Have my name on the credits for a movie

I’ve had my name in the credits of many films and TV productions. Here’s a shot of me with Peter Falk in Colombo.

I was in Drake’s Last Voyage, part of BBC’s Timewatch series. It was a documentary about Sir Francis Drake’s last voyage. He died in Nombre de Dios, in Panama. His troops were trying to invade Panama, and I know some of the route they took to attempt this feat.

I did some consulting, and acting, for the documentary. It was filmed by Alan Ereira. He put me in the credits, and when I came on screen, he introduced me as Irving Bennett, Explorer.

Another funny thing related to this “thing” if you Google Irving Bennett, apart from my Flickr photos, the second line is my name in tv.com where they give me credit for an appearance in Ecochallenge Fiji 2002. Isn’t that bizarre?

I somehow fell into producing a feature film some years ago… a long story, which ended up with me in serious debt, but oh what an experience! And what a buzz to see the credits roll and there’s my name! In great big HUGE letters!
Just do it!

I think it would have been more exicting if it had been a bigger movie, or if I actually had something to do with making this movie. But cool nonetheless.

I am credited as the editor of Generator Gawl on IMDB. I actually have many other movie & tv show credits, but that (rather obscure) show is the only one listed! Was it fun to get a credit on a movie? No! It was hard work!

Even though a group of us have never done a film, or worked together on a film, we entered the 48 Hour Film Festival in Minneapolis, MN. We ended up turning in quite a poor entry, but none of us got discouraged and know we can do much better with more time. Either way my name is in the credits.

So.. Uh.. Can somebody give me a part in a movie? Huh?

Yeah, I’m silly. This used to be “be in a movie”, but this is better. Help, anyone? =P