James Benning Movies

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...

Sixty one-minute shots with no camera movement. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is not only experienced as an intellectual...

A new video work by American avant-garde filmmaker James Benning explores the videos of Russian activist/activist-art group Voina (“war”).

glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.

After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective...

In 54 static shots, Benning provides a picture of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. With the exception of the first three shots, he chooses areas...

Filmed in Sierra Nevada, just like Benning's Spring Equinox, but this time during a different season. Consists of static shots of the actual...

James Benning appropriates a 14-second excerpt from his own film Time and a Half (second entry in his filmography), dissects the scene into its...

Twenty-four hours in the life of a factory worker.

The owner of a failing inn and his roadkill collector friend devise a Bigfoot hoax to draw in tourists, but a Miccosukee Hunter is set to make sure...

A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.

A three hour shot containing light, dark, and a BNSF train in the desert.

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

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

Stills from a trip in Cuba.

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

James Benning's forthcoming film features 2 skies, one shot from Spiral Jetty in Corinne, Utah and the other from the Sun Tunnels in Wendover, Utah.

Filmed in Sierra Nevada, California over one day. Static and still shots of the actual landscape and environments in the area.

One day, father makes a shocking decision in a family gathering. The family disagrees with it and against him in the very beginning. However, they...

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