Benjamin August (born c. 1979) is an American casting director and screenwriter. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Remember, a film directed by Atom Egoyan.Originally from Livingston, New Jersey, August graduated from Livingston High School in 1997. He previously worked as a casting director on Fear Factor and as a story producer on Don't Forget the Lyrics! He later spent time teaching English as a second language in Vietnam, during which he wrote Remember, his first feature film screenplay. His second screenplay, Class Rank, under director Eric Stoltz was released in 2016.