Benjamin Queen is an American writer and producer. He was the creator/showrunner for the NBC television show A to Z. He wrote the screenplays for MGM's The Addams Family 2 and the Pixar animated movie Cars 2, and co-wrote the story for Cars 3. He was also the creator of the NBC television series, Powerless and the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox television series, Drive. He is the author of the graphic novel Bear, which was published by Archaia and Boom! Studios in September 2020. It was listed as one of the New York Public Library's 100 Books of the Year for 2020. In 2021, it was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers. It also won the EGLA Award for Best Children's Graphic Novel—Fiction. He wrote and produced the pilot Heart of Life for ABC and 20th Television in 2019, which was based on John Mayer's song. He is adapting A Note of Explanation by Vita Sackville-West into a live-action feature film for Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Queen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Ben Queen's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ben Queen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Ben Queen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
The Addams Family 2(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all filmsHeart of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Cars 3(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Powerless(2016)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
A to Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cars 2(2011)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Drive(2007)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Proximity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Cola Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Drift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2001 to 2021.
How do Ben Queen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ben Queen's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ben Queen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ben Queen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bonnie Hunt shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Bonnie HuntShared titles: Cars 3 (2017), Cars 2 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Bonnie Hunt
- Larry the Cable GuyShared titles: Cars 3 (2017), Cars 2 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Larry the Cable Guy
- Nathan FillionShared titles: Cars 3 (2017), Drive (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Fillion
- Owen WilsonShared titles: Cars 3 (2017), Cars 2 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Owen Wilson
Producers
- John LasseterShared titles: Cars 3 (2017), Cars 2 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with John Lasseter
