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James Benning

James Benning

Director

Over the past thirty-five years James Benning (b. 1942) has played a central role in the history of American independent cinema by offering his rigorously structured yet wonderfully graceful films as extended meditations on the American landscape and its social and environmental histories. Benning’s life and work have been shaped by his passionate wanderlust—born in Milwaukee, he lived for intervals in Colorado, the Missouri Ozarks, Illinois and Oklahoma before settling in Val Verde, California in 1987, with car and motorcycle journeys around the country generating such films as I-94 (1975) and Four Corners (1997). His career has been equally restless, ranging from his early experimentation with an avant-garde aesthetic to his embrace, during the 1980s and 90s, of explicitly autobiographical elements and increased human content. With his “California Trilogy” (2000-2001) Benning entered a new phase, refining his formalist style and political concerns while distilling his abiding interest in place and exacting organizational structures.

Born: December 28, 1942 (Age 81) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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James Benning  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.6
ActorHimself2013
Movie
6.6
ActorHimself2018
Movie
6.8
Actor(voice)1989
Movie
6.8
ActorThe Father2013
Movie
Actor2019
Movie
4.8
ActorLeatherman2020
Movie
6.5
Actor2020
Movie
7.2
ActorNarrator1997
Short Film
6.7
ActorOwl Eyes2011
Short Film
ActorSelf (voice)2021
Short Film
6.9
Actor1975
Movie
7.8
ActorHimself2003
Movie
7
DirectingDirector, Editor, Producer, Writer1977
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector2004
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector1984
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector, Editor, Producer, Writer, Cinematography2007
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector1996
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector1999
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector1997
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector2018
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer1987
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector2001
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector2016
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector, Writer1977
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector2005
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector2007
Movie
6
DirectingDirector2017
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor, Writer2009
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector2011
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector2002
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector2016
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer2012
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector, Producer2004
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector, Writer2011
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector2016
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector2012
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector, Writer1978
Movie
6.9
EditingEditor2008
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector2011
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector2011
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector1982
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector1998
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector, Writer1989
Movie
7
DirectingDirector1992
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector2013
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector2012
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer2012
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector2014
Movie
6.2
CrewThanks2015
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector, Editor, Writer, Cinematography2020
Movie
DirectingDirector2020
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector2020
Movie
8
DirectingDirector2021
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector2022
Movie
7
DirectingDirector, Producer2022
Movie
DirectingDirector
Movie
DirectingDirector
Movie
DirectingDirector2024
Movie
DirectingDirector
Movie
DirectingDirector
Movie
DirectingDirector
Movie
DirectingDirector2015
Short Film
6.6
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound1985
Short Film
5.3
DirectingDirector1974
Short Film
6.1
DirectingDirector1974
Short Film
6.9
DirectingDirector1975
Short Film
7.2
WritingWriter2012
Short Film
8.3
DirectingDirector1977
Short Film
6.2
DirectingDirector2011
Short Film
6.7
DirectingDirector2011
Short Film
8
DirectingDirector2014
Short Film
7.3
DirectingDirector, Producer, Writer, Cinematography2010
Short Film
4.7
DirectingDirector2015
Short Film
DirectingDirector1975
Short Film
5.5
CrewThanks2007
Short Film
6.2
DirectingDirector2022
Short Film
DirectingDirector1972
Short Film
DirectingDirector2022
Short Film
CrewThanks2018
Short Film
DirectingDirector1971
Short Film
DirectingDirector1975
Short Film
6.3
DirectingDirector2009
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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