Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett was born in London to Australian parents and grew up in Brisbane. After interrupted medical studies, he joined the public broadcaster in 1972 as a cadet, where he worked for current affairs magazines; his reports and documentaries earned him two Logie Awards. He moved into fiction in 1985 with a film that won a prize at Karlovy Vary, and went on to make sixteen feature films, two of them shown at Cannes; one of them received the AFI awards for best film and best direction. He also writes novels for young readers.

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• CinemaBacklashBill Bennett · 1986Cinema