Biography
Benji Samit is an American film and television writer and producer. He frequently collaborates with writing partner Dan Hernandez, whom he met at Brown University.
Samit received story and screenplay credit on Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) and screenplay credit on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). His other film credits include The Addams Family 2 (2021). On television, he has written episodes of One Day at a Time (2017–2019), The Tick (2019) and Central Park (2020–2022).
In 2018, Samit and Hernandez were named in Paste Magazine's list of the top 28 comedy writers. In 2019, they signed a long-term deal with 20th Television to develop, write and produce series.
