Roxanne Benjamin

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Roxanne Benjamin
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Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
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Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, film producer
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Roxanne Benjamin is an American film director, writer, and producer. She is best known for directing the horror films Body at Brighton Rock and There's Something Wrong with the Children and as one of the creators and producers of the V/H/S horror anthology films, having developed and produced V/H/S and V/H/S/2. [1] She also produced the genre anthology Southbound , along with directing and writing on the film, and wrote and produced multiple segments of the anthology film XX. [1] [2] [3]

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Life and career

Roxanne Benjamin was born and raised in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Benjamin began their filmmaking career as a producer, developing and producing genre films and anthologies, most notably V/H/S, XX, and Southbound. Benjamin is a credited producer on V/H/S and its sequel V/H/S/2 and worked on development of the third entry in the franchise before parting ways with the series to move on to directing. [4]

Benjamin then wrote and directed segments for Southbound , a film which she also developed and produced with a number of the original V/H/S creative team. The film premiered at TIFF in the Midnight section in 2015, along with another film that Benjamin is a credited Co-producer on, The Devil’s Candy. Benjamin was then brought on to the anthology feature XX, directing and writing their own segment and co-writing and producing another with artist and musician St. Vincent.

In 2016, Benjamin directed a gore-heavy horror-themed music video for indie band Cherry Glazerr’s song “Nurse Ratched”, featuring lead singer Clementine Creevy stalking former band member Sasami Ashworth through the woods [5]

In 2019, Benjamin’s survival thriller Body at Brighton Rock, their first solo feature film, premiered at SXSW. Their second feature film, There's Something Wrong with the Children was released in 2023 with Amazon and MGM+, with Blumhouse Productions producing. [6] [7]

in between the two films, Benjamin directed multiple television series focused in the genre space, including horror anthology Creepshow for Shudder, the CW’s Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for Netflix, Nancy Drew, One of Us Is Lying, and HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.

In March 2019, Benjamin was hired to write the screenplay for the remake of Night of the Comet for Orion Pictures. [8] In July 2021, Benjamin signed on to direct an American remake of the Spanish horror film La cueva titled Fall Into Darkness. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2012 V/H/S NoNoYes
2013 V/H/S/2 NoNoYesRole as Zombie
2019 Body at Brighton Rock YesYesYes
2023 There's Something Wrong with the Children YesNoNo

Co-producer

Anthology segments, Music Videos, and Commercial Projects

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2015SirenYesYesYesSegment of Southbound ;
role as Claire
2016Nurse RatchedYesYesYes Cherry Glazerr music video
2017Don't FallYesYesYesSegment of XX
2017The Birthday PartyNoYes – cowriterYesSegment of XX
2018Final StopYesYesNoCommercial project for Sennheiser

Television

YearTitleNotes
2019 Creepshow Episodes: “Lydia Lane’s Better Half”, “Skinwalkers”
2020 Riverdale Episode: "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues"
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Five: The Devil Within"
2021 Nancy Drew Episodes: “The Legend of the Spider Sapphire”, “The Quest for the Murder Hotel”
2022 Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episode: "Chapter Nine: Dead and Buried"
One of Us Is Lying Episodes: "Simon Says You Better Pray", "Simon Says Ho, Ho, Ho"
2023 Pretty Little Liars: Summer School 2 Episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 The Orchard Buys Anthology Horror Movie 'Southbound' After Toronto Debut
  2. ↑ TIFF 2015: Southbound directors discuss their horror film — exclusive image
  3. ↑ 'XX' Trailer Delivers on the Bizarre and Mysterious
  4. ↑ "Harnessing the Hydra: How to Be a Better Collaborator, by Southbound Director Roxanne Benjamin - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ↑ Nordine, Michael (2016-10-31). "Cherry Glazerr's 'Nurse Ratched' Music Video: 'Southbound' Director Roxanne Benjamin Helms Horror-Inspired Throwback". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. ↑ 'There's Something Wrong With the Children' Adds 'Midnight Mass's Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, and More to Cast
  7. ↑ "THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN" IN ROXANNE BENJAMIN'S UPCOMING BLUMHOUSE CHILLER
  8. ↑ Writer Roxanne Benjamin Updates on Orion's 'Night of the Comet' Remake
  9. ↑ 'Fall Into Darkness': Spanish Thriller 'La Cueva' Being Remade By 'V/H/S' Team, Cast Set – Cannes
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