Tea at the Beatrice with Glenn O'Brien |
1979 |
CBS News Sunday Morning |
Fans
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