Bill Benenson

Bill Benenson, the co-director of the documentary Dirt! The Movie, is a long-time film producer/director whose previous body of work includes the documentaries The Marginal Way and Diamond Rivers, and the critically acclaimed narrative Mister Johnson, as well as involvement in a number of Hollywood projects (Boulevard Nights, Under the Volcano, The Lightship, A Walk on the Moon, Pumping Iron, etc.). Bill served in the Peace Corps in Brazil in the late 1960s, and is active in The Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation (which supports a wide range of educational, social and environmental organizations), the Violence Policy Center, the NRDC, Bioneers, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and Ploughshares.