Joel Bender, Director, Editor and Film Historian, Dies at 72
Joel Bender, Director, Editor and Film Historian, Dies at 72 Ethan Shanfeld, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Variety. He was 72. Throughout his career, Bender directed 11 independent features and numerous episodes of TV shows. He edited over 20 feature films, including “Karla,” “Italian Ties,” “Bad Guys,” “Vlad,” “The Runnin’ Kind” and “The Cursed,” and TV shows such as “The Great Race,” “Survivor” and “Power Rangers.” Bender was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended the School of the Visual Arts, where he made award-winning short films at the age of 19....
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