Jamie Benning

Jamie Benning

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Jamie Benning is a director, producer, editor residing in London, England. A huge fan of 80's blockbusters, Jamie has produced numerous short videos on the subject as well as five feature length Filmumentaries. He is also a coordinator and producer working in international outside broadcast and studio TV. Jamie predominantly works on TV coverage for Formula One Grand Prix around the globe.

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Jamie Benning

Filmes

Do or Do Not. There Is No Try.
Producer
During the production of my Jabba documentary short, Slimy Piece of Worm Ridden Filth, I was put in contact with Toby Philpott’s colleague and Jabba’s right hand man. Literally, his right hand man, puppeteer Dave Barclay. Dave helped us, along with Toby (Jabba’s left arm), Mike Edmonds (tail) and John Coppinger (animatronic engineer) to reconstruct just how it was inside that filthy Hutt. And of course it couldn’t have been done without the amazing work of Eletrographica aka Pete Starling, who rendered all that information into a multilayered illustration. Dave was so impressed with the Jabba documentary that he asked if I would consider doing one on Yoda. Dave aged just 19 in 1979 was involved in building and puppeteering Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back. After a few email exchanges, Dave kindly found time between his work on The Muppet Show for an interview.
Do or Do Not. There Is No Try.
Director
During the production of my Jabba documentary short, Slimy Piece of Worm Ridden Filth, I was put in contact with Toby Philpott’s colleague and Jabba’s right hand man. Literally, his right hand man, puppeteer Dave Barclay. Dave helped us, along with Toby (Jabba’s left arm), Mike Edmonds (tail) and John Coppinger (animatronic engineer) to reconstruct just how it was inside that filthy Hutt. And of course it couldn’t have been done without the amazing work of Eletrographica aka Pete Starling, who rendered all that information into a multilayered illustration. Dave was so impressed with the Jabba documentary that he asked if I would consider doing one on Yoda. Dave aged just 19 in 1979 was involved in building and puppeteering Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back. After a few email exchanges, Dave kindly found time between his work on The Muppet Show for an interview.
Return of the Jedi - Special Location Effects
Director
Kevin Pike talks about his location special effects work on Return of the Jedi (1983).
Blast It Biggs! Where Are You?
Editor
Back in January 2015 I had the pleasure of talking to Garrick Hagon aka Biggs about his role in Star Wars.
Blast It Biggs! Where Are You?
Producer
Back in January 2015 I had the pleasure of talking to Garrick Hagon aka Biggs about his role in Star Wars.
Blast It Biggs! Where Are You?
Director
Back in January 2015 I had the pleasure of talking to Garrick Hagon aka Biggs about his role in Star Wars.
Slimy Piece of Worm-Ridden Filth
Editor
Documentary about the puppeteering in Jabba the Hutt for Return of the Jedi.
Slimy Piece of Worm-Ridden Filth
Producer
Documentary about the puppeteering in Jabba the Hutt for Return of the Jedi.
Slimy Piece of Worm-Ridden Filth
Director
Documentary about the puppeteering in Jabba the Hutt for Return of the Jedi.
Inside Jaws: A Filmumentary
Writer
An unofficial documentary commentary on the making of Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975)
Inside Jaws: A Filmumentary
Director
An unofficial documentary commentary on the making of Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975)
Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary
Writer
After the success of Star Wars Begins, filmmaker Jamie Benning (aka Jambe Davdar) embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, trilogy!). Raiding the Lost Ark, A Filmumentary is the culmination eight months of reading, trawling, interviewing and editing. This time Jamie has sourced some of the interviews himself, with contributors from Wolf Kahler (Colonel Dietrich), Brian Muir (legendary sculptor), Mark Mangini (part of the Oscar winning sound team) and most surprisingly Sean Young (talking about her audition for the part of Marion Ravenwood).
Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary
Director
After the success of Star Wars Begins, filmmaker Jamie Benning (aka Jambe Davdar) embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, trilogy!). Raiding the Lost Ark, A Filmumentary is the culmination eight months of reading, trawling, interviewing and editing. This time Jamie has sourced some of the interviews himself, with contributors from Wolf Kahler (Colonel Dietrich), Brian Muir (legendary sculptor), Mark Mangini (part of the Oscar winning sound team) and most surprisingly Sean Young (talking about her audition for the part of Marion Ravenwood).
Star Wars Begins: A Filmumentary
Writer
Filmmaker Jamie Benning has finally finished his trilogy of documentary-commentaries. This final chapter concentrates on the first Star Wars film. Like his two previous documentaries, Building Empire (2006) and Returning to Jedi (2007), Star Wars Begins is an unofficial look at the creation of the classic movie and features deleted scenes, alternate takes and different angles, bloopers, original on set audio recordings and a huge amount of commentary from cast and crew, culled from every corner of the galaxy.
Star Wars Begins: A Filmumentary
Director
Filmmaker Jamie Benning has finally finished his trilogy of documentary-commentaries. This final chapter concentrates on the first Star Wars film. Like his two previous documentaries, Building Empire (2006) and Returning to Jedi (2007), Star Wars Begins is an unofficial look at the creation of the classic movie and features deleted scenes, alternate takes and different angles, bloopers, original on set audio recordings and a huge amount of commentary from cast and crew, culled from every corner of the galaxy.
Returning to Jedi: A Filmumentary
Writer
Returning to Jedi is an in-depth look at the making of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. It features rare alternate takes, production audio, on-screen facts, cast and crew commentary, storyboards, behind the scenes footage and reconstructed scenes.
Returning to Jedi: A Filmumentary
Director
Returning to Jedi is an in-depth look at the making of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. It features rare alternate takes, production audio, on-screen facts, cast and crew commentary, storyboards, behind the scenes footage and reconstructed scenes.
Building Empire: A Filmumentary
Writer
Building Empire is an unofficial commentary on The Empire Strikes Back. Starting with the movie itself, it adds behind the scenes footage, audio interviews with the cast and crew, alternate angles, reconstructed scenes, text facts and more to give an in-depth look at the process which brought the film to the big screen.
Building Empire: A Filmumentary
Director
Building Empire is an unofficial commentary on The Empire Strikes Back. Starting with the movie itself, it adds behind the scenes footage, audio interviews with the cast and crew, alternate angles, reconstructed scenes, text facts and more to give an in-depth look at the process which brought the film to the big screen.
Not Your Average Joe
Director
A documentary about the career of legendary production designer Joe Alves and his four decades in Hollywood.