AARON BENAY

I create worlds and the characters who live in them.

Narrative leadership across film, television, and games. Currently writing an open-world RPG at Tencent's Lightspeed LA.

CURRENT WORK

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Last Sentinel — Lightspeed LA / Tencent

SELECTED PROJECTS

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ALSO

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USC School of Cinematic Arts — Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Wells Division of Writing, MFA Program
American Film Showcase / U.S. State Department — Film Envoy: Barbados, Mongolia, Central Asia, Vietnam
ADC 104th Annual Awards — Gaming Jury
Writers Guild of America — Member, WGA LGBTQ+ Committee

Speaking — CAA / Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society — The Future of Video Game Adaptations
UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television — guest speaker on pitching, graduate program thesis judge
Chapman University — Writing for Evolving Platforms
University of Washington, Tokyo
Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies

Additional creditsLast of the Breed (Miramax) · Homefront 2 (Millennium / Jason Statham) · Dark Samurai (Sony Pictures Imageworks) · Fite & Fite (TNT / Sony Pictures Television) · Creative content for DreamWorks Animation across Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Trolls, Boss Baby, Puss in Boots, and Penguins of Madagascar · Script analysis and title development for Universal Pictures


CONTACT

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[email protected]
Los Angeles · Open to relocation

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