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Jun 28, 2012 · Jeep became the first animal Inn ever trained, says Joe Camp, writer and director of the 1974 film Benji.
- Morning Edition
Located less than an hour outside Madison, Wis., Columbia...
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Hollywood animal trainer Frank Inn with Higgins, a shelter...
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Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp, a pioneering filmmaker who created a groundbreaking franchise with his “Benji” movies, which brought a lovable live-action dog to the masses and became a smash success, died on...
Barely eight years ago Joe and Kathleen Camp entered the world of horses without a horse or a clue and very quickly found their questions steering them into uncharted and controversial waters on a collision course with the ultimate discovery that most “domestic” horses in the world are being kept and cared for in a manner that is ...
“Joe Camp is a master storyteller.” The New York Times “One cannot help but be touched by Camp’s love and sympathy for animals and by his eloquence on the subject.”
Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and trust in yourself. He was told by industry “experts” not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn’t work.
Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp, the writer, director and producer who taught that old dog Hollywood new tricks about animal movies as the creative force behind the 1974 franchise-spawning Benji, has died. He was 84.
Owned and trained by famed animal trainer Frank Inn, Higgins died in 1975 at the age of 17, Deadline reported. Subsequent Benjis included the original dog’s offspring.
