Director
Benjamín Naishtat
40 years · Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina · 20 films
Benjamín Naishtat (born 1986; Buenos Aires City) is an Argentine filmmaker. He graduated from film school in Buenos Aires in 2008. From 2009 to 2011 he took part in Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains' programme in France. He has made a variety of commissioned films in Argentina and in Cameroon. His work is shown internationally – his feature debut Historia del miedo/History of Fear (2014) world premiered in competition in Berlin. Rojo (2018) premiered in Toronto.
Best known for
Filmography 20
Pedro en el país
2026 · Director, Screenplay
Glaxo
2026 · Director, Writer
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
2026 · Writer
Puan
2023 · Writer, Director
On Plex
El malestar
2022 · Producer, Writer
Rojo
2018 · Director, Screenplay
On Hoopla
Miguel's Brother
2018 · Editor
A Local Kind Of God
2018 · Director
Ciudad deportiva
2016 · Editor
The Movement
2015 · Director, Writer
Upa! 2: El regreso
2015 · Actor
History of Fear
2014 · Screenplay, Director
On Kanopy
Buenos Aires Rap
2014 · Editor, Writer
Collections
2013 · Editor, Producer
History of Evil
2011 · Writer, Director
The Game
2010 · Editor, Director
Less and Less
2010 · Actor
Short Stories 5
2009 · Writer, Director
We Were Fine
2008 · Screenplay, Director
El séptimo día
1999 · Actor