Director

Benji Samit

Writing

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TMDB popularity

0.4

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1380820

IMDb ID: nm1658012

Known for: Writing

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2008 - 2027

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q64010072

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Biography

Benjamin Adam Samit (born July 21, 1984) is an American film and television writer and producer who is most notable for writing Detective Pikachu, which he wrote with his writing partner, Dan Hernandez (along with Rob Letterman, Derek Connolly and Nicole Perlman). On television, Samit and Hernandez have written for One Day at a Time, The Tick, Super Fun Night and 1600 Penn. They were named in Paste Magazine's list of the top 28 comedy writers of 2018. In 2019, Samit and Hernandez signed a long-term deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop, write and produce live-action and animated series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benji Samit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.