
Person
Benji Samit
Writing · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known for

One Day at a Time
Writer

Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Story

Con Man
Comic Book Store Patron (uncredited)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Screenplay

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
Executive Producer

The Addams Family 2
Story

1600 Penn
Writer

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Thanks

Super Fun Night
Writer

Koala Man
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2027Spaceballs: The New OneScreenplay
- 2025LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the PastExecutive Producer
- 2024LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the GalaxyExecutive Producer
- 2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemScreenplay
- 2023Koala ManExecutive Producer
- 2021The Addams Family 2Story
- 2019Pokémon Detective PikachuStory
- 2017One Day at a TimeWriter
- 2015Con ManComic Book Store Patron (uncredited)
- 2013Super Fun NightWriter
- 20121600 PennWriter
- 2008Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along BlogThanks
- —Night WolfWriter
- —Club 33Writer
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