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  1. Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp was accompanied by Benji, the star of all his films, when he accepted the award for best family feature for “Benji: Off the Leash!” at the 19th annual Genesis Awards, presented by the ...

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    Joe Camp. Joseph Shelton Camp Jr. (April 20, 1939 – March 15, 2024) was an American film director and writer who is best known as the creator and director of the Benji films, [1] [2] [3] as well as Hawmps! [4] and The Double McGuffin. [5] He made over $600 million in gross income and was one of the most successful independent filmmakers in ...

  3. Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp, the creator, director and writer of the “Benji” films, died March 15. He was 84. Camp died Friday morning at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn., following a battle with illness ...

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  5. 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.

  6. Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp in 2018. David Livingston/Getty. He ultimately released it himself in 1974, forming a company to distribute the film independently. "Almost a year later, it was the number three picture ...

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  7. Mar 15, 2024 · 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 ...

  8. Mar 15, 2024 · Joe Camp, a North Texas adman turned filmmaker who bootstrapped his way to a smash-hit with Benji, the 1974 live-action film starring a shaggy-haired pooch, after being turned away by Hollywood ...

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