Michael Bennett (film director)

Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer and director for film and television

• Matariki- 2010 (Writer/Director, Feature Film )- Toronto International Film Festival
• 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

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• He is cousins with actor Manu Bennett.
• He is Maori and is of Te Arawa descent.