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Payman Benz

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Payman Benz
Payman Benz is a comedy director, producer and writer based in Los Angeles. In the last few years, he has directed episodes of series such as The Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Blockbuster, Sacha Baron Cohen's Who is America, Showtime's Black Monday and HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
BornJanuary 31
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    John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
    Black Monday
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in The Last Man on Earth (2015)
    The Last Man on Earth
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Chad Powers
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Randall Park, J.B. Smoove, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, and Kamaia Fairburn in Blockbuster (2022)
      Blockbuster
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
      Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Grand Crew (2021)
      Grand Crew
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
      Black Monday
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Beth Stelling in Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy (2020)
      Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy
      7.0
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Rory Scovel in Robbie (2020)
      Robbie
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Kal Penn, Diana Maria Riva, Kiran Deol, Samba Schutte, Moses Storm, Joel Kim Booster, and Poppy Liu in Sunnyside (2019)
      Sunnyside
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2019
    • Adam Pally and Sam Richardson in Champaign ILL (2018)
      Champaign ILL
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Sacha Baron Cohen in Who Is America? (2018)
      Who Is America?
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in The Last Man on Earth (2015)
      The Last Man on Earth
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2018
    • Jimmy Kimmel in Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
      Jimmy Kimmel Live!
      6.4
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2013–2018
    • Patton Oswalt and Glenn Howerton in A.P. Bio (2018)
      A.P. Bio
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • John Michael Higgins, Andrea Martin, Horatio Sanz, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, and Briga Heelan in Great News (2017)
      Great News
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jere Burns, Rashida Jones, Deon Cole, Hayes MacArthur, Andree Vermeulen, and Jagger in Angie Tribeca (2016)
      Angie Tribeca
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Randall Park, J.B. Smoove, Madeleine Arthur, Tyler Alvarez, and Kamaia Fairburn in Blockbuster (2022)
      Blockbuster
      5.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Rory Scovel in Robbie (2020)
      Robbie
      7.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Patton Oswalt and Glenn Howerton in A.P. Bio (2018)
      A.P. Bio
      7.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Telescope
      Short
      • producer
      • 2013
    • California's Lost Gold
      TV Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Andrew Dice Clay, Rozie Bacchi, Antonio D. Charity, Caleb Emerson, Laird Macintosh, James Evans, Charles Fournier, Eddie Gossling, Daniel Tosh, Harry Karp, Andrew Wantuck, Ramsey Moore, Nick Malis, Robbie Troy, Todd Glass, Nikki Nemzer, Joe Borden, Jim Patton, John Elerick, Megan Abrigo, Nathan Webnar, Peter Relyea, Michael O'Brien, Kammy Burnett, Zak McKee, Carly Hallam, Joseph Carl White II, E.J. Golden, Sarah Collette Campbell, Joselyn Hughes, Garrett Schabb, Elizabeth A. Anderson, Runa Lucienne, Castro, T.K. Kelly, Ricky Carmona, Taylor Hingtgen, Keisha Kimball, and Sam Jarvis in Tosh.0 (2009)
      Tosh.0
      7.3
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2012
    • Open House (2012)
      Open House
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Stephen Kramer Glickman stars as Gary Middlewater in the Comedy Central Series "Small Business".
      Small Business
      8.8
      TV Movie
      • supervising producer
      • 2012
    • Secret Admirer
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • The Killing of Leonard Riley
      9.1
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Mancations (2011)
      Mancations
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Laugh Track Mash-ups
      6.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Comedy Gumbo (2008)
      Comedy Gumbo
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2008
    • I Realized I Was a Virgin While on My Way to Get Some Chicken
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2007

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      • January 31
      • Iran

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