Career

Film

In the 1980s, he worked as a grip on the syndicated anthology series Tales from the Darkside. In 1989, he produced the film Intruder, in which leading roles are Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. After meeting Tarantino in 1990 and being given the script for Reservoir Dogs, he agreed to produce the film, which went on to achieve commercial success.[9] Throughout the 1990s, Bender also produced Pulp Fiction (1994), Killing Zoe (1994), Fresh, White Man's Burden (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Good Will Hunting (1997), A Price Above Rubies (1998), and Anna and the King (1999).

In the early 2000s, Bender produced the films, The Mexican (2001), Knockaround Guys (2001), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Innocent Voices (2004), and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. Since May 2005, Bender has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

In 2009, Lawrence produced the Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.[10] He also produced the 2012 film Safe, which starred Jason Statham.[11] In 2016, he was executive producer for The Forest, Martin Scorsese's Silence and Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.[12] In 2017, it was announced that Bender would serve as a producer for the film The Widow.[13]

In early 2018, there was an allegation of a "cover up" over an on-set car crash during the filming of Kill Bill.[14] In February 2018, it was announced that Bender would serve as a producer on for the Al Capone biopic Fonzo.[15]

Bender makes cameo appearance in many of the films he produces: he was a police officer chasing Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, a restaurant patron billed as a "Long Hair Yuppie-Scum" in Fresh, Pulp Fiction and Four Rooms, a hotel clerk in Kill Bill: Volume 2, and as a bartender in Safe.[11]

Documentaries

He produced the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which raised unprecedented awareness about climate change, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[16]

In 2008, Bender was a founding member of the World Security Institute campaign, Global Zero.[17] His 2010 documentary, Countdown to Zero, features Tony Blair, Presidents, Musharef, Gorbachev, De Klerk and Carter among others, details the urgent risk posed by proliferation, terrorism, and accidental use of nuclear weapons.[18] Bender was an executive producer for the 2017 sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.[19]

Television

In the early 2000s, Bender formed a partnership with Kevin Kelly Brown and created the production company Bender Brown Productions. The company produced the CBS Drama Dr. Vegas and the Syfy channel mini-series Earthsea.[20]

In 2008, it was reported that Bender was working with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor to create a television series based on the 2007 album Year Zero.[21]

Bender produced the 2015 Starz miniseries Flesh and Bone.[22] In 2017, it was announced that Bender and Brown would executive produce a reboot pilot of the television series Roswell for The CW.[23] The CW ordered Roswell, New Mexico to series in May 2018.[24] Bender also executive produced the 2018 Netflix series Seven Seconds.[25]

Personal life

Bender is also a passionate social and political activist and supports many causes.[26] Bender serves on the board of The Creative Coalition. He is a member of Council on Foreign Relations the Pacific Council. Bender is also on the Advisory Board for the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a member of the Global Zero campaign.[27][28]

In 2004, Bender was a top fundraiser for John Kerry's presidential campaign.[29] He was also an early supporter of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[30]

On May 11, 2013, he returned to The University of Maine to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and share remarks during the 2013 Commencement ceremonies.[4]

Awards and recognition

In 1994, Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.[31] Bender received a producer of the year award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001, becoming the third person ever to win the award and the first American to do so.[32] In 2005, Bender was presented with the Torch of Liberty award from the ACLU.[33] He was named a Wildlife Hero by the National Wildlife Federation in 2011.[34] Throughout his career, films Bender has produced or executive produced have won a total of eight Academy Awards.[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

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