Joe Camp — writer, producer and director of the “Benji” film and television franchise — has died at the age of 84. Brandon Camp, son of the creator and a filmmaker in his own right, confirmed his ...

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 at the LA premiere of the new Netflix reboot "Benji" (Getty Images) Joe Camp — writer, producer and director of the “Benji” film and television franchise — has died at the age of 84. Brandon ...

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 ...

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 ...