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Name
  
Rick Bennewitz


Role
  
Television Director

Rick Bennewitz Rick Bennewitz Television Academy

Died
  
January 9, 1999, Los Angeles, California, United States

Awards
  
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

Similar People
  
Pamela Fryman, Rob Schiller, Jeanine Pirro

Rick Bennewitz (November 10, 1936 – January 9, 1999) was an American television soap opera director, best known for shooting location sequences for various soap operas. The last episode of Sunset Beach he directed was dedicated to his memory.

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Positions held

Land of the Lost

  • Director (September 18 - November 27, 1976)

    • Santa Barbara

  • Director (September 28, 1984 - January 15, 1993)

    • Sunset Beach

  • Director (January 6, 1997 - February 5, 1999)

    • Awards and nominations

    Daytime Emmy Award

  • Win, 1991, Directing, Santa Barbara (shared with Peter Brinckerhoff, Michael Gliona, Rob Schiller, Jeanine Guarneri-Frons (wife of Brian Frons), Pamela Fryman, Robin Raphaelian)
  • Win, 1990, Directing, Santa Barbara

    • Emmy Award

  • Win, 1971, Directing, The Andersonville Trial

    • References

    Rick Bennewitz Wikipedia
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