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Directing – NBC

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Friends WB Bright Kauffman Crane 6 episodes“The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion” (Robin Williams & Billy Crystal)“The One With The Hypnosis Tape” (Giovanni Ribisi & Debra Jo Rupp)“The One With Phoebe’s Ex-Partner”“The One Where Monica and Richard are Friends” (Tom Selleck)“The One With All The Jealousy” “The One With The Ick Factor” Jesse Bright Kauffman Crane (Christina Applegate) 8 episodes Jersey Brillstein Grey Pilot The Naked Truth Brillstein Grey (Tea Leoni) 12 episodes Lee Evans Project Warren Littlefield Pilot

Directing – CBS

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Local Zeroes (1) Col/TriStar/CBSP (Chao/Todd/Benson) Pilot/Creator/Prod Local Zeroes (2) Col/TriStar/CBSP (Chao/Todd/Benson) Pilot/Creator/Prod Style and Substance Peter Tolin Touchstone (Kathleen Turner) Pilot Meant For Each Other Disney Rudnick/Benvenuti [exec. prod.](Jon Faverou) Pilot George Wendt Show Disney/Touchstone (picked up 6 episodes) Pilot Pearl Witt-Thomas Muddling Through Columbia P (JenniferAniston) Good Advice (Shelly Long,Treat Williams,Teri Garr) Family Album Bright Kauffman Crane (Peter Scolari) Evening Shade Mozark/Burt Reynolds Prods.

Directing – HBO

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Dream On Bright Kauffman Crane (Brian Benben, Louise Fletcher) 1 episode — "Try Not to Remember" RECEIVED CABLE ACE BEST DIRECTOR NOMINATION

The Huntress USA(Annette O'Toole) Series Exec Producer Haley Wagner, Star Viacom Pilot Kevin’s Castle Nelvana/Disney Channel Pilot Reunited UPN Castle Rock(Julie Haggerty, Cliff Bemis) Pilot Life With Roger Pilot Monty FOX Touchstone(Henry Winkler, David Schwimmer) Kids, Incorporated Disney Channel(Jennifer Love Hewitt) True Confessions Landsburg Prod.(Adam Arkin; Frances Conroy)

Directing – FILM

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Modern Love Sony/SVS/Lyric Films Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Composer (Robby Benson, Karla DeVito, Rue McClanahan, Louise Lasser, Cliff Bemis, Kay Ballard, introducing Lyric Benson, and Burt Reynolds as Colonel Parker) White Hot Academy Ent. (Danny Aiello, Robby Benson) Directed first full-length feature shot on High Definition Video in North America

Music

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Open Heart Theatrical Musical Composer/Lyricist/Author The Breakfast Club A&M/Universal John Hughes [w/d] Soundtrack Composer "We Are Not Alone" performed by Karla DeVito RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR SONGWRITING Swept Away - Diana Ross RCA "Nobody Makes Me Crazy" Composer RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR SONGWRITING Walk Proud Universal Pictures Soundtrack Composer Modern Love Sony/SVS Soundtrack Composer and Producer Die Laughing Orion Soundtrack Composer Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Feature Soundtrack RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR PERFORMANCE Dirty Love Theatrical Musical Composer/Lyricist/Author Robby Benson CD Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Wake ’em Up in Tokyo! - Karla DeVito A&M 6 tracks Composer

Acting – Film

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One on One Warner Bros. (Annette O’Toole) Also Writer The Chosen Contemporary Films (co-starring Rod Steiger) Tribute 20th Century Fox (co-starring Jack Lemmon) Ice Castles Columbia Donald Wrye [d] (Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt) Ode to Billy Joe Warner Bros. (Glynnis O’Connor) Running Brave ITC/Buena Vista/Filmtrust, Irminskin Band (Pat Hingle) Jeremy United Artists (co-starring Glynnis O’Connor) FILM AWARD AT CANNE FILM FEST; ROBBY NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GLOBE® Just a Dream Showtime Danny Glover [d] (Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy) Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Voice of BEAST ONLY ANIMATED FEATURE EVER NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE Modern Love Sony/SVS Lyric Films Also Writer, Producer, Composer White Hot Academy Ent. Robby Benson [d] (Danny Aiello) Rent a Cop Kings Road/ITC (Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli) Harry and Son Orion Paul Newman [d] (co-starring Paul Newman) Die Laughing Orion, Warner Bros. (with Charles Durning) — Also Writer, Producer, Composer Walk Proud Universal Pictures Lawrence Turman Also Music Co-composer The End United Artists, Larry Gordon (Burt Reynolds, Dom de Luise) Lucky Lady Stanley Donan [d] (Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman, Liza Minelli) The Godfather Part II Paramount Francis Ford Coppola [d] Jory Avco-Embassy Pictures

Death Be Not Proud Hallmark Hall of Fame RECEIVED GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST ACTOR NOMINATION 1975 Our Town George Schaeffer [d] (co-starring Hal Holbrook) Two of a Kind CBS - G.E. Theatre (co-star George Burns) RECEIVED GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINATION The Death of Richie (co-starring Ben Gazzara) The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (co-starring Julie Harris, role of Todd Lincoln) California Girls ABC Pictures – Movie of the Week Ed Sullivan Show (performing with the Broadway cast "The Rothschilds") American Dreams NBC Jonathan Prince/Dick Clark [p] (recurring) The Huntress USA Robby Benson [p] [d] (Annette O’Toole, guest star cameo) Lefty CBS Brad Grey/Sylvester Stallone [p] Pilot Sabrina the Teenage Witch ABC Viacom Pilot [d] (guest star cameo) Caroline in the City NBC CBS Prods. Family Album CBS Lorimar; Bright/Kauffman/Crane Prods. Benson [d] (cameo) Precious Victims CBS TV Movie (co-star Park Overall, Richard Thomas) Road To Avonlea CBC Disney Channel Evening Shade CBS Mozark, Burt Reynolds Prods. (Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning) Hitchiker HBO Lewis Chesler Prods. (shot in Paris) Tough Cookies CBS Witt-Thomas Star American Bandstand Dick Clark Prod. (playing composition for film Walk Proud) The Virginia Hill Story (co-starring Dyan Cannon) Remember When (co-starring Jack Warden) All the Kind Strangers (co-starring John Savage)

Acting – Theater

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BROADWAY: Pirates of Penzance Joseph Papp [p] Dan Berlinghoff [c] (Kevin Kline, Karla DeVito) Open Hearts, the Musical Book, music and lyrics by Robby Benson Licensed and published by Samuel French, 2006 Dude Rado and Ragni [w] The Rothchilds Hilly Elkins [p] (Hal Linden) Zelda Delbert Mann [d] (Co-Starring Ed Begley, Sr.)   OTHERS: King Of Hearts A. J. Antoon [d] Steve Tesich [w] Oliver Imperial Theatre, Japan Love Letters Ted Wyiant [d] Canon Theatre, LA Evita Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? John Kenley [p]

Acting – Voice

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Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Beast GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST PICTURE NOMINATED ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE Dragonheart II Universal Raffaella DeLaurentis [p] Draco David and Goliath Family Channel David The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Disney Santa Claus Prince Valiant Family Channel/Hearst 65+ episodes Prince Valiant Exosquad Universal Cartoon Studios 52 episodes J.T. Marsh P.T. Barnum Discovery Channel Ken Burns [p] Lincoln ABC Ken Burns [p] Conduct Unbecoming Publishing Mills (Audio Book) Tom Sawyer Dove Audio (Audio Book) Red Badge of Courage Random House (Audio Book) The Lost Boys Simon & Schuster (Audio Book) Big Book on the Planet Publishing Mills (Audio Book) If You Give a Moose a Muffin Harper Collins (Audio Book) Puss N’ Boots Dove Audio (Audio Book) The Little Match Girl Dove Audio (Audio Book) Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas Disney Beauty and the Beast: Magical Moments Disney Beauty and the Beast - World on Ice Disney (Live Version) Batman FOX Warner Bros. (Animated Series) Mickey’s House of Mouse Disney (Animated Series) Magic Schoolbus: Seeds PBS Scholastic Prods. (Lily Tomlin) Snowed in at the House of Mouse Disney (Video) Crippled Lamb TLC Productions King’s Quest 6 Sierra On-Line (CD-ROM Interactive) Meant for Each Other Birthing Tape Announcer Pilot [d] Game Night "Lemon Blast" Commercial Pilot [d] Thunder Alley ABC TV Track Announcer Episode [d]