James Benning (film director)
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James Benning (born 1942) is a film director. His films focus on a sense of place and are often built from long, unedited takes. He worked in Chicago but lately has been based on the West Coast.
Benning was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942. His daughter is experimental filmmaker and musician Sadie Benning.
Filmography
- Los (2001) (Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Sound)
- Sogobi (2001) (Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Sound)
- B-52 (2001) (Sound)
- Valley Centro, El (2000) (Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Sound)
- Utopia (1998) (Director)
- Four Corners (1997) (Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Himself [Narrator])
- Deseret (1995) (Director)
- North on Evers (1992) (Director)
- Used Innocence (1989) (Director, Writer, Actor [voice])
- Landscape Suicide (1986) (Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Writer)
- O Panama (1985) (Director)
- American Dreams (1984) (Director)
- Him and Me (1982) (Director)
- Last Dance (1981) (Director)
- Double Yodel (1980) (Director)
- Oklahoma (1979) (Director)
- Four Oil Wells (1978) (Director)
- Grand Opera (1978) (Director)
- 11 x 14 (1977) (Director)
- One Way Boogie Woogie (1977) (Director)
- A to B (1976) (Director)
- Chicago Loop (1976) (Director)
- 3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording (1975) (Director)
- 9-1-75 (1975) (Director)
- Erotic Film, An (1975) (Director)
- Saturday Night (1975) (Director)
- United States of America, The (1975) (Director)
- 8 1/2 X 11 (1974) (Director)
- Gleem (1974) (Director)
- I-94 (1974) (Director)
- 57 (1973) (Director)
- Honeyland Road (1973) (Director)
- Michigan Avenue (1973) (Director)
- Art Hist. 101 (1972) (Director)
- Ode to Muzak (1972) (Director)
- Time and a Half (1972) (Director)
- Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound? (1971) (Director)
External links
- Internet Movie Database: James Benning (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072159/)