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Michael Bennett
Born
Michael Te Arawa Bennett

Reefton, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Director, Writer
Years active1994 – present
Website[1]

Michael Te Arawa Bennett is a New Zealand writer, screenwriter and director for film and television.[1]

Career

He is the co-creator, writer, showrunner 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]

Partial filmography

Personal life

References

  1. ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Michael Bennett". Spinoff. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Michael Bennett". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

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