Feb. 26—Benji Maldonado 1974-2025 Benji Maldonado, age 50, of Socorro, New Mexico. Born October 7, 1974. He passed away peacefully in his home on February 16th, 2025, after a long battle with health ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America’s favorite underdog is back! Benji — the scruffy, soulful-eyed mutt whose first film, “Benji,” grossed about $45 million at the box office when it premiered in 1974 — is returning on Friday ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...