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Meet Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie’s famous brother Benny, plus their controversial split as collaborators

Meet Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie’s famous brother Benny, plus their controversial split as collaborators

Josh Safdie could win his first Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards, or his first four. The 41-year-old director is nominated as writer, director, and producer of the sports comedy-drama, Marty Supreme. This is Josh’s first feature as a solo director after splitting from his partnership with his brother and fellow director, Benny Safdie. The two had previously collaborated as directorial partners, working on Uncut Gems, Heaven Knows What, and more. In early 2024, the brothers broke up their partnership. But, why did Benny and Josh decide to stop working together? Here’s everything we know about Benny Safdie and their controversial split as collaborators. © Getty Images Benny is Josh’s younger brother Benny was born on February 24, 1986, just two years after Josh. He and his brother were raised in New York, splitting time between Queens, where their dad lived, and Manhattan, with their mom. Like his big brother, Benny studied at the Boston University College of Communication, graduating in 2008. © Getty Images The Safdie brothers’ films In 2009, Benny and Josh’s first …

Josh Safdie’s New York: A Guide to All the Cameos in ‘Marty Supreme’

Josh Safdie’s New York: A Guide to All the Cameos in ‘Marty Supreme’

Timothée Chalamet is famous. Gwyneth Paltrow is too; so are Fran Drescher, Odessa A’zion, and Tyler, the Creator. They’re all spectacular in Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s high-octane table tennis picture that has a place on most critics’ lists of the best movies this year. There’s a lot that makes Marty sing, but a big part of this movie, as in Safdie’s previous work—films like Uncut Gems, Good Time, and Heaven Knows What—is its ensemble of unusual faces and unique voices. In working with one of Hollywood’s finest casting directors, Jennifer Venditti, Safdie has built a constellation of loud, aggressive New Yorkers—largely played by people who are not film stars. One gets the impression that these people would be carrying on the same way even if Safdie’s camera weren’t rolling. Here, Safdie explains his rationale for populating this celebration of tenement dwellers and junkyard Jews with authors, fellow film directors, and personalities he discovered in viral videos—starting with a voice likely only known to those who really know. Howard Stern superfan Mariann From Brooklyn (as the …