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Michael Bennett

Director [Te Arawa]

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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
 Whare Māori - The Village (episode one)

Whare Māori - The Village (episode one)

Director

2011

 Whare Māori - The Wharenui (episode two)

Whare Māori - The Wharenui (episode two)

Director

2011

 Kaitangata Twitch

Kaitangata Twitch

Writer

2010

 Matariki

Matariki

Director
Writer

2010

 Tamariki Ora: A New Beginning

Tamariki Ora: A New Beginning

Director

2010

 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

 Kerosene Creek

Kerosene Creek

Director
Writer

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 - 2005

 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


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Awards

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

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Drama/Comedy Programme: for Kaitangata Twitch

2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Nomianted for Best Director, Drama/Comedy Programme: for Outrageous Fortune, series 2, episode 7

2006 Qantas Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Non-Factual: for Taonga

2001 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards
Best Screenplay - Short Film: for Cow

1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script, Drama/Comedy - Television (shared with Dave Armstrong, Warren Friend, Kerry Jimson, Donna Malane and Danny Mulheron): for Skitz