ConceptDesigneroftheCitiesofLove(TM)featurefilmfranchise.HehasstartedanextensivecopyrightandtrademarkregistrationprocesstoprotecttheCitiesofLove(TM)franchiseandtaketoagloballevelon-line.Thefirstlicensesweresoldin2009:"Rio,EuTeAmo"and"Jerusalem,ILoveYou". Didnotattendthe2006CannesFilmFestivalopeningof'Paris,jet'aime'insolidaritywithtwodirectorswhosesegmenthadbeencu...(展开全部) ConceptDesigneroftheCitiesofLove(TM)featurefilmfranchise.HehasstartedanextensivecopyrightandtrademarkregistrationprocesstoprotecttheCitiesofLove(TM)franchiseandtaketoagloballevelon-line.Thefirstlicensesweresoldin2009:"Rio,EuTeAmo"and"Jerusalem,ILoveYou". Didnotattendthe2006CannesFilmFestivalopeningof'Paris,jet'aime'insolidaritywithtwodirectorswhosesegmenthadbeencutbyhisco-ProducerClaudieOssard.WenttoeatatMacDonald'sinstead. Strictlydefendedanon-smokingregulationinhisProductionofficeuntilthedayJean-LucGodardshowedupwithabigcigar. HecollaboratedforafewmonthswithAnthonyMinghellaonhisSegmentin"NewYork,ILoveYou"untilhehadtogothroughsurgeryandquittheproject.WithAnthony'sapproval,hisSegmentwastakenoverbyShekharKapur.HequotedAnthonyMinghellasaying:"IremembermeetingwithShekharacoupleoftimesandhavinglongconversationswithhim.Wedisagreedprettymuchabouteverything.Hewouldbeagreatchoice." Duringthe5yearsdevelopmentperiodof"Paris,jet'aime",BenbihywascallingtheCoenBrothersonceayeartocheckiftheywouldbeavailable,untiltheysaid"Whynot?". Backin1996,BenbihywasconvincedthatthefutureofthefilmindustrywasinAsia.HedecidedtomakemoviesandproduceAsianfilms.AsCitiesofLove(TM)tookoff,hepostponedhisAsiancommitmentsuntilhemovedtoChinatoproduce"Shanghai,ILoveYou".AllhisproductionsarenoworiginatedfromShanghai.