Ben Snyder

Ben is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and playwright. His feature film directorial debut, 11:55, with Julia Stiles and John Leguizamo is streaming on Showtime. Ben was the story consultant for the Sundance award-winning documentary The Wolfpack. He has developed television for BET, Channel 4, and Lionsgate Entertainment. He was a writer for the Netflix series Grand Army and is currently writing for HBO's Betty. His original series, Nobody's Nobody's, starring Andre Holland and Michael K. Williams, is in development at Warner Bros. Ben's plays have been produced at P.S. 122, The Vineyard Theater, Crossroads Theatre, The Apollo Theater, New York Stage and Film, and at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. His plays have been nominated for NAACP Image Awards and published in the anthology, "Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater," Michigan Press. Ben is a member of Labyrinth Theater Company and the Writers Guild of America East. He is the Area Head of Screenwriting at Brooklyn College.