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Benny Safdie · Arts & Literature

What

American filmmaker and actor; co-director of Good Time and Uncut Gems, actor in Oppenheimer and Licorice Pizza

When

24 February 1986, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Benny Safdie is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American filmmaker and actor; co-director of Good Time and Uncut Gems, actor in Oppenheimer and Licorice Pizza

How & why

Benny Safdie is Jewish — Syrian Jewish on his father's side, Ashkenazi on his mother's. With his brother Josh he directed Good Time and Uncut Gems, whose hero is a diamond dealer in New York's Jewish jewellery trade; he has since acted in Oppenheimer and Licorice Pizza and directed The Smashing Machine.

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American filmmaker and actor; co-director of Good Time and Uncut Gems, actor in Oppenheimer and Licorice Pizza

2019

Source: Wikipedia — Benny Safdie