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. Camp ...

MCKINNEY, Texas — From directors to actors to producers, there's a lot of cinema weaved into North Texas history. While there are plenty of people worth mentioning, there's a well-known, four-legged ...

Benji follows the title character, a mixed-breed dog depicted as lovable with a knack for always being in the right place at the right time. Two children from the town try to convince their parents to ...

As of March 16, Benji, the scruffy box-office sensation of the 1970s and ‘80s, is back and Netflix has him. A new movie simply titled “Benji,” starring an adorable and agile mutt who’s pretty much the ...

The 2018 remake of Benji, the 1974 film about a precocious and precious pup, is fairly predictable family fun. Children bond with a dog, he helps them through trouble, it’s all very cute. The 2018 ...

Thirty years, three feature follow-ups and assorted TV spinoffs after "Benji" (1974), his indie sleeper hit about a lovably resourceful mutt, filmmaker Joe Camp returns to his roots with a pleasant, ...

Did you know the 1974 movie Benji was largely filmed in downtown McKinney? Nearly 50 years later, the city is looking to celebrate and commemorate its role in movie history by commissioning a ...

It's been a mere 14 years since the last "Benji" movie. But in dog years, that's an eternity. "Benji," now streaming on Netflix, is an earnest attempt to rekindle the most earnest of film franchises, ...

He made and distributed the first film about the scruffy dog on his own and found great success. “We got it by depicting what the animal was feeling, not what the animal was doing,” he said. By Mike ...

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 ...