Lucky Benson is an actor, filmmaker, writer and creative director.

Their creative output is wide-ranging: they curated the art on display at The New York Times headquarters, disseminated vital Covid-19 information to millions of people via a social design system they created, helmed a brand-collab department at Baggu, rebranded The Council on Foreign Relations, directed a biopic on an overlooked Dada artist, wrote a popular guide to Joshua Tree, and have starred in several films.

Their work combines humor, forgotten history, and inquiries into the unknown.

Lucky’s work has appeared in places like the CPH:DOX Documentary Film Festival, on the BBC, at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, in The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, on the screen at Anthology Film Archives, in The Brooklyn Museum, on the BBC, in The New York Times, and on the walls of Nicolai Wallner Gallery. They received a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from Lund University in Sweden and have taught classes at City University of New York and Golden Dome.

They are currently the creative director at The Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, they were a visual editor and senior art director at The New York Times.

Lucky lives between Scandinavia, LA, and NYC.