Stuart Benjamin
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Stuart Benjamin April 25, 1946 Los Angeles |
Stuart Benjamin (born April 25, 1946) is an American film producer.
Benjamin was born in Los Angeles. He attended North Hollywood High School where he lettered in Varsity basketball and served on the student council. He went on to graduate from the University of Southern California in 1967 with a degree in Finance, where he played basketball and served as the President of Associated Men, was a Rhodes Scholar candidate, and was a recipient of the prestigious Man of Troy award. He also attended Harvard Law School, and graduated in 1970. He is the son of Gerald Benjamin, a corporate executive, and Victorine Benjamin, a housewife.
He began his career in 1970 with the law firm of Wyman, Bautzer, Finell, Rothman and Kuchel. He became a partner in 1975, specializing in business, securities and entertainment litigation, as well as sports law, and was chairman of the firm's entertainment department at the time he left the firm in January 1988. From 1975 to 1978 Benjamin served on the board of directors of the Boston Celtics and received a championship ring when the Celtics won a World Championship in 1976. In 1978 Benjamin was involved in the formation of the San Diego Clippers and served on their board until 1981.
In 1971 Benjamin and director Taylor Hackford formed a production company called New Visions, Inc. Throughout most of the 70's they produced documentaries, docu-dramas and a great number of music-concert shows. Their short film, Teenage Father, garnered Hackford an Oscar in 1979 for the short film. Benjamin and Hackford went on to produce several other films under the New Visions banner: Against All Odds, White Nights, La Bamba, Everybody's All-American.
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