Joe Camp

Joe Camp
Born	Joseph S. Camp, Jr. April 20, 1939 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Joseph S. Camp, Jr. (born April 20, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a motion picture director and writer who is best known as the creator and director of the Benji films^[1] as well as Hawmps!^[2] and The Double McGuffin.^[3]

Camp resides in Bell Buckle, Tennessee with his wife Kathleen. They previously owned property in Valley Center, California.

Camp is also known for his work with horses. He owns, and has trained, five horses who lived with him at his Valley Center Ranch. He has written a book about his experiences with horses, The Soul of a Horse.

Filmography

• Benji (1974)
• Hawmps! (1976)
• For the Love of Benji (1977)
• Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (TV short 1978)
• The Double McGuffin (1979)
• Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)
• Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (TV series 1983)
• Benji the Hunted (1987)
• Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)

References

1. "Joe Camp". The New York Times.
2. Eder, Richard (May 28, 1976). "Hawmps (1976) Screen: Camels In the Old West". The New York Times.
3. "The Double McGuffin". The New York Times.

External links

• Joe Camp at the Internet Movie Database
• About Joe and Kathleen Camp