There was a time when Benji was the most beloved dog in America, and possibly the whole world. He was a scrappy, whip-smart little canine, and he had a tendency to find himself in one death-defying ...

Benji is the name of a dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji franchise. The eponymous canine character is a ...

Joe Camp, who wrote, produced and directed a series of films and TV shows that elevated a pooch stage-named Benji to Hollywood’s canine pantheon alongside Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, died today at his ...

Writer-director Joe Camp`s accomplishment in his ”Benji” movies–that of coaxing a full range of human emotions out of the lovable little mongrel who is his star, as well as from his extensive casts of ...

He defied the odds to turn “Benji,” a live-action film series from a dog’s perspective, into a smash hit, and turned the film industry on its head in the process. By Sopan Deb Joe Camp, a pioneering ...

She comes out of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, her hair billowing behind her, shaking her tail and licking the hands of her fans — just another starlet out for a stroll in Central Park. Except her ...

Joe is widely known for his Benji films, but it was a difficult road to success for him. He had to raise $500,000 to make the first Benji film, about a mutt who saves a pair of children from ...

Joe Camp found his own distribution company Mulberry Square to market his films. Joe is widely known for his Benji films, but it was a difficult road to success for him. He had to raise $500,000 to ...