Bill Bennett

• Name — Bill Bennett • Birthplace — London, England • Occupation — Film director Film producer Screenwriter • Years Active — 1983–present • Website — https: www.billbennett.com.au/

Bill Bennett was born in London to Australian parents and brought up in Brisbane. He studied medicine for some years at the University of Queensland, but left before completing his studies.

Bennett got a cadetship with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1972, where he was given the nickname "milkfingers" as a result of an on-air mishap. He spent two years working in Adelaide on This Day Tonight, then went to work for Mike Willesee in Sydney. He then worked on The Big Country and The Australians before moving into feature filmmaking in the early 1980s. During a ten-year career as a journalist he won Australia's top TV award, the Logie Awards for Television Reporter of the Year, and then later for Most Outstanding Documentary. This led him to feature films.

Documentary film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer • 1983 — The Cattle King • 1984 — Shipwrecked • 1991 — The Banjo & The Bard • 1992 — Last Man Hanged • 2018 — Intuition is your Personal Guidance System • 2022 — Facing Fear Feature film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer • 1985 — A Street to Die • 1986 — Backlash • 1987 — Dear Cardholder • 1988 — Jilted • 1989 — Malpractice • 1990 — Mortgage • 1994 — Spider and Rose • 1995 — Two if by Sea • 1996 — Kiss or Kill • 1999 — In a Savage Land • 2000 — Tempted • Cut — Uncredited • 2002 — The Nugget • 2005 — Deck Dogz • 2010 — Uninhabited • 2024 — The Way, My Way