Robby Benson is getting a new assignment. He has produced and directed feature films and television series, including directing episodes of Friends, Ellen, and many top 10 shows. Robby Benson, who became a teen idol in the ’70s, was apparently not taken seriously in Hollywood. Robby’s ethnicity is mixed (Ashkenazi Jewish) and has a sister named Shelley Segal. “He didn’t fit the position, but discussions led to his new position, the professor of practice.”The professor of practice position is available in different schools and departments throughout IU. He has been married to Karla DeVito since 1982. Next fall, IU will welcome veteran actor, producer, director and editor Robby Benson as a new professor in the Department of Telecommunications. As Professor of Film at NYU’s famed Tisch School of the Arts in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Benson received the honor of being nominated for both NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006, and the David Payne-Carter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010. “He’s going to tap into resources across campus to make film. Benson, who has been acting, writing and producing since the age of 11, has acted in 30 movies and three Broadway plays. As a telecommunications professor of practice, Benson will be teaching two higher-level advanced production courses starting next fall, Gantz said. He begins teaching at IU in the fall. Benson also voiced the Beast in Disney’s Academy Award-nominated “Beauty and the Beast.”“Benson is an extraordinarily gifted person,” Telecommunications Director Walter Gantz said. The first class will be a production class in which students will produce a 13-15 minute short film. It’s why he’s such a great hire.”. In addition to being familiar with all aspects of filmmaking, he is a songwriter and worked with his daughter, Lyric, on the production of her album, Lyric's Love Light Revolution, reports the HeraldTimesOnline.com in Bloomington, Ind. Get email updates with daily headlines and weekly recaps. Independent journalism for more than 150 years, Next fall, IU will welcome veteran actor, producer, director and editor Robby Benson as a new professor in the Department of Telecommunications. Benson wrote the musical Open Heart for DeVito, published by Samuel French (2006). Benson starred on Broadway in Zelda, The Rothschilds, and the Joseph Papp production of The Pirates of Penzance, where he met and fell in love with his co-star, Karla DeVito. “During the summers, Benson wants to produce full-length films,” Gantz said. Robby Benson (born January 21, 1956 in Dallas, Texas) is an American film and television actor, television director, and educator. | Robby Benson was born on Jan 21, 1956, as Robin David Segal in Dallas, Texas, US. IU professors publish report on ways to combat threats to voting system, IU School of Medicine to be used as site in COVID-19 vaccine trial, IU reports system-wide technology outages, including Zoom and Canvas, Students, administrators discuss new Big Ten course sharing program. IU Cinema presents One on One with Robby Benson. The actor, known for his 1970s roles in Ice Castles and Ode to Billy Joe as well as for being the voice of Beast in … Open Heart was produced by and debuted at NYC’s historic Cherry Lane Theater. Support independent, award-winning college journalism on this site. Donate here. Indiana University Bloomington As a composer, Robby has written songs that have gone gold (including “We Are Not Alone” from John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club) and scores for films, including his son Zephyr Benson’s impressive feature directing debut Straight Outta Tompkins (2015). Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. His teaching career has included stints at UCLA, the University of South Carolina, Appalachian State University and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Benson’s most-valued, professional accomplishment is that of college professor, teaching for two decades at universities around the country. He had to interrupt his career several times because a congenital heart defect required multiple open-heart surgeries. “He will be bringing skills from his experiences with writing, directing, acting and composing and combining them with teaching.”Gantz said Benson is coming to IU as the new professor of practice, which is a position that wasn’t open when Benson initially applied to teach in the telecommunications department.

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