Simon Bennett
@pookina1.bsky.social
I make TV, theatre and Film. Showrunner, Producer and Director, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Love photography, Kubrick, Prince, Wilco, Pink Floyd, Sondheim, Shakespeare and Iain M Banks.
Directing My Life is Murder for Greenstone Pictures. Photo credit Renaud Maire.
I’m available for directing work, stage and screen, as well as screen producing and development work. 36 years’ experience. Various awards etc. Please DM if I can help realise your project.
I’m available for directing work, stage and screen, as well as screen producing and development work. 36 years’ experience. Various awards etc. Please DM if I can help realise your project.
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Directing My Life is Murder for Greenstone Pictures. Photo credit Renaud Maire.
I’m available for directing work, stage and screen, as well as screen producing and development work. 36 years’ experience. Various awards etc. Please DM if I can help realise your project.
I’m available for directing work, stage and screen, as well as screen producing and development work. 36 years’ experience. Various awards etc. Please DM if I can help realise your project.
Lord Zedd has been languishing in our storage unit because apparently he doesn’t suit the decor. Now looking for a new home. He’s on Trademe if anyone’s interested in this monstrosity.
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Lord Zedd has been languishing in our storage unit because apparently he doesn’t suit the decor. Now looking for a new home. He’s on Trademe if anyone’s interested in this monstrosity.
This is the daughter’s cat: Jones. Posting because the world is such an evil mess, we need more cat photos.
September 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is the daughter’s cat: Jones. Posting because the world is such an evil mess, we need more cat photos.
With John and Nalini at Weta Workshop. Happy times.
August 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
With John and Nalini at Weta Workshop. Happy times.
Job of the day. Installed steel bookshelves with Helen. Next task is to get books out of storage and populate the shelves. Home becoming more like home every week.
June 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Job of the day. Installed steel bookshelves with Helen. Next task is to get books out of storage and populate the shelves. Home becoming more like home every week.
Brilliant blasts from the past at my 60th party. John Leigh and Simon Elson.
May 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Brilliant blasts from the past at my 60th party. John Leigh and Simon Elson.
Pesto beef a la Peter Gordon, whose Sugar Club I worked at in Wellington in the late ‘80s. Matched with a beautiful Gibbston Valley 2019 Pinot Noir. Thanks Helen - love of my life - there are worse ways to turn 60.
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Pesto beef a la Peter Gordon, whose Sugar Club I worked at in Wellington in the late ‘80s. Matched with a beautiful Gibbston Valley 2019 Pinot Noir. Thanks Helen - love of my life - there are worse ways to turn 60.
Tamaki looking good. Mime flashbacks.
March 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Tamaki looking good. Mime flashbacks.
Rangitoto rain showers.
March 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Rangitoto rain showers.
Muriwai today. Beautiful.
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Muriwai today. Beautiful.
Meeting this lovely man on Ponsonby Road.
March 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Meeting this lovely man on Ponsonby Road.
Grid Battleforce HQ is now the offices of Inland Revenue. Makes sense #Powerrangers #beastmorphers
January 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Grid Battleforce HQ is now the offices of Inland Revenue. Makes sense #Powerrangers #beastmorphers
Love this photo by Amanda Billing of me and Helen in our previous home.
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Love this photo by Amanda Billing of me and Helen in our previous home.
New shelves and workstation doing what they’re supposed to.
January 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
New shelves and workstation doing what they’re supposed to.
Very happy with this on Netflix, debuting at #7 in the US all viewers.
September 30, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Very happy with this on Netflix, debuting at #7 in the US all viewers.