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Ned Benson

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Ned Benson

Born April 3, 1977 in New York, New York, U.S.A.7 films

Ned Benson (born April 3, 1977) is an American filmmaker.

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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.

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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him posterFirst watchThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him20146.7Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.View film

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7 films as director
  1. 2024The Greatest HitsDirector
  2. 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HerDirector
  3. 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HimDirector
  4. 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: ThemDirector
  5. 2010The WesternerDirector
  6. 2010YesDirector
  7. 2003Four Lean HoundsDirector