DUSTIN T. BENSON
screenwriter
ABOUT
A former strategic weapons technician in the U.S. Navy, Dustin Taylor Benson built a screenwriting career defined by visceral, high-stakes storytelling. He sold a spec to Ian Bryce Productions, was represented at UTA, and completed assignment work for Atlas Entertainment, Hasbro, and New Line Cinema.
Following a Young Onset Parkinson’s diagnosis, he stepped away from the industry. Now based in Norway and a member of Dramatikerforbundet (Writers Guild of Norway), he returns with renewed focus, developing new material for a 2026 U.S. market reentry.
EXPERIENCE
Spec Sale
VIRAL – Ian Bryce Productions (2012)
Representation
United Talent Agency (2012-2019)
Assignments
Hasbro IP Development – Story outlines for multiple properties (Jem and the Holograms, Micronauts, Spirograph, others). Developed franchise concepts for major toy IP.
BONNIE & CLYDE – Modern-day crime thriller developed for Energy Entertainment & Atlas Entertainment
THE GODYSSEY – Action-adventure tentpole based on Rob Liefeld’s comic property, developed for New Line Cinema
Produced
PANDEMIC (2016) Action/Horror
Guild Membership
Dramatikerforbundet (Writers Guild of Norway) – Norwegian equivalent of the WGA