Stuart Benjamin has been active in the entertainment industry for nearly two decades. A graduate of the University of Southern California and Harvard Law School, he began his career in 1970 with the law firm of Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert. He became a partner in 1975, specializing in business, securities and entertainment litigation, as well as sports law, and was chairman of the firm's entertainment department at the time he left the firm in January 1988.

In 1971 Benjamin and director Taylor Hackford formed New Visions, Inc. Throughout most of the 70's they produced documentaries, docu-dramas and a great number of music-concert shows. In the late 1970's, their short film "Teenage Father" won an Oscar in that category. Films produced under the New Visions banner included AGAINST ALL ODDS, WHITE NIGHTS, LA BAMBA and EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN. Outside of New Visions, Benjamin was actively involved in the production of the highly acclaimed TESTAMENT, which garnered an Oscar nomination for Jane Alexander. Benjamin has served as the Executive Producer on LA BAMBA, EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN, ROOFTOPS, SWEET TALKER, QUEEN'S LOGIC, DEFENSELESS, LONG WALK HOME and MORTAL THOUGHTS, as well as the American Playhouse production of BILLY GALVIN.

In 1988, Benjamin and Hackford formed New Visions Pictures, a joint venture between New Visions Entertainment and Cineplex Odeon. Benjamin served as President and Chief Operating Officer of New Visions Pictures from 1988 through 1991, during which time the venture produced six films. As a principal in New Visions Music Group along with Hackford and Joel Sill, Benjamin has been involved in a number of sound track albums, several of which have achieved gold or platinum status. New Visions Music Group has also been responsible for nine number one singles.

In 1991, he began his partnership with Alise Benjamin in Benjamin Productions. Together, they produced films for both network television and cable including BETRAYAL OF TRUST for NBC, THE ABDUCTION for Lifetime Television and SODBUSTERS for Showtime. The company also produced CORDUROY, an animated series for Viacom Productions and the USA Network, which became a Saturday morning series on CBS and SAFE HOUSE, starring Patrick Stewart and Kimberly Williams for Showtime.

In 2000 Benjamin was involved in the formation of Crusader Entertainment (now Bristol Bay Productions), a film and motion picture company financed by Phillip Anschutz and Howard Baldwin, and served as Executive Vice President of the Company from its formation until July, 2001, when he became a consultant/Independent Producer to Crusader with specific responsibilities on a number of Crusader's projects. It was while he was an executive at Crusader that the Ray Charles Story was put into development. Benjamin was first introduced to Mr. Charles in the late 1980's and had tried for years to get Mr. Charles' story made into a movie. During the course of those efforts, Benjamin and Mr. Charles developed a friendship resulted in Mr. Charles agreeing to have Crusader make this picture and resulted in Mr. Charles full participation in the movie. Benjamin was one of the producers of RAY, which was released in Fall, 2004 by Universal Pictures.

In addition, Benjamin is the Managing Partner of Capstone Entertainment, which is in the business of producing specialized non-theatrical projects. Those projects include a reunion of the 1960's Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers which aired on ESPN Classics in January, 2002 and a series of Comedy Roasts with Shaquelle O'Neal, shot at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, which air on iNDemand as Pay Per View Specials. Capstone also promoted and produced a Ray Charles Holiday/Gospel Concert in December 2002. The DVD of that concert, which Benjamin directed, has been distributed by Ventura Distribution and was releasd as a CD in Christmas, 2004.

Benjamin was also one of the Executive Producers of the Ray Charles Tribute Concert which took take place on October 8, 2004 at Staples Center and was a CBS Television special.