Bill Bennett

Director

London, England, UK

Biography

Bill Bennett (born 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter of feature films and documentaries. He has been married to Australian actress-producer Jennifer Cluff since 1982.

Filmography

6.3

Bollywood Hero

Bollywood Hero is an American television miniseries which aired on the IFC in three parts on August 6–8, 2009. The miniseries was shot in Mumbai and Los Angeles. The show is a musical miniseries about Chris Kattan and his journey to Mumbai to become a leading man in Bollywood. After having some successful runs as a comedian in America, Kattan wishes for more and soon discovers that making it in Bollywood is just as hard and he has to start from scratch. Dance numbers are choreographed by Longinus Fernandes who is known for the "Jai Ho" finale in Slumdog Millionaire.

5.0

Two If by Sea

Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. Frank takes Roz to an island on the coast of New England, where he wants to sell the painting and also hopes that their sagging relationship will get a positive push back up. Not everything goes as planned.

5.8

The Nugget

'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.

4.7

Tempted

A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.

4.5

Kiss or Kill

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

4.8

In a Savage Land

Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.

6.3

Spider and Rose

A young ambulance driver befriends an elderly woman.

4.5

Uninhabited

Harry and Beth wanted a different kind of holiday so they chartered a boat to drop them off on a remote coral island on the Great Barrier Reef. The island was idyllic, surrounded by a wide reef, covered in palms and full of birds and other wildlife. It was small and totally deserted or so they thought. But when things go missing from their camp site and they discover someone else's footprints in the sand this quickly becomes disturbing as they realize the island has a ghost! Inspired by actual events.

6.8

A Street to Die

An Australian who has fought in Vietnam blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.

6.0

Backlash

Two policemen track down and arrest an Aboriginal woman who has been accused of murder, and begin the trek back across the desert with her.

N/A

PGS: Personal Guidance System

The film documents Bill Bennett's journey to find the source of a mysterious voice which saved his life. It features some of the world's leading experts on intuition spanning the fields of science, religion, and spirituality.

6.7

The Way, My Way

The charming and captivating true story of an Australian man's transformative experience walking the Camino de Santiago, and the people he meets along the way that changed his life forever.

3.0

Jilted

Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.

10.0

Dear Cardholder

Hec, a sacked taxation clerk, seeks fame and fortune using the world of credit cards. Unfortunately for him, and the banks, he has no concept of credit card limit.

8.0

The Banjo and the Bard

A docudrama exploring the rivalry between bush poets A.B. "Banjo" Paterson and Henry Lawson, set in contemporary Australia.

9.0

Malpractice

This docudrama highlights the complexities of compensation through the legal system for medical malpractice. For when the mother attempts to investigate the hospital procedure of using forceps to deliver her now retarded child, her husband frowns upon this and would rather ignore the whole thing.

You've seen it all! · 16 titles displayed