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Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett's Cow was invited to the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The award-winning no-dialogue short film involves two men and a cow, lost at sea. Bennett followed it with Māori rite-of-passage tale Kerosene Creek. He has also written the feature Jubilee, and directed episodes of Outrageous Fortune and mock-doco The Pretender. His debut feature, multi-character tale Matariki won Kiwi release in November 2010.

I hope I’m still making short films when I’m 80. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Kaitangata Twitch

Kaitangata Twitch

Writer

2010

 Matariki

Matariki

Director
Writer

2010

 Kerosene Creek

Kerosene Creek

Director
Writer

2005

 Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest

Writer

2005

 Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune

Director
Writer

2005 - 2010

 Taonga

Taonga

Director

2005

 Taonga: Til Death Do Us Part

Taonga: Til Death Do Us Part

Director

2005

 The Lost Children

The Lost Children

Writer

2005

 The Pretender

The Pretender

Director

2005 - 2008

 Egg and Bomb

Egg and Bomb

Writer

2004

 Gladiator: the Norm Hewitt story

Gladiator: the Norm Hewitt story

Director

2004

 Mataku - The Fishing Trip (Te Hi Ika)

Mataku - The Fishing Trip (Te Hi Ika)

Script Editor

2002

 Cow

Cow

Director
Writer

2001

 Mataku

Mataku

Director
Writer

2001 - 2002

 Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak

Director

2001 - 2003

 Fish Skin Suit

Fish Skin Suit

Script Editor

2000

 Jubilee

Jubilee

Writer

2000

 Street Legal

Street Legal

Writer

2000 - 2005

 Jocko - Man With a Gun

Jocko - Man With a Gun

Editor

1981


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Awards

2011 International Festival of Independent Film (Belgium)
Best Director: for Matariki

2001 NZ Film and Television Awards
Best Short Film Screenplay: for Cow