Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer, scenarist, author and director for film and television.[1]
Michael Bennett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Te Arawa Bennett Reefton, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Website | [1] |
Career
editBennett is the co-creator, writer, show-runner 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] His 2022 crime novel, Better the Blood, was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards[3] and for the Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards.[4]
Personal life
editBennett is Maori and is of Te Arawa descent. He resides in Auckland with his partner and three children,[5] and is the head of screenwriting at South Seas Film School.[6]
Bennett is a cousin of actor Manu Bennett.
Partial filmography
edit- Michelle's Third Novel (1994) (writer, short film)[7]
- Street Legal (2000) (writer, TV serial)
- Cow (2002) (writer and director, short film)
- Kerosene Creek (2004) (writer and director, short film)
- The Lost Children (2006) (writer, TV serial)
- Maddigan's Quest (2006) (writer, TV serial)
- Outrageous Fortune (2005–2007) (writer and director, TV serial)
- Matariki (2010) (writer and director, feature film)[8]
- In Dark Places (2018) (writer and director, TV film)
- Vegas (2021) (writer and producer, TV serial)[9]
- The Convert (2023) (writer, film)
Bibliography
edit- In Dark Places (2016, true crime book) - Won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Non Fiction
- Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas (2019, graphic novel illustrated by Ant Sang)
- Better the Blood (2022, first in the Hana Westerman series of crime novels) - Won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel, and also nominated for Best Crime Novel
- Return to Blood (2024, second Hana Westerman novel)
- Carved in Blood (TBA, third Hana Westerman novel)[10]
References
edit- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". Spinoff. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". Penguin Books New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Carved in Blood". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
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