Michael Bennett (film director)
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Michael Bennett | |
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Born | Michael Te Arawa Bennett |
Occupation | Director, Writer |
Years active | 1994 - present |
Website | [1] |
Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer and director for film and television.[1]
He is the co-creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer of TVNZ's Vegas. He is also the author of In Dark Places, a study of the wrongful conviction of Teina Pora for the 1992 murder of Susan Burdett, which won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh crime writing award.[2]
Partial filmography[]
- - 2021 (Writer/Producer, Television Series)[3]
- - 2018 (Writer/Director, Television Film)
- Matariki - 2010 (Writer/Director, Feature Film ) - Toronto International Film Festival[4]
- Outrageous Fortune - 2005-2007 (Writer/Director, Television Series)
- Maddigan's Quest - 2006 (Writer, Television Series)
- The Lost Children - 2006 (Writer, Television Series)
- - 2004 (Writer/Director, Short Film) - Berlin Film Festival
- - 2002 (Writer/Director, Short Film) - Cannes Film Festival
- - 2002 (Writer/Director, Television Series)
- Street Legal - 2000 (Writer, Television Series)
- - 1994 (Writer, Short Film) - opened for Pulp Fiction at the New York Film Festival[5]
Personal life[]
- He and actor Manu Bennett are cousins.
- He is Maori and is of Te Arawa descent.
References[]
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". Spinoff. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- New Zealand film directors
- Living people
- People from Reefton
- New Zealand artist stubs
- Film biography stubs