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 producing the horror anthology films ''
V/H/S
''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found footag ...
'' and ''
V/H/S/2
''V/H/S/2'' (originally titled ''S-VHS'') is a 2013 found footage horror anthology film produced by Bloody Disgusting and Roxanne BenjaminThe second installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise, it comprises four found footage segments linked toge ...
,''
She also wrote, produced and directed segments for ''
Southbound'' and ''
XX''.
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Life and career
Roxanne Benjamin was born and raised in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania. It is located close to the border with New York state and approximately south of Buffalo, New York. Bradford is the principal city in the Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The populat ...
. Benjamin began her filmmaking career by producing ''V/H/S
''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found footag ...
'' and its sequel ''V/H/S/2
''V/H/S/2'' (originally titled ''S-VHS'') is a 2013 found footage horror anthology film produced by Bloody Disgusting and Roxanne BenjaminThe second installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise, it comprises four found footage segments linked toge ...
''. Benjamin then wrote and directed segments for '' Southbound'' and '' XX''. Benjamin then wrote and directed her feature length directorial debut film '' Body at Brighton Rock''. Benjamin also has directing credits on the television series ''Creepshow
''Creepshow'' is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast includes Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, ...
'', '' Riverdale'', ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' is an American comic book series published by Archie Horror, an imprint of Archie Comics, beginning in 2014. The series is a darker take on the characters and setting of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. It is wri ...
'', ''Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a Fictional character, fictional character appearing in several Mystery fiction, mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwriter, ghostwritten by a number of authors and published ...
'', '' Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin'' and '' One of Us Is Lying''. Her second feature film '' There's Something Wrong with the Children'' is set to be released in 2023.
In March 2019, Benjamin was hired to write the screenplay for the remake of ''Night of the Comet
''Night of the Comet'' is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney as survivors of a comet that has turned most people into eit ...
'' for Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures (legal name Orion Releasing, LLC) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Amazon through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsidiary. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films ...
. In July 2021, Benjamin signed on to direct an American remake of the Spanish horror film ''La cueva La Cueva is the Spanish word for "cave" and is also used in the surname "de la Cueva". It can also refer to:
Geography
*La Cueva, Dominican Republic, a Dominican village in the Sánchez Ramírez Province
*La Cueva, Mora County, New Mexico, an uninc ...
'' titled ''Fall Into Darkness''.'Fall Into Darkness': Spanish Thriller 'La Cueva' Being Remade By 'V/H/S' Team, Cast Set – Cannes
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Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women film directors
American women film producers
21st-century American women writers
Horror film directors
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