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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 21, 1984 (42)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
Known for
What are Benji Samit's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Cyclical1
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 Benji Samit's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Benji Samit'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
16 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Spaceballs: The New One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Koala Man(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
The Addams Family 2(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Central Park(2020)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
One Day at a Time(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Con Man(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Super Fun Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
1600 Penn(2012)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Club 33 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Night Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 2008 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Highest rated
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Most popular right now
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Benji Samit's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 35/100 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 Benji Samit's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Benji Samit work with?
People who share at least 2 of Benji Samit's MovieCove titles; Dan Hernandez shares the most, 6.
- Dan HernandezShared titles: Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (2024), Koala Man (2023), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2022), The Addams Family 2 (2021), Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)See all 6 shared titles with Dan Hernandez
- Michael CusackShared titles: Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (2024), Koala Man (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Cusack
