Nick Benjamin is a Brazilian-American writer/director, who has been experimenting with filmmaking since he was twelve years old. When he was only seventeen years old and a junior in high school, Nick won the award for Best Director/Picture at the Columbia College Hollywood summer film program for his short film How It Goes Down (2011). Since then, Nick has written, directed and produced several personal projects, as well as many student projects during his tenure at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Upon arriving at USC, Nick immediately jumped into working on a multitude of projects for undergraduate and graduate students alike. In 2018, he was a producer in several award-winning USC graduate theses including Here and Beyond (2018) and Something to Live For (2018). Nick was also nominated for a Student Academy Award for Co-Producing the multi-award-winning short film Under Darkness (2018). After graduating, he began his journey into the world of directing by assisting acclaimed directors such as Michael Bay and Brad Peyton during Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production on their respective films. Nick began directing music videos in his spare time, including “Flashback” by Holland Greco (2022), which made its debut on national television in 2022. Taking the skills that he acquired along the way, Nick is now focusing on writing and directing compelling and captivating stories of his own that encompass themes that look "outside the box" with a sense of wonder, while maintaining a thrilling edge. Read less