Biography
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.
Filmography
all 107
Movies 107
Director 89
self 7
Writer 2
![Breathless](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1053615-breathless.webp)
Breathless (2024)
![Allensworth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/787170-allensworth.webp)
Allensworth (2022)
![TEN YEARS LATER](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/767696-ten-years-later.webp)
TEN YEARS LATER (2022)
![On Paradise Road](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/448617-on-paradise-road.webp)
On Paradise Road (2020)
![PLACE](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/553679-place.webp)
PLACE (2020)
![She Dies Tomorrow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/400707-she-dies-tomorrow.webp)
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
![Maggie's Farm](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/326826-maggie-s-farm.webp)
Maggie's Farm (2020)
![daylight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/530099-daylight.webp)
daylight (2019)
![Two Moons](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/257155-two-moons.webp)
Two Moons (2019)
![Telemundo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/232953-telemundo.webp)
Telemundo (2018)
![glory](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/204079-glory.webp)
glory (2018)
![Birth of a Nation](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Birth of a Nation (2018)
![SAM](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
SAM (2018)
![Readers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/192483-readers.webp)
Readers (2017)
![Untitled Fragments](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Untitled Fragments (2017)
![Ash 01](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Ash 01 (2016)
![scorched earth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
scorched earth (2016)
![Fall Equinox](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Fall Equinox (2016)
![wavelength](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
wavelength (2016)
![thinking of red](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
thinking of red (2016)
![Spring Equinox](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Spring Equinox (2016)
![Measuring Change](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/167591-measuring-change.webp)
Measuring Change (2016)
![Fresh Air](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Fresh Air (2016)
![Perimeter](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/393201-perimeter.webp)
Perimeter (2015)
![52 Films](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
52 Films (2015)
![Concord Woods](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Concord Woods (2014)
![Natural History](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/167564-natural-history.webp)
Natural History (2014)
![signs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/600027-signs.webp)
signs (2014)
![US 41](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
US 41 (2014)
![HF](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
HF (2014)
![FUCK ME (green)](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
FUCK ME (green) (2014)
![FUCK ME (orange)](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
FUCK ME (orange) (2014)
![Coming to Terms](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/266490-coming-to-terms.webp)
Coming to Terms (2013)
![BNSF](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/265667-bnsf.webp)
BNSF (2013)
![The War](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/268151-the-war.webp)
The War (2012)
![Easy Rider](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/240988-easy-rider.webp)
Easy Rider (2012)
![Stemple Pass](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/233842-stemple-pass.webp)
Stemple Pass (2012)
![Postscript](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/273002-postscript.webp)
Postscript (2012)
![Nightfall](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/264731-nightfall.webp)
Nightfall (2012)
![20 Little Films](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1056669-20-little-films.webp)
20 Little Films (2012)
![After Warhol](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
After Warhol (2011)
![Faces](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/61313-faces.webp)
Faces (2011)
![Small Roads](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/191148-small-roads.webp)
Small Roads (2011)
![Two Cabins](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/521827-two-cabins.webp)
Two Cabins (2011)
![YouTube Trilogy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
YouTube Trilogy (2011)
![Twenty Cigarettes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/305103-twenty-cigarettes.webp)
Twenty Cigarettes (2011)
![Tulare Road](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Tulare Road (2010)
![Pig Iron](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/369131-pig-iron.webp)
Pig Iron (2010)
![Reforming the Past](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Reforming the Past (2010)
![Faces 1973](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Faces 1973 (2010)
![Ruhr](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/191955-ruhr.webp)
Ruhr (2009)
![Fire & Rain](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1035503-fire-rain.webp)
Fire & Rain (2009)
![Lunch Break](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Lunch Break (2008)
![RR](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/318811-rr.webp)
RR (2007)
![Casting a Glance](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/264480-casting-a-glance.webp)
Casting a Glance (2007)
![Water Spell](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/187010-water-spell.webp)
Water Spell (2007)
![74.78](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/319476-74-78.webp)
74.78 (2005)
![10 Skies](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/128881-ten-skies.webp)
10 Skies (2004)
![13 Lakes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/243467-13-lakes.webp)
13 Lakes (2004)
![Sogobi](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/243415-sogobi.webp)
Sogobi (2002)
![Los](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/243417-los.webp)
Los (2001)
![El Valley Centro](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/243281-el-valley-centro.webp)
El Valley Centro (1999)
![Utopia](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Utopia (1998)
![Four Corners](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/160880-four-corners.webp)
Four Corners (1997)
![Deseret](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/153224-deseret.webp)
Deseret (1996)
![North on Evers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/315267-north-on-evers.webp)
North on Evers (1992)
![Landscape Suicide](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/162404-landscape-suicide.webp)
Landscape Suicide (1987)
![O Panama](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/369525-o-panama.webp)
O Panama (1985)
![Pascal's Lemma](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Pascal's Lemma (1984)
![Him and Me](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/162393-him-and-me.webp)
Him and Me (1982)
![11 x 14](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/156237-11-x-14.webp)
11 x 14 (1977)
![Chicago Loop](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/389084-chicago-loop.webp)
Chicago Loop (1976)
![9-1-75](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
9-1-75 (1975)
![Michigan Avenue](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/403663-michigan-avenue.webp)
Michigan Avenue (1974)
![8½ x 11](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
8½ x 11 (1974)
![I-94](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/411268-i-94.webp)
I-94 (1974)
![Time and a Half](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/524275-time-and-a-half.webp)
Time and a Half (1972)
![Memory/Lies](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Memory/Lies
![Cuba, an Historical Romance](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Cuba, an Historical Romance
![Maintenance](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Maintenance
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![James Benning](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/1/102002-james-benning.webp)
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1942-12-28 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, United States
ChildrenSadie Benning
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As제임스 베닝, 제임스 배닝
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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