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Simon Bennett(II)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Simon Bennett is arguably one of New Zealand's most successful television director-producers with a long list of award-winning television drama titles over the last 25 years. As of 2019, he has taken over the reins as EP of Hasbro's famed Power Rangers TV series. He is the consummate creative producer. Commencing in 1988 with a theatre career which continues to this day, Simon develops TV series, feature films and theatre properties including a 16-year tenure at South Pacific Pictures, culminating as Head of Drama. Simon's creative repertoire covers family shows, historical drama and documentaries, musicals and New Zealand's longest-running television soap opera, Shortland Street. He is trusted with projects throughout Australasia and US and is based in New Zealand.
BornApril 24, 1965
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    Known for

    Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman, Jared Turner, Ben Barrington, and Emmett Skilton in The Almighty Johnsons (2011)
    The Almighty Johnsons
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019)
    Power Rangers Beast Morphers
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Russell Curry, Hunter Deno, Tessa Rao, Chance Perez, and Kainalu Moya in Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021)
    Power Rangers Dino Fury
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Steve Cardenas, Walter Jones, Catherine Sutherland, and David Yost in Power Rangers: toujours vers le futur (2023)
    Power Rangers: toujours vers le futur
    5.7
    • Producer
    • 2023

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    Producer



    • Hunter Deno and Tessa Rao in Power Rangers Cosmic Fury (2023)
      Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Steve Cardenas, Walter Jones, Catherine Sutherland, and David Yost in Power Rangers: toujours vers le futur (2023)
      Power Rangers: toujours vers le futur
      5.7
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Russell Curry, Hunter Deno, Tessa Rao, Chance Perez, and Kainalu Moya in Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021)
      Power Rangers Dino Fury
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021–2022
    • Shortland Street (1992)
      Shortland Street
      4.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • executive producer
      • 1997–2017
    • Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman, Jared Turner, Ben Barrington, and Emmett Skilton in The Almighty Johnsons (2011)
      The Almighty Johnsons
      8.1
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • producer
      • 2011–2012
    • Spies and Lies (2010)
      Spies and Lies
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Outrageous Fortune (2005)
      Outrageous Fortune
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2005–2010
    • Alix Bushnell, Anna Hutchison, Jay Ryan, and Bronwyn Turei in Go Girls (2009)
      Go Girls
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Rose McIver in Maddigan's Quest (2006)
      Maddigan's Quest
      6.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2006
    • P.E.T. Detectives (2003)
      P.E.T. Detectives
      5.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2003

    Director



    • Russell Curry, Hunter Deno, Tessa Rao, Chance Perez, and Kainalu Moya in Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021)
      Power Rangers Dino Fury
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019)
      Power Rangers Beast Morphers
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017)
      Power Rangers Ninja Steel
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2018
    • Stories of Waitara (2019)
      NZ Wars
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Tim Carlsen, and Tai Berdinner-Blades in Dirty Laundry (2016)
      Dirty Laundry
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Antonia Prebble, David de Lautour, Daniel Musgrove, Esther Stephens, and Pana Hema Taylor in Westside (2015)
      Westside
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Jennifer Ludlam, Antonia Prebble, Rajeev Varma, and Siobhan Marshall in The Blue Rose (2013)
      The Blue Rose
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman, Jared Turner, Ben Barrington, and Emmett Skilton in The Almighty Johnsons (2011)
      The Almighty Johnsons
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012)
      Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Spies and Lies (2010)
      Spies and Lies
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Outrageous Fortune (2005)
      Outrageous Fortune
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2010
    • Diplomatic Immunity (2009)
      Diplomatic Immunity
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Mercy Peak (2001)
      Mercy Peak
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002–2004
    • Shortland Street (1992)
      Shortland Street
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Riding High (1995)
      Riding High
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1995–1996

    Writer



    • Mercy Peak (2001)
      Mercy Peak
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyliner
      • 2002

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    • Alternative name
      • Simon Bennetts
    • Born
      • April 24, 1965
      • New Zealand

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