Roxanne Benjamin

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.'' 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.''The Orchard Buys Anthology Horror Movie 'Southbound' After Toronto Debut
/ref>

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.

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

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.

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. In July 2021, Benjamin signed on to direct an American remake of the Spanish horror film '' La cueva'' titled ''Fall Into Darkness''.'Fall Into Darkness': Spanish Thriller 'La Cueva' Being Remade By 'V/H/S' Team, Cast Set – Cannes
/ref>

Filmography

Film

Co-producer
* '' Faults'' (2014)
* '' V/H/S: Viral'' (2014)
* ''The Devil's Candy'' (2015)

Anthology segments, Music Videos, and Commercial Projects

Television

References

External links

*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Benjamin, Roxanne
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women film directors
American women film producers
21st-century American women writers
American horror film directors