Bill Bennett(IV)
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Special Effects
Bill Bennett, ASC has been a cinematographer for over 40 years, primarily shooting television commercials the world over, for hundreds of major clients, from companies like Ford, Lexus, Coca Cola, Apple Computer, American Airlines, McDonalds, and Budweiser. Bill Bennett was invited to join the America Society of Cinematographers in 2004.
Along with Ron Dexter, ASC in the early 1980's, Mr. Bennett co-invented a device at the request of Robert Dalva, the Director of "The Black Stallion Returns," called the Terra-Flite. Designed to allow smooth camera movement over rough terrain, it predated the invention of the Steadicam, and utilized the then-new technologies they had to create, such as gyroscope stabilization, remote follow-focus, video-assist, and remote pan and tilt control.
Mr. Bennett was partner with Howard Preston in the design and creation of the MicroForce Zoom Control, which became an indispensable standard of the industry, seen on sets the world over.
Along with Ron Dexter, ASC in the early 1980's, Mr. Bennett co-invented a device at the request of Robert Dalva, the Director of "The Black Stallion Returns," called the Terra-Flite. Designed to allow smooth camera movement over rough terrain, it predated the invention of the Steadicam, and utilized the then-new technologies they had to create, such as gyroscope stabilization, remote follow-focus, video-assist, and remote pan and tilt control.
Mr. Bennett was partner with Howard Preston in the design and creation of the MicroForce Zoom Control, which became an indispensable standard of the industry, seen on sets the world over.
