Mark Benjamin

Mark Benjamin
Benjamin at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards
Born1947 (age 76–77)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, cinematographer
Years active1974–present

Mark Benjamin (born 1947) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for the Sundance TV series Brick City[1] and the feature film Slam[permanent dead link].[2] His most recent television series, Chicagoland aired on CNN in 2014.

Film and television[edit]

Year Project Network Credit Festivals and Project Awards
1974 Lamp Unto My Feet: My Father's House CBS Director, Director of Photography
1975 Cold Frame CBS Director, Director of Photography Shown in the Basel Art Fair
1975 Lamp Unto My Feet: Twice Promised Land CBS Producer, Director, Director of Photography
1977 Jerusalem Peace PBS Producer, Director, Director of Photography Chicago Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art - Director's Series
1979 Bill Moyers Journal - The People of Nes Ammim PBS Producer, Director
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Women Inside PBS Producer, Director American Film Festival - Blue Ribbon
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Barry Commoner: The Politics of Energy PBS Producer, Director
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Campaign Report: Watts PBS Producer, Director
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Campaign Report: Ronald Reagan PBS Producer, Director
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Campaign Report: Jimmy Carter PBS Producer, Director
1980 Bill Moyers Journal - Evangelicals and the Right PBS Producer, Director
1980 We are the Guinea Pigs[3] PBS Director of Photography
1980 The New Immigrants Series PBS Director of Photography New York Emmy
1981 NBC White Paper: Crisis in Black America NBC Director of Photography Monte Carlo Film and Television Festival
1982 Creativity with Bill Moyers - Performing Arts High School PBS Director, Director of Photography Primetime Emmy - WON
1982 Portrait of an American Zealot PBS Director of Photography Included in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent film collection, Cinema du Real, Carnegie Hall Cinema
1983 Portrait of America - Puerto Rico TBS Director, Director of Photography Peabody Award Winner,[4] CINE Golden Eagle
1984 Los Sures PBS Director of Photography New York Film Festival, American Film Festival - Blue Ribbon, Global Village Festival
1985 Wall Street Connection WCBS Director of Photography Emmy - Outstanding Documentary (nominated)
1985 National Geographic Explorer: Smoke Jumpers National Geographic Society Producer, Director
1986 Frontline - Inside the Jury Room PBS Director of Photography Blue Ribbon Award, American Film and Video Festival Monitor Award Best Public Affairs Program (nominated) and Best Editing (nominated)
1987 National Geographic's Atocha: Quest for Treasure National Geographic Society Director of Photography American Film Festival, Houston Film Festival - Best Documentary Film, Cine Golden Eagle
1988 The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis PBS Director of Photography American Film Festival, Blue Ribbon Awards, Best Film - WON, News & Documentary Emmy Awards - WON
1988 Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen HBO Director of Photography
1988 Mondo New York[5] Island Picture Camera Operator
1988 Driving Me Crazy TMG Additional Camera
1989 How to Raise a Drug Free Kid HBO Director of Photography ACE Award - Educational Special (WON)[6]
1989 Badlands Director of Photography Monitor Award
1990 Takeover PBS Director of Photography Sundance Film Festival
1991 Blowback Director of Photography
1991 The Home Front with Bill Moyers PBS Director of Photography duPont-Columbia Award - Gold Baton
1992 Damned in the USA PBS Director of Photography WINNER International Emmy Best Arts Documentary 1991, WINNER Silver Plaque Chicago International Festival 1991, WINNER Melbourne Festival 1991, Edinburgh Film Festival 1991, Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York 1991, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 1991, Rotterdam Film Festival 1992, Cork Film Festival 1991, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New York 1992
1993 The Last Party Triton/ Live Home Video Director, Director of Photography Mill Valley Film Festival
1994 Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock[7] HBO Director of Photography CableACE Award for Best Documentary,

Silver Medal for Best Documentary, Houston International Film Festival||

1994 A Time of AIDS[8] The Discovery Channel Director of Photography International Emmy - WON
1995 Talking Sex HBO Director of Photography National Emmy
1995 VH1's The Goods by Todd Oldham VH1 Producer, Director
1996 Prisoners of the War on Drugs[9] HBO Director of Photography
1997 CIA: America's Secret Warriors[10] Discovery Channel Director of Photography duPont-Columbia Award, CableACE - Best Director (nominated)
1997-2001 Egg The Arts Show/ City Arts PBS Director of Photography New York Emmy Award - series
1998 Dead Blue: Surviving Depression[11] HBO Director of Photography Emmy Award: Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - WON
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Paramount Television, Magnum Productions Additional Photography
1998 Slam Lions Gate Director of Photography New York Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize - Sundance Film Festival, Camera D'Or & Prix du Public - Cannes Film Festival, 1998 Black Film and Video Network's Reel Black Award
1999 Thug Life in D.C.[12] HBO Director of Photography Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special, National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS Award, First Place Winner 32nd Annual Media Awards Competition, National Council on Family Relations
1999 Whiteboyz 20th Century Fox Director of Photography
2000 Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop Producer, Director, Director of Photography Urban World Film Festival, Latino Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival
2000 Soldiers in the Army of God[13] HBO Director of Photography NARAL Courageous Advocate Award
2000 EGG, The Arts Show: Who Am I? PBS Producer
2001 Brooklyn Babylon Lions Gate, Artisan Entertainment, Canal + Director of Photography Slamdance (Opening Night film), Hawaii International Film Festival
2001 School's In Disney Channel Producer, Director, Director of Photography
2002 Middle School Confessions[14] HBO Family Additional Camera
2002 Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder[15] HBO Director of Photography
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger[16] BBC Director of Photography Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2002: Amnesty International - DOEN Award - WON, Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Truer Than Fiction Award - NOMINATED
2003 Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius Hook Mitchell Director of Photography Tribeca Film Festival
2003 The Blues: Godfathers and Sons PBS Director of Photography Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival
2003 Dave Mathews Band: The Central Park Concert RCA Records Label Camera Operator
2003 Retrospective Director, Cameraman Edison Film Festival
2003 Going Home HBO Director, Director of Photography Contemporary Documentary Series — presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Academy Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive
2004 On the Outs Fader Films, Youth House Productions Director of Photography - 2nd Unit Toronto Film Festival
2004 The First Amendment Project: Poetic License PBS Director of Photography
2004 America Undercover: Back in the Hood: Gang War II HBO Director of Photography
2004 Art in Progress: Philip Pearlstein Director of Photography
2005 Protocols of Zion HBO/Cinemax and ThinkFilm Director of Photography Berlin Film Festival, Sundance, Gold Hugo - Chicago International Film Festival (Best Documentary - nominated)
2005 The American Ruling Class The Alive Mind Director of Photography Aired on Sundance Channel
2007 The Music in Me: A Family Special HBO Family Director, Director of Photography Peabody Award Winner[17]
2008 Why We Fight Now Military Channel Director, Director of Photography
2009 Brick City - Season 1 SundanceTV Executive Producer, Director 2009 Peabody Award Winner,[18] 2010 Golden Eagle Cine Award, Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking (nominated),[17] NAACP Image Award (nominated), International Documentary Association (IDA) 2010 - Continuing Series (nominated)[19]
2010 Dirty Old Town Producer New York Independent Film Festival, Royal Flush Film Festival
2010 Brick City Season 2 SundanceTV Executive Producer, Director TIME - Top Television Shows of 2011 (Honorable Mention),[21] 2012 News and Documentary Emmy for "Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form" (nominated)
2011 The After Party: The Last Party 3 Cameraman New York Los Angeles International Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature - WINNER, Duke City DocFest - Freedom of Speech Award - WINNER, Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood - Best Documentary Feature - WINNER, ThrillSpy International Film Festival - Best Documentary - WINNER
2012 Second Coming?: Will Black America Decide the 2012 Election BET Executive Producer, Director Cronkite Award - National Network Programming - BET (awarded as part of the network's election coverage)[20]
2013 Jersey Strong[21][22][23] Pivot Executive Producer, Director
2013 Flex is Kings[24][25] Consulting Producer Tribeca Film Festival, Somerville Subterranean Cinema
2014 Chicagoland[26][27][28] CNN Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography Silver Hugo Award - Chicago International Film Festiva[citation needed] 2014 IDA: International Documentary Association: Best Limited Series Award - Nominated[29]
2016 Rikers [30][31] Producer, Director of Photography DOCNYC [32]
2016 Oceans Warriors [33] Animal Planet / Discovery Executive Producer, Director

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brick City (TV Series 2009– )" – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ Levin, Marc (October 7, 1998), Slam (Drama), Off Line Entertainment Group, retrieved October 14, 2022
  3. ^ Eleanor Mannikka (2016). "Archived copy". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Portrait of America". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Mondo New York (1988)" – via www.imdb.com.
  6. ^ STEVE WEINSTEIN (January 15, 1990). "HBO Leads the Way for Cable's ACE Awards - Page 2 - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Silverman, Jeff (July 31, 1994). "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "First-rate Aids Chronicle Deserves Viewers - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". Articles.sun-sentinel.com. November 14, 1993. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  9. ^ WALTER GOODMAN (January 8, 1996). "TELEVISION REVIEW;Following Drug Dealers Through the Prison Gates". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (September 17, 2018). "Television". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  11. ^ Scott, Tony (January 5, 1998). "Dead Blue: Surviving Depression". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  12. ^ Dargis, Manohla (1999). "America Undercover: Thug Life in D.C." Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  13. ^ Dargis, Manohla (2000). Soldiers in the Army of God. Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  14. ^ Fries, Laura (January 1, 2002). "Middle School Confessions". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  15. ^ "Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder" – via www.imdb.com.
  16. ^ Tallerico, Brian. "The Trials of Henry Kissinger Movie Review (2002)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  17. ^ Username * (April 25, 2007). "HBO Family's Documentary 'The Music In Me' Wins 66th Annual Peabody Award". NAMM.org. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  18. ^ List of Peabody Award winners (2000–09)#2009
  19. ^ "404 Error - Temple Beth El Early Childhood Center" (PDF). 4onceinmylife.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  20. ^ "Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism 2013 winners announced | USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism". Annenberg.usc.edu. March 6, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  21. ^ Thomas, June (September 13, 2013). "Jersey Strong on Pivot: A TV show that gives former gang members and lesbian trial lawyers their due". Slate.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  22. ^ Wiegand, David (September 13, 2013). "TV Review: 'Jersey' Makes a Strong Case for Reality TV on Pivot - @WaitWhat_TV". Blog.sfgate.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  23. ^ "TakePart - Stories That Matter, Actions That Count". www.takepart.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  24. ^ "Flex Is Kings" – via www.imdb.com.
  25. ^ MIRIAM BALE (April 3, 2014). "'Flex Is Kings' Follows Devotees of a New Dance". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  26. ^ "CNN's 'Chicagoland' Premiere: Reality Show Glitz vs. Real-Life Grit". HuffPost. December 6, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  27. ^ "Stark Drama That's Found in Real Life -". The New York Times. March 6, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  28. ^ reporter, Bill Ruthhart, Tribune (April 25, 2014). "Emails show Emanuel aides, producers coordinated CNN 'Chicagoland' scenes". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ "IDA Documentary Awards 2014". documentary.org. May 15, 2014.
  30. ^ "RIKERS – A Documentary Film". RIKERS.
  31. ^ "Watch RIKERS Documentary". billmoyers.com.
  32. ^ "RIKERS". docnyc.net.
  33. ^ "Ocean Warriors - Vulcan Productions". www.vulcanproductions.com.

External links[edit]

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