James Benning Movies

Short by James Benning.

Benning's 18-minute study of moonfall in the morning sky-- A close cousin to his film "two moons". A lovely rendition of 'Moon River' accompanies the...

A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.

"Ash 01 is a declassified recording made from a B-52 bomber on December 26, 1972 during the Christmas carpet bombing of Hanoi." - James Benning. This...

Except for some additional ambience, the entire sound track of this film has been taken (without permission) from: Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian...

Six soldiers wandering in search of enemies in the forest where they can't see an inch ahead. While gathering on the island to prepare Shakespeare's...

James Benning’s PLACE is a multi-part work that deepens the artist’s longstanding engagement with marginalized artists and creators. Over...

A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...

This three-channel video installation by James Benning shows three scenes from David Wark Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). The...

Director James Benning turned his attention to the digital world in YouTube Trilogy, organizing found material around three thematic clusters.

an excerpt of a conversation between James and I during the Fall of 2019 - Santa Clarita, CA

This is multifaceted look at the landscape and history of Utah (or Deseret, as the Mormon Church prefers to call it). Benning condenses 93 news...

A stunning study of real-time light changing from day to night which was filmed in a forest high up in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

In this short black and white study Benning uses dissolves, shifting camera angles and cross-fades to experiment with narrative structure.

Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.

Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.

"Him And Me" has Benning's hallmarks: pristine cinematography, a quasi-autobiographical stance, and a minimalist structure that juxtaposes concrete...

Experimental filmmaker James Benning returns with this abstract documentary about California's Central Valley, part 1 of his "California Trilogy"....

Video essay providing a brief introduction to the work of James Benning for his exhibition at neugerriemschneider.

signs is a sobering continuation of Benning’s career-long interest with the written word as image, text as vision: a silent parade of stills...