About Wendy Benge
As a Producer and Entertainment Attorney, Wendy represents various clients within the corporate stratum and entertainment industry. Film ProductionAs a Producer, Wendy specializes in filmmaking, development (business plans, budgets IP & deck), production (Executive Producer, on-set producer & on-set bond producer), post production (supervising & editing), and sales and distribution. Wendy is currently in pre-production on several projects, "Yellow Peril", "Nowhere Girl," "31 Counts", "Dixie Silver", "Racing the Devil", "Love in Vein", and "Lift", along with post production on the feature film "The Capture", "The Talking Tree", and "Soul Custody". Wendy has written feature films "Nowhere Girl, "All the Way Gone", "31 Counts" and is scheduled to direct "All the Way Gone" in 2021. In the past, Wendy has produced such films as "Life of Crime" starring Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins, "Life After Beth" starring John C. Reilly, "Apartment Troubles" starring Will Forte, "Me, Miami and Nancy" starring Robert Downey Jr., Malcolm McDowell, Gary Oldman and Cloris Leachman, "Broken Vows" starring Wes Bentley, Cam Gigandet and Jaimie Alexander, "Somewhere Slow" and "Walk On". As both an American & New Zealander, Wendy founded the production company Bullet Entertainment with offices in Los Angeles, California and Wellington, New Zealand.As an Entertainment Attorney, Wendy's legal representation ranges from studio productions and independent films to scripted and unscripted television. Wendy also provides personal representation to prominent figures, including athlete Johnny Damon and actress/model Rachel Hunter. As an author Wendy is currently working on her first book of the Gauntlet Series(TM) "Navigating the Hollywood Gauntlet - The Written and Unwritten Laws of Hollywood" which encompasses the law and hands on production advice geared toward Financiers and Filmmakers. Wendy's prior law firm experience derives from prestigious law firms Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. In the past, Wendy has represented such films as: . "Life After Beth" starring Anna Kendrick, Aubry Plaza, Dane DeHaan . Elmore Leonard's "Life of Crime" starring Jennifer Aniston . 'Lee Daniels' "The Butler" starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey . "W" directed by Oliver Stone . "Saw IV" . Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" . "All Good Things" starring Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling . "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" starring Michael Douglas . "New York, "I Love You" starring Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Orlando Bloom and Blake Lively . "Brothers Bloom" starring Adrian Brody and Rachel Weisz . "Not Forgotten" starring Simone Baker, Paz Vega and Chloe Grace Moretz . "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" starring Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, Julianne Moore and Winona RyderPrior to this, Wendy served as in-house Counsel and VP of Legal and Business Affairs at Landmark Entertainment. Her focus at Landmark involved delivery of multi-million dollar deal ventures relating to feature films and theme park productions where she oversaw all elements of development, production and finance. Prior to working with Landmark, Wendy negotiated disputes involving both intellectual property theft and copyright issues. Wendy has been recognized in Woman's Wear Daily for her support and prevention of intellectual property theft.Wendy's unique international legal background is an edge when dealing with foreign financing and international la...