BenDavid Grabinski

BenDavid Thomas Grabinski (born February 12, 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer and television showrunner. His directorial debut was the 2021 comedy thriller film Happily starring Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé. He wrote and directed the 2026 buddy comedy film Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice starring Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, and Eiza González which headlined the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 14, 2026 and is distributed by Hulu.

Works

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Two gangsters and the woman they love try to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added to the mix: a time machine.

Release Date2026-03-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count294

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.

Release Date2023-11-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count394

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Each season of this horror anthology series follows a different group of kids, members of the Midnight Society, as they discover terrifying curses and creatures.

Release Date2019-10-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count252

Skiptrace

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

Release Date2016-07-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count759

Blindspotting

Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.

Release Date2018-07-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Vote Count720

Happily

Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.

Release Date2021-03-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count141

Cost of Living

Two young security guards at an unusual corporation have a bad night.

Release Date2011-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count12

Hex

Described as dark magic coming to an already unusual town. Plot TBA.

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Archer & Armstrong

An action-adventure/buddy comedy colliding a drunk, delinquent immortal who has given up on saving the world and the idealistic young man who needs him for a globe-trotting quest to stop history's oldest conspiracy.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter