Film historian and Filmumentaries founder Jamie Benning has in-depth conversations with film industry professionals.
Latest episodes
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16 - Mark Mangini - Supervising Sound Editor
For episode 16 I spoke to the wonderful, talented Mark Magini. Academy Award winning Supervising Sound Editor for Mad Max: Fury Road and the talent behind the sounds of so many of…
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1 h 52
15 - Martin Meunier - Animation and Effects
For episode 15 of The Filmumentaries Podcast I spoke with animaiton and visual effects expert Martin Meunier. Martin has worked on some great movies including James and the Giant P…
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57 min
14 - Ben Dimmock - Movie Stunt Performer / Coordinator
For episode 14 of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I spoke with Ben Dimmock, stunt performer and stunt coordinator on movies and television. Ben's had a pretty cool career in many big f…
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42 min
13 - Paul Blake - AKA Greedo from Star Wars
Back in March 2018 I spoke to actor Paul Blake about his role as Greedo in Star Wars (1977). This is a bonus episode, not charged to my patrons on Patreon. Be warned, there is some…
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1 h 04
12 - Marty Brenneis - Aka Marty the Droid - ILM Veteran
In this episode I speak to Industrial Light and Magic veteran Marty Brenneis. Also known as Droid! He was there for all the big movies, building camera systems and doing his thing!…
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39 min
11 - Jonathan Rinzler - Author of THE best "making of" books
For Episode 11 of The Filmumentaries Podcast I was very fortunate to be able to speak to Jonathan Rinzler. Author of THE best behind the scenes movie books ever made. Please do che…
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1 h 17
10 - Sylvain Despretz - Storyboard Artist for Ridley Scott et al
Sylvain, an intelligent, talented storyboard artist and I spoke just last week (9th October 2020)about his career working with Ridley Scott, David Fincher and Stanley Kubrick. I re…
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55 min
9 - Kenneth George Godwin - DUNE (David Lynch) behind the scenes
In September 2020 I spoke to journalist and editor Kenneth George Godwin about his book "Dune - The David Lynch Files: Volume 2. Six months behind the scenes on one of the biggest…
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54 min
8 - Charles de Lauzirika - Ridley Scott's goto behind the scenes professional
In early September 2020 I had the fortune of being able to chat with behind the scenes expert Charles de Lauzirika about his documentary work. Charles and I discuss what it takes t…
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1 h 12
7 - Team Jabba - Dave Barclay, Toby Philpott and John Coppinger
Episode 7 of The Filmumentaries Podcast is up. This time I spoke with Jabba the Hutt puppeteers Tony Philpott and Dave Barclay as well as sculptor and builder John Coppinger. Pleas…
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48 min
6 - Dan Lanigan - Movie Props Collector / Presenter fo Disney+ Prop Culture show
For Episode 6 I spoke to my friend Dan Lanigan, movie props collector extraordinaire. We chat about the origins of his interest in movie props as well as some of the key items in h…
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56 min
5 - Kevin Pike - Special Effects Supervisor - JAWS, Return of the Jedi, Back to the Future
For this episode, number 5, I spoke to Kevin Pike, former special effects supervisor who worked on Jaws, CE3K, ROTJ, BTTF... He's full of experience and stories. So much so that he…
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1 h 14
4 - Paul Hirsch - Oscar Winning Film Editor (Star Wars, Empire, Ferris Bueller, Carrie))
For the fourth episode of the filmumentaries podcast, I spoke to supremo editor Paul Hirsch about his book "A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing…
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3 - Tim Rose - Puppeteer of Admiral Ackbar, Salacious Crumb etc
For the 3rd Episode of the Filmumentaries podcast I spoke to puppeteer and animatronic engineer Tim Rose. As many of you will know, he played Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi a…
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1 h 31
2 - Giles Terera - Star of Hamilton and fellow Star Wars obsessive
For my second podcast I interviewed star of Hamilton and good friend of mine, Giles Terera. He's an actor, singer, writer and fellow Star Wars obsessive. We talk about Star Wars be…
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24 min
1 - Wolf Kahler - AKA Col Dietrich from Raiders of the Lost Ark
My interview with Wolf Kahler aka Colonel Dietrich from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sorry for the ropey audio. It was the first interview I'd ever done for one of my projects and I di…