A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Payman Benz
The sketches, the credits, the comedy.
All in one place.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Payman Benz is a comedy director, producer and writer whose short-form television work includes Key & Peele. His archived directing credits are Rap Album Confessions and the Gremlins 2 brainstorm sketch. These pieces pair tightly staged performances with the series’ parodies of music, filmmaking and the assumptions behind familiar entertainment.
Based in Los Angeles, Benz has directed episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Last Man on Earth, A.P. Bio and Black Monday. His other work includes commercials and comedy projects such as the ArScheerio Paul interview reenactments. His career bridges the compact structure of filmed sketches and longer episodic television comedy.