This means many more people will find out the book exists when they open up their search in the iBookstore — and outreach to patients of all kinds and their loved ones is the reason Robby wrote the book.  I’m Not Dead… Yet!  was conceived by Robby with all the media included for the iPad and originally created in Apple’s Pages application. When Apple’s new iAuthor was released, he quickly shifted gears and produced I’m Not Dead… Yet! using iAuthor, one of the simplest and most beautiful ways to create what we at Valor Editions believe is the future of books.

Here’s the screenshot from the Made with iBooks Author page:

Here’s the screen shot from the front page of the iBookstore below:

I’m Not Dead… Yet!

by Robby Benson
Category: Biographies & Memoirs

New York Times #1 bestselling author, Michael F. Roizen, M.D. praised I’m Not Dead… Yet!: “When you read this funny and courageously blunt book, you’ll understand how to gain the vibrancy that Robby and his wife, Karla, have. …What a great read and what an important story for all patients and their families dealing with a challenging illness.”

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The multimedia enhanced iPad ‘flagship’ handpicked by apple as one of the best!

click here:  AVAILABLE NOW AT THE iTUNES BOOKSTORE

BUY THE PAPERBACK AT OUR OWN eSTORE HERE: https://www.createspace.com/3926926

Or for the paperback and all kindle versions click here: AVAILABLE AT AMAZON

Barnes and Noble Nooks click here: AVAILABLE FOR ALL NOOKS

‘Cancer sells. Heart doesn’t.’

As requested by so many, we have produced a print version of Robby’s medical memoir I’m Not Dead… Yet!  Here’s where you can get it:

https://www.createspace.com/3926926  This is our own book page at Create Space. (Create Space is a terrific place for independent authors to sell their books.)

This paperback version of I’m Not Dead… Yet! is 6×9 and has a beautiful color cover with an all black and white interior. None of the bells and whistles of the multimedia version for the iPad, (or even the Kindle Fire or Color Nook or Google Nexus7), but if you purchase the physical book and write us here, we will send you links to the prologue  and epilogue read by Robby and all of the calming slide shows he created by for the book. The print version is also available here on Amazon.

http://soc.li/2pFdX5F

Billy Mills will be speaking as Patricia Mills will be honored at the unveiling of her painting Torch of Memory.

The Mikisew Cree First Nation of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada have made it possible for Patricia Mills’ dynamic Torch of Memory to become part of the permanent collection of the World Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland later this year.

Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 2 pm in the Rasmuson Theater, 1^st level at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian at 4th Street and Independence Avenue  SW Washington, DC

The inspirational Billy Mills (who remains the only America to ever bring home Olympic Gold in the 10,000 meter race) and his talented wife Patricia have been friends with Robby Benson since he was the actor/athlete hand chosen by Mills to portray him in the film Running Brave. The 1983 bio pic was financed by the Erminskin Band of Alberta, Canada.

Currently the multi-hyphenated Robby Benson’s self penned medical memoir I’m Not Dead… Yet!  is available in its ‘flagship’ version for the iPad. It will be released in all formats and print on August 7, 2012.

Billy Mills is the National Spokesperson for Running Strong for American Indian Youth  a wonderful charity that does great things for young Native Americans and their communities. Check it out!

Watch here and let us know what you think! (or click here to watch on Robby’s new you tube channel)

It will include all 20 songs featured in the iPad version!

Thanks for tweeting about Robby’s book Chris!!! @ChrisCuomo

2012 Sweetnotes by Mitch Gallagher and Mark Hutchins

Customer Profile

Robby Benson

By Mitch Gallagher and Mark Hutchins

Yes, that Robby Benson. He may be most widely known for his film roles and heartthrob status in the late ’70s and early ’80s —not to mention as the voice of the Beast in Disney’s hugely popular Beauty and the Beast. But Benson is more of a renaissance man than most people realize. He’s a best-selling author with a new book on the way. He cowrote the film One on One and has scored films, including Walk Proud, Die Laughing, and Modern Love. He placed a song in The Breakfast Club. (“We Are NotAlone,” sung by wife Karla DeVito.) He has been a professor of film for more than 22 years; his last teaching job was at NYU. Benson began as a stage actor, and he has appeared in several Broadway productions. But it may be his first love (aside from Karla and his kids), music, that truly defines him. From his early appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand to his Pepsi and Dr. Pepper jingles to his full-fledged recording productions (most recently, his daughter Lyric’s album Lyric’s Love Light Revolution), Benson has remained immersed in music. “My entire life has really been more about music than anything else, but it’s not the thing that has been publicized,” he points out. In fact, he’s maintained a home studio since the ’70s, and his enthusiasm has never waned.

“I started in the ’70s with TASCAM stuff,” he recalls. “I had an 8-track studio with the patch bay that I miss so much to this day, because that’s how my mind works: common sense.” He used the studio to work out songs and movie scores, and for demos for his wife (an accomplished Broadway performer and a recording artist — she also toured with Meatloaf during his Bat Out of Hell tour; you may have seen her in the “Paradise By Dashboard Light” video) as well as Diana Ross. “I’m very proud of what Karla and I accomplished in that little studio,” he says, adding that he’s excited about recording her next project with his current computer-based system. Benson points out that moving from analog to digital was a real leap. “It was a huge, huge crossover for me into the digital world because I’m 56, and there are probably a lot of people like me who understand that there are amazing possibilities in what’s happening and what we can do now in the digital world.” He also points out that his career dictated the move. “I had to make the transition based on my voice-over career. I used to do a lot of voice overs, and I’m a bit of a hermit, so I got an ISDN line into my house, and I would engineer and perform in a closet and make the clients very happy. And some of those voice overs were for credible clients — I mean, one was the GE account.”

Benson is a fan of how a professional-sounding project can be made in a home-studio environment. “When I made Lyric’s album, the entire album was made using a Creation Station. The idea that I could put my DAW in there and then have some plug-ins and just go at it [was great] — just me and the computer, no one else in the room, with some monitors at a really low level, literally trying to hear everything in the song that I could possibly hear. I had so much fun, I can’t tell you. And the whole thing was done with Sweetwater gear — everything.” Benson appreciates Sweetwater’s personal approach. “I have never worked with a group of people who have helped creatively like every single person at Sweetwater. There is not one person that I have run into who hasn’t gone out of their way to make me able to be more creative.”

Benson’s Go-to Gear

Whether he’s doing voice-over work, producing full-length album projects, or just following his creative muse, Robby Benson relies on studio gear that fits his approach and gives him the results he wants. Here is a sampling of his go-to gear and software.

Sweetwater Creation Station audio computer

Steinberg Cubase production software

Steinberg UR28M USB interface

Groove3 tutorial software

Waves plug-ins

Sonnox R3 EQ plug-in

Universal Audio UAD card and plug-ins

iZotope Ozone mastering plug-in bundle

Neumann U 87 microphone

sE Electronics Reflexion filter

Novation Impulse 25-key controller

Novation UltraNOVA synthesizer

Native Instruments Guitar Rig software

Roland GR-55 guitar synth/processor

M-Audio active monitors

Sennheiser HD 380 headphones

Creation Station: The Heart of Robby’s Home Studio

Robby Benson counts on his Sweetwater Creation Station audio computer as the center of his recording rig. He explains, “You can make music all night long, all day long, and it’s not going to end up costing you thousands of dollars. A whole album lived inside my Creation Station. That’s fantastic!” Built from the ground up for audio, our ultra-fast and compact Creation Stations are perfect for running today’s powerful DAWs, plug-ins, and virtual instruments. Call your Sales Engineer today and choose the Creation Station that fits your needs best.

Read more: http://broadwayworld.com/article/SPOTLIGHT-ON-BEAUTY-THE-BEAST-3D-Robby-Benson-20120126#ixzz1prOv7xwS

He actually took a picture holding the album and tweeted about it today:

charliesheen Miami bound. I know what I’ll be listening to. Nora… Step aside for Lyric Benson “Love Light Revolution” is upon us!… http://t.co/o8qSLZVi

Charlie Sheen on WhoSay

EXTRA TV picked up Charlie with Lyric’s CD as a Top 3 story on their home page today!!!

http://www.charliesheen.com/photos/119173 via @charliesheen

(if you don’t tweet you can just go to the link above to see the photo!)

Click here:  Hear Robby’s Light Rock 105 with Heather in Hollywood interview now!

Robby found out Heather’s dad is Jeff Ringler. Jeff was the head of SVS the precursor to SONY Pictures, and he was responsible for green-lighting MODERN LOVE (SVS/Sony 1990) written, produced and directed by Robby and starring Benson, Karla DeVito, Burt Reynolds, Rue McClanahan, Louise Lasser, Frankie Valli, Cliff Bemis, and introducing LYRIC BENSON!

This was taken by Karla while Lyric was recording her album on Cape Cod.

Check out Lyric’s website for the latest!

It’s not in 3D, but here’s Lyric Benson’s first video:

directed beautifully by Robby’s former NYU film students Jared Zeizel and Kyle O’Tain on a budget of nothing…(ok, on a very low budget, plus soup and Cape Cod soft shell crab sandwiches!!!)

Click below to see the preview:

Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

The show debuts on NBC January 16th after Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl.

Ann (with members of the cast photographed here) has shot segments all across America, searching for the perfect younger people to prank!

Ann Benson recently appeared in the much talked about Chevrolet 2011 Mofilm Tribeca commercial winner:

The Pick Up.

The last time Lyric saw Beauty and the Beast, she was sitting on the lap of her father – the voice of Beast, when it was originally released twenty years ago. (This time Lyric will be in her own seat!)

You don’t need 3D glasses to view the trailer below:

Beauty and the Beast 3D

Moshe is married to Robby’s sister and fashion designer, Shelli Segal.

The musical collaboration of Lyric and Robby Benson, LYRIC’S LOVE LIGHT REVOLUTION brings the poetry of cosmic consciousness to Earth with the power of modern rock — flaming guitar, eco-psychedelic hip-pop, atmospheric electronica, and a fat bottom. Play it loud, bring your air guitar, and plan on singing along. Dance if you want to.

LYRIC’S LOVE LIGHT REVOLUTION is ten songs performed by Lyric, composed, arranged, and produced by Robby based on her poetry. In an era when the work of so many artists is hacked into mp3 song-bites, Lyric and Robby take us on a journey exquisitely orchestrated to tell the story of her celestial awakening. From track to track, Lyric’s vocal performances evolve from gentle poems (‘In the Valley of My Soul’) to raps and rants (‘How My Body Trembles’), and resolve in harmony (‘Life is a Revolution’). The music moves with her as Robby articulates the power of her words in guitar solos and electronica, timpani and doumbek, rock ‘n roll, samples, and psychedelia.

This album is Lyric’s cosmic journey inward. The layers of sound will draw you into Lyric’s vortex and spin you across the dance floor. A girl of the hip-hop generation, Lyric raps soliloquies between verses of pop melodies, alternating hypnotic repetition in ‘Lord Shiva’s Tree’ with lightness of being in ‘Mother Lady’, and good old fashioned fist thumping in ‘Let’s Live Life in Peace’. From her self knowing bravado in ‘I Am That’ to going off the deep end in ‘I’m Never Gonna Let You Go’, Robby’s guitar follows her trailing into sonic insanity. But it’s not all that deep. ‘My Heart is the Sun’ is a simple pop song that soars to intergalactic heights.

Lyric Benson’s vocal dynamics and the span of the music across all five genomes — pop/rock, hip-hop/electronica, jazz, world music, and classical — can be traced back to her gene pool. Her mom, legendary singer, Karla DeVito had two solo albums, headlined MTV’s first New Year’s Eve concert, toured the world with Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf as the female lead in the original Bat Out of Hell, and met film star Robby Benson in Joe Papp’s Broadway production of Pirates of Penzance. The voice of Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has an extensive musical background. Robby Benson joined the NY Musicians Union 802 at the age of 14 as a studio player, he has scored films, and is the recipient of several RIAA Gold Records for songwriting, most notably ‘We Are Not Alone’ for John Hughes’ seminal film, The Breakfast Club. Though it may be in her DNA to be a performer, Lyric Benson delivers her own authentic talent, energy, and insight to this breakthrough sonic extravaganza.

For Robby, this project was a chance to collaborate with one of his favorite people and strut his formidable musicianship helping create the album she dreamed of making. LYRIC’S LOVE LIGHT REVOLUTION was performed and produced entirely in his home studio.

Peter Tolan, Robby Benson, Leslie Tolan

IMDB trivia says: “Robby Benson has worked in television or on a movie every year of his life from 1971-2004.”  So when Robby says, “I have never had more fun working in front of or behind the camera than with Peter and Leslie Tolan” — that’s saying something!  Brave New World did not make it onto NBC’s fall 2011 schedule — but a great time was had by all!

Here are pix of the terrific cast including Ed Begley, Jr., Nick Braun, Will Greenberg, Anna Popplewell, Jazz Raycole, Tyler Blackburn, and Mary Pat Gleason. (photos by  Karla DeVito)

with Tyler Blackburn and Will Greenberg

with director Michael Patrick Jann

with producer Michael Wimer

Robby made his Broadway debut at age 12 in Zelda starring Ed's dad - Ed Begley, Sr.

Benson has had four open-heart surgeries at four different hospitals over the past 27 years for a congenital valve defect. In May of 2010 he had a successful reverse Ross Procedure at The Cleveland Clinic by the only man in the world who performs them, Dr. Gosta Pettersson. Impressed by the history of The Cleveland Clinic and the entire system headed by innovative CEO Dr. Delos ‘Toby’ Cosgrove, Robby speaks from real patient experience when he says he believes The Cleveland Clinic is the world leader in excellent and empathetic patient care, and should be the template for healthcare in America. Cleveland Clinic Heart Care has been ranked #1 in America for 16 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Robby recently completed his upcoming book, I’M NOT DEAD… YET! a medical memoir of surviving a congenital valve defect while forging ahead with a dynamic career in and out of Hollywood. Benson’s goal is to help open heart patients and their loved ones get through surgery and recovery with knowledge and humor. He has mentored many cardiac patients and their families over the past twenty-seven years. Robby has spoken before the Senate Appropriation Committee in Washington, DC on behalf of heart research funding for the NIH, and he represented the American Heart Association with the late Senator Ted Kennedy and Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, in support of the Kennedy Hatch bill to stop tobacco companies from sponsoring sporting events and promoting their products to minors.

Below is information about the patient experience movement and May Summit from The Cleveland Clinic Website:

No provider can afford to offer anything less than the best clinical, physical and emotional experience to patients and families. As patients become savvier, they judge healthcare providers not only on clinical outcomes, but also on their ability to be compassionate and deliver excellent, patient-centered care.

Patient Experience: A Key Differentiator
The Empathy and Innovation Summit is a three-day, multidisciplinary conference devoted to exploring patient experience as a key differentiator essential to the future of healthcare delivery. Click here to see the complete agenda.

Summit Format
The Summit’s unique format provides specialty tracks for healthcare social media experts and a special agenda for nurses on Sunday, May 22. Click here to see the complete agenda.

Expert Panelists
The Summit features expert panel discussions about the national patient experience movement. The Summit provides participants from all disciplines the opportunity to identify shared challenges and inspire innovative solutions that will transform the patient experience and elevate customer satisfaction as a competitive differentiator.

Call for Abstracts
You are invited to submit an abstract describing established programs or developing programs which build empathy between caregivers and patients. Programs may be in developmental stages for consideration in the poster session. Programs with outcomes will be given highest priority.

Stakeholders include: Global thought leaders and providers in healthcare, academia and business.

Sponsors
The Empathy and Innovation Summit is sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Office of Patient Experience and the generous support of these sponsors:

Partner – GE

Gold Sponsor – Press Ganey

Robby Benson joins the cast of Peter Tolan’s new NBC comedy pilot ‘The New World.’

Executive producers Peter Tolan, Leslie Tolan, and Michael Wimer.  Sony Pictures TV

Bonnie Zane  Zane/Pillsbury Casting.

Robby Benson narrates his writing partner (ONE ON ONE) and father author Jerry Segal’s critically acclaimed book for children of all ages:

It’s on sale now at Amazon and Audible.com!

What the Critics Say

“A wonderful story – Abundant with warmth, generosity, and poignant humor” (Kirkus Reviews)

“It’s a pleasure all the way, to read aloud or alone.” (The Bulletin)

“A fully realized picture of life with all its joys and sorrows.” (Publishers Weekly)

Publisher’s Summary

A funny thing happened on the way to America. It’s the end of the 19th century, and a man named Mordecai desperately wants to leave Russia with his wife and baby. He has given his life’s savings to a cousin, who promises to provide passports only if Mordecai meets him in a particular village: The Place Where Nobody Stops. Mordecai and family arrive in the village, and wait. They wait for 10 long years. And what strange and wonderful years they are!

©1991, 2010 Jerry Segal

Funny and revealing.

On Beast:  ”I’ve never been so perfectly typecast.”

On love:  ”I do completely believe in love…I’m a complete romantic.”

Also discusses his upcoming book I’M NOT DEAD… YET!

Click on the link  “Robby Benson’s role as the Beast” and check it out!

Robby Benson has almost finished his memoir, I’M NOT DEAD… YET!

I’M NOT DEAD… YET! is a funny and poignant look at surviving four open heart surgeries for a congenital valve defect, while forging ahead with a dynamic creative career in and out of Hollywood.

Robby has mentored fellow patients since his first surgery in 1984. His goal in writing I’M NOT DEAD… YET! is to broaden his outreach to open heart patients and their loved ones, helping them get through surgery and recovery with knowledge and humor.

(This photo was taken by Karla just two weeks after his successful reverse Ross procedure by the only man in the world who performs them — the brilliant Dr. Gosta Petterson — at the famed Cleveland Clinic.  Here’s  Robby, after running two miles to the beach, about to swim in the Atlantic!)

Robby’s first book, WHO STOLE THE FUNNY? A NOVEL OF HOLLYWOOD published by HarperCollins (2007) made the best seller list of the L.A. Times.

Photos by Karla DeVito (the one with her and Robby taken by Disney’s fabulous Melinda Johnson)

Robby and Paige

Seth Rudetsky’s SiriusXM radio show LIVE ON BROADWAY celebrated it’s 2nd Anniversary with Robby Benson and Paige O’Hara of Disney’s award-winning film BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (being rereleased next week on Blu-ray and DVD) and  Broadway’s original Beast, Terrence Mann, and original Lumiere, Gary Beach, plus Gaston, Marc Kudisch, and Belle, Andrea Burns — that’s a lot of talent in one room! Seth and his producer Julie James put on a great show and the audience has a blast! The best kept entertainment secret on Broadway at the Information Center between 46th and 47th St — every Wednesday at noon — and it’s free!

Robby’s new book coming soon!

An autobiographical journey to help patients and their loved ones navigate through open heart surgery and recovery with knowledge and humor.

Robby’s first book, WHO STOLE THE FUNNY? A NOVEL OF HOLLYWOOD published by HarperCollins (2007) made the best seller list of the L.A. Times.

That’s what the cover of USA Today said when BEAUTY AND THE BEAST made it’s debut in 1991!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Diamond Edition on Blu-ray hits the streets October 5, 2010

Disney’s most requested film, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, arrives for the first time on Blu-ray Hi-Def.  The transformation reveals the magic, music and majesty of the film as never before experienced with state-of-the-art picture restoration, pristine 7.1 Digital Surround Sound and hours of additional viewing experiences.

Robby is incredibly proud to be the voice of Beast in the first animated film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Unavailable since 2003, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will be released from the Disney Vault for a limited time only.

Robby Benson’s Warner Bros. basketball classic ONE ON ONE (1977) is finally available on DVD. Benson wrote the screenplay for ONE ON ONE (with Jerry Segal) at age 17, not only to expose the issues surrounding the inequities in ‘amateur’ college athletics, he wrote One on One because HE LOVED TO PLAY THE GAME. Benson’s basketball skills at the time were lauded by everyone from John Wooden to Red Auerbach (Robby was offered a spot personally by Auerbach for Celtics rookie camp) to Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Bradley, Reggie Miller, and scores of other top college and NBA and players and coaches through the years.

Cast in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Robby bought out his contract when Warner’s gave One on One the green light. As an actor/athlete Robby Benson was the real thing. (Billy Mills — the only USA 10,000 meter Olympic Gold Medal winner, personally chose Robby to portray him in Running Brave). Plus, any guy from 8 to 80 who saw One on One fell in love with Benson’s love interest, the gorgeous red-headed tutor played by Annette O’Toole.

Click here to go to Warner Bros. Archive online and find out how to get One On One on DVD.

Peter Travers tweets his lesson from Reggie Miller: ONE ON ONE with Robby Benson

REGGIE MILLER NBA legend and star of the new documentary WINNING TIME just screened at Sundance, gives film critic Peter Travers the definitive answer to the question — what hoops film Hollywood got right?  One on One with Robby Benson.

Thanks for schooling him Reggie!

‘(500) Days’ Co-Writer Scott Neustadter’s Five Favorite Movie Montages

By LA Weekly in On the Screen

Scott Neustadter chose Robby and Karla’s song “We Are Not Alone” from “The Breakfast Club” as #4. 

Karla DeVito says:

“Our son Zephyr Benson is 17 and going to NYU/Tisch for filmmaking next fall, and has seen your 500 DAYS a zillion times already — it was the first film our son ever said we NEEDED to see. So thanks for putting us on your list — it gives us a moment of relevance at home!”

About We Are Not Alone from The Breakfast Club:

John Hughes and Keith Forsey invited me and the love of my life and writing partner Robby Benson into the editing room to watch an early Breakfast Club cut, focusing on the dance montage in the library.

We conceived and wrote WE ARE NOT ALONE to Keith’s drum track, which the cast had danced to the beat of during shooting. Robby had just had open heart surgery for a congenital valve defect, yet he could not sleep until he had written almost every word and the entire melody.

Mr. Hughes loved it, my producers Steve Goldstein and David Anderle recorded it, I had a blast blasting it out vocally, and Robby and I will always be grateful to Keith Forsey for bringing us into the amazing iconic John Hughes film music universe.

Robby interviewed by ABC News on September 6, 2007 for his new book, “Who Stole the Funny”.

This is Robby’s interview on Good Day LA, with Steve Edwards, on August 31, 2007 for his new book, “Who Stole the Funny”.

Listen here

Listen to it here!

Listen Now!

• Mel Gibson [exec. prod.]
• Keith Carradine; cameo by Mel Gibson

8 Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter

• Flody Suarez, Tracy Gamble [exec. prod.]
• John Ritter’s last two completed episodes

I’m With Her

• Marco Pennette, Chris Henchy [exec. prod.]

Ellen

• Touchstone
• 25 episodes

Two Guys and a Girl

• 20th Century Fox

Dharma & Greg

• 20th Century Fox
• Bill Prady [exec. prod.]

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

• Viacom
• Pilot

Baby Bob

• Viacom
• Michael Salzman [exec. prod.]

Bob Patterson

• Jason Alexander [exec. prod.]

Brother’s Keeper

• Universal Don Todd [exec. prod.]

Untitled Chris Elliot

• Mark Lawrence [exec. prod.]
• Pilot

Common Law

• Witt-Thomas (Greg Giraldo)
• Pilot

Game Night

• Witt-Thomas (Terry Bradshaw)
• Pilot

Thunder Alley

• Wind Dancer (Ed Asner, Haley Joel Osment)
• Matt Williams, David McFadzean, Carmen Finestra [exec. prod.]
• 21 episodes

Bringing Up Jack

• ABC Prods (ordered for 6 episodes)
• Pilot

• 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

• 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.

• Bright Kauffman Crane (Brian Benben, Louise Fletcher)
• 1 episode — “Try Not to Remember”
• RECEIVED CABLE ACE BEST DIRECTOR NOMINATION

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

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]

• 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]

• A&E Channel

Snow White DVD

• Disney/Timeline (Host)

Walt Disney World® Millenium Celebration

• Epcot (Narrator)

Walt Disney World® Candlelight Processional

• Epcot (Narrator)

Nintendo “Beauty and the Beast” Gameboy

• National Commercial
• Beast

Disney Channel Fall Previews

• Disney Channel (Co-Host with Lyric Benson)

Disney Channel Backstage Pass Special

• Disney Channel (Host)

E! Animation Special

• E! Channel (Host)

American Express’ Backstage Pass

• Disney Channel (Host) — “Beauty and the Beast Goes To Broadway”

Disney Channel Spring Previews

• Disney Channel (Host)

Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece

• Disney/Buena Vista (Host)

Disney’s Very Merry Christmas Parade

• ABC (Host)

Walt Disney World® Easter Parade

• ABC (Host)

Walt Disney World® Easter Parade

• CBS (Host)

Academy Awards®

• 1982 and 1991 (Presenter)