Benjamin was born and raised in the city of Aarhus in Denmark and graduated from the MFA Cinematography program at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Here Benjamin received the Ethel Poirier Award for excellence in cinema. His thesis film Slut, which he shot for Chloe Okuno, was awarded at numerous film festivals and earned him an award for Best Cinematography at the HollyShorts Film Festival. Benjamin's DP work includes the acclaimed feature film Watcher, reuniting with director Chloe Okuno, a thriller about an American woman in Bucharest who believes she is being stalked by a serial killer. More recently, Benjamin shot Pet Sematary: Bloodlines produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Lindsey Beer, as well as the comedy Maybe Baby, and the documentary, Being Human.