Obie Benz

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Obie Benz (born November 3, 1949 ) is an American documentary filmmaker .

Life

Obie Benz graduated from Berkshire School and Middlebury College . In 1971 he founded the Vanguard Public Foundation in San Francisco , which supported activist groups as well as documentary filmmakers. From 1975 he was with Pacific Alliance organizer of some charity rock concerts against nuclear power and for Indian rights and worked closely with artists such as Bonnie Raitt , Jackson Browne and Graham Nash .

In 1982 he made the documentary Americas in Transition , which was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 1982 Academy Awards . He later made the documentary Heavy Petting about teenage sexuality, which consisted of various educational films , newsreels, and feature film scenes from the 1950s. In 1995 the episode My Generation followed in the series The History of Rock 'n' Roll for Warner Bros and Time Life .

In the 1990s he worked for Amnesty International and made a few short commercials.

Filmography

  • 1982: Americas in Transition (documentary short film)
  • 1989: Heavy petting
  • 1995: My Generation (from The History of Rock 'n' Roll)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Debora Lynn Jones Marries Obie Benz . In: New York Times . September 18, 1983 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 2, 2020]).
  2. ↑ a b c Biography. Internet Movie Database , accessed February 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Heavy petting. Film service , accessed February 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Benz, Obie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH United States