Award winnig director Julian Benedikt began to direct films after meeting legendary drummer Chico Hamilton in 1994, who inspired him to make his first movie:
„Dancing to a Different Drummer“
Julian Benedikt received international acclaim with
„Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz“. The film won, among others,
the prestigious Peabody award and a Grammy nomination.
Julian is founder of Benedikt Pictures, Film and Media Productions, a production company, focusing on image films and international co-productions for TV and cinema.
He has interviewed and worked with:
Dennis Hopper, B.B. King, Burt Bacharach, Billy Wilder, Carlos Santana, Roman Polanski, H.M.The Queen Of Sweden, Roger Federer, Sigourney Weaver, David Lynch, Cindy Crawford, Philipp Lahm , Robert Evans, Jodie Foster, Zaha Hadid, Daryl Hannah, Jeff Koons, Karl Lagerfeld, Juliette Gréco, Marianne Faithfull, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lionel Hampton, Max Roach, Heinz Berggruen, Helmut & June Newton, Brigitte Nielsen, Luciano Pavarotti, Paloma Picasso, Claudia Schiffer, Ettore Sottsass, Benedikt Taschen, Monica Vitti, John Frankenheimer, Herbie Hancock, Ben Harper, Vidal Sassoon, Benny Carter, Diana Krall
His works for commercial clients include:
Audi, VW, Mercedes, BBDO, Lamborghini, Leica, Gillette,
Würth Group, Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Chrysler, United Visions, Scholz & Friends
FILMOGRAPHY
Producer, Author and Director
CHICO HAMILTON – DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Feature documentary with festival selection, 35 mm, 1993/94
and 2002 (theatrical version)
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte, 3Sat, RM Associates
HELMUT NEWTON‘S SUMO – THE MAKING OF THE
MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK
Feature documentary, Digital Beta, 1999
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF
PLAY YOUR OWN THING – A STORY OF JAZZ IN EUROPE
Feature documentary theatrical exploitation, 2006
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte, Eikon,
Delphi film distribution, SF, DR, YLE, NRK
INGO MAURER – PROVOKING MAGIC
Documentary, 2007
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte
LONGING FOR BEAUTY
Feature documentary, 2010
BENEDIKT PICTURES with BR/ARD, YLE, NHB, OHC
Producer
KOMEDA – A SOUNDTRACK FOR A LIFE
A film by Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy. Feature documentary, 2009
BENEDIKT PICTURES with Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, ZDF/Arte, TVP, YLE, SF, DR, WaveLine
Author and Director
VOODOO CHILE – THE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX
Documentary, 1995 with ARTE, SDR, EuroArts
BLUE NOTE – A STORY OF MODERN JAZZ
Feature documentary with theatrical exploitation, 35mm 1996/97
With EuroArts Entertainment, ARTE, SDR, BRAVO Television USA, DR, EMI Blue Note, EMI Toshiba
JAZZ SEEN – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PHOTOGRAPHER
WILLIAM CLAXTON
Feature documentary with theatrical exploitation, S-16,1999/2000
With EuroArts Entertainment, ZDF/ARTE, NorthbyNorthwest Productions, BRAVO Television
EIN TAG IN WOLFSBURG (A DAY IN WOLFSBURG)
Documentary, 2003 for United Visions film production
Awards
1992
Best Actor in LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (Junior-Festival in Beziers)
1997
C.I.C.A.E. (World Association of Art Cinemas) for BLUE NOTE
1998
Grammy nomination (The National Academy Of Recording Arts)
for BLUE NOTE
Peabody Award (The University of Georgia) for BLUE NOTE
Vision Award (National Association of Minorities in Communication)
for BLUE NOTE
Rocky nomination (BANFF Television Festival) for BLUE NOTE
2010
FIPA D’ARGENT for KOMEDA
„Dancing to a Different Drummer“
Julian Benedikt received international acclaim with
„Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz“. The film won, among others,
the prestigious Peabody award and a Grammy nomination.
Julian is founder of Benedikt Pictures, Film and Media Productions, a production company, focusing on image films and international co-productions for TV and cinema.
He has interviewed and worked with:
Dennis Hopper, B.B. King, Burt Bacharach, Billy Wilder, Carlos Santana, Roman Polanski, H.M.The Queen Of Sweden, Roger Federer, Sigourney Weaver, David Lynch, Cindy Crawford, Philipp Lahm , Robert Evans, Jodie Foster, Zaha Hadid, Daryl Hannah, Jeff Koons, Karl Lagerfeld, Juliette Gréco, Marianne Faithfull, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lionel Hampton, Max Roach, Heinz Berggruen, Helmut & June Newton, Brigitte Nielsen, Luciano Pavarotti, Paloma Picasso, Claudia Schiffer, Ettore Sottsass, Benedikt Taschen, Monica Vitti, John Frankenheimer, Herbie Hancock, Ben Harper, Vidal Sassoon, Benny Carter, Diana Krall
His works for commercial clients include:
Audi, VW, Mercedes, BBDO, Lamborghini, Leica, Gillette,
Würth Group, Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Chrysler, United Visions, Scholz & Friends
FILMOGRAPHY
Producer, Author and Director
CHICO HAMILTON – DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Feature documentary with festival selection, 35 mm, 1993/94
and 2002 (theatrical version)
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte, 3Sat, RM Associates
HELMUT NEWTON‘S SUMO – THE MAKING OF THE
MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK
Feature documentary, Digital Beta, 1999
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF
PLAY YOUR OWN THING – A STORY OF JAZZ IN EUROPE
Feature documentary theatrical exploitation, 2006
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte, Eikon,
Delphi film distribution, SF, DR, YLE, NRK
INGO MAURER – PROVOKING MAGIC
Documentary, 2007
BENEDIKT PICTURES with ZDF/Arte
LONGING FOR BEAUTY
Feature documentary, 2010
BENEDIKT PICTURES with BR/ARD, YLE, NHB, OHC
Producer
KOMEDA – A SOUNDTRACK FOR A LIFE
A film by Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy. Feature documentary, 2009
BENEDIKT PICTURES with Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, ZDF/Arte, TVP, YLE, SF, DR, WaveLine
Author and Director
VOODOO CHILE – THE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX
Documentary, 1995 with ARTE, SDR, EuroArts
BLUE NOTE – A STORY OF MODERN JAZZ
Feature documentary with theatrical exploitation, 35mm 1996/97
With EuroArts Entertainment, ARTE, SDR, BRAVO Television USA, DR, EMI Blue Note, EMI Toshiba
JAZZ SEEN – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PHOTOGRAPHER
WILLIAM CLAXTON
Feature documentary with theatrical exploitation, S-16,1999/2000
With EuroArts Entertainment, ZDF/ARTE, NorthbyNorthwest Productions, BRAVO Television
EIN TAG IN WOLFSBURG (A DAY IN WOLFSBURG)
Documentary, 2003 for United Visions film production
Awards
1992
Best Actor in LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (Junior-Festival in Beziers)
1997
C.I.C.A.E. (World Association of Art Cinemas) for BLUE NOTE
1998
Grammy nomination (The National Academy Of Recording Arts)
for BLUE NOTE
Peabody Award (The University of Georgia) for BLUE NOTE
Vision Award (National Association of Minorities in Communication)
for BLUE NOTE
Rocky nomination (BANFF Television Festival) for BLUE NOTE
2010
FIPA D’ARGENT for KOMEDA