Julian Benedikt

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt  •  Andreas Morell
CAST:  Freddie Hubbard  •  Gil Mellé  •  Herbie Hancock  •  Horace Silver

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt  •  Andreas Morell
CAST:  Freddie Hubbard  •  Gil Mellé  •  Herbie Hancock  •  Horace Silver

Longing for Beauty (2010)

A documentary directed by Julian Benedikt.  (more)

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A documentary directed by Julian Benedikt.  (more)

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Love at First Sight (1991)

After the German reunification: A widowed, unemployed archaeologist with two children and a single futurologist with a little daughter in Berlin fall in love at first sight and persistently and unwaveringly develop a life together. An equally unspectacular and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Thome
CAST:  Geno Lechner  •  Julian Benedikt  •  Margarita Broich  •  Kyana Kretzschmar

After the German reunification: A widowed, unemployed archaeologist with two children and a single futurologist with a little daughter in Berlin fall in love at first sight and persistently and unwaveringly develop a life together. An equally unspectacular and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Thome
CAST:  Geno Lechner  •  Julian Benedikt  •  Margarita Broich  •  Kyana Kretzschmar

Je n'en ferai pas un drame (1996)

A couple finds themselves for a decisive weekend in the countryside after three months of dissonant relationships. She is playful and philanthropist, he is Protestant, she is an atheist, he is thoughtful, she is impatient, he is dreamer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dodine Herry-Grimaldi
CAST:  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Julian Benedikt  •  Wolfgang Limmer  •  Bernard Schmidt

A couple finds themselves for a decisive weekend in the countryside after three months of dissonant relationships. She is playful and philanthropist, he is Protestant, she is an atheist, he is thoughtful, she is impatient, he is dreamer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dodine Herry-Grimaldi
CAST:  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Julian Benedikt  •  Wolfgang Limmer  •  Bernard Schmidt

Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (2006)

A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independent of American jazz and the various changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt
CAST:  Arild Andersen  •  Georg Baselitz  •  Stefano Bollani  •  Till Brönner

A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independent of American jazz and the various changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt
CAST:  Arild Andersen  •  Georg Baselitz  •  Stefano Bollani  •  Till Brönner

Cognacq-Jay (1994)

Jazz Seen (2001)

"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz artists, photographers, and actors recount memories they had with Claxton and explore his work, while parts of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt
CAST:  William Claxton  •  Peggy Moffitt  •  Chico Hamilton  •  John Frankenheimer

"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz artists, photographers, and actors recount memories they had with Claxton and explore his work, while parts of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Benedikt
CAST:  William Claxton  •  Peggy Moffitt  •  Chico Hamilton  •  John Frankenheimer