Hello Julie,
I was a friend of Ben's. I was devisted when he passed away. He told me he is very ill, but I just thought he was bigger than life, and I guess I just thought he'd beat it. He wanted me to come to the fest so he could introduse me to you. I'd written the sequel to Creature, and he loved it. But by then, he was too sick. He had tried to get one of my screenplays to a director that he knew, but it just never happened. Funny, you put off things, then it's too late. Ben was a great human being. I was proud to know him.

Hope all is well with you...
Andrea