Ned Benson

Ned Benson born April 3 1977 is an American filmmaker He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Columbia University in 2001 Benson had a longterm relationship with Jessica Chastain but they broke up in 2010 After working on The Westerner Benson made his directorial debut film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby After Chastain asked questions about the background Benson wrote another script devoted entirely to her perspective and she joined the cast It was shot as two films simultaneously They were premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival under the title The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Him and HerBenson later edited the films into one film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Them which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival The Weinstein Company had a limited release in September 2014 On January 16 2019 Benson and Jac Schaeffer served as story writers for Black Widow He was later replaced by Eric Pearson Description above from the Wikipedia article Ned Benson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia