Even in his teenage school days, Ian Bennett was making films.
Digital had not yet been invented and everything was shot on 8mm film in clockwork powered cine cameras. In those days films were silent. But not Ian's, for his films featured full lip-sync sound on separate sprocketed open reel tape - and in a taste of what was to come, they won awards.
Later, as a fully trained and qualified advertising photographer he undertook additional movie and A/V training at the Lancashire College and at Liverpool University, going on to produce films and multi-projector A/V programmes for vehicle manufacturers in the UK and overseas, for royal families in the Middle East and numerous international companies.