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Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer and director for film and television.[1]

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Michael Bennett
Born	Michael Te Arawa Bennett Reefton, New Zealand
Occupation	Director, Writer
Years active	1994 - present
Website

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

• Vegas - 2021 (Writer/Producer, Television Series)[3]
• In Dark Places - 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)
• Kerosene Creek - 2004 (Writer/Director, Short Film) - Berlin Film Festival
• Cow - 2002 (Writer/Director, Short Film) - Cannes Film Festival
• Mataku - 2002 (Writer/Director, Television Series)
• Street Legal - 2000 (Writer, Television Series)
• Michelle's Third Novel - 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

External links

• Official Website
• Michael Bennett at IMDb
• Michael Bennett NZ on Screen

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