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Michael Bennett | |
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| Born | Michael Te Arawa Bennett Reefton, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer, scenarist, author and director for film and television. [1]
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Michael Bennett | |
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| Born | Michael Te Arawa Bennett Reefton, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer, scenarist, author and director for film and television. [1]
Bennett 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]
Bennett 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.
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