Sid Bennett is a film and television director, producer and writer.
Sid Bennett has written, directed and produced over a hundred hours of mainstream TV programmes in the US, UK and worldwide. His two-hour film, a fantasy drama made in documentary-format, netted one of Discovery Channel/Animal Planet's biggest cross-platform audiences in its history. [1] Sid Bennett's other TV highlights include the third and fourth episodes of Prehistoric Park (2006), Predator X (2009), I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005–2012), Man vs. Wild (2010), NASA space documentary Houston, We Have A Problem (2014) and Lucy Worsley's Fireworks For A Tudor Queen (2018). He has received over 20 international awards and nominations for his documentaries and drama. He has also written several award-winning screenplays and scripts, drama and documentary, some of which are in pre-production or already produced.[2]
Sid Bennett made his feature film directorial debut with The Dinosaur Project (2012), a found footage science fiction film. The low-budget, high-concept thriller filmed on location in South Africa initially received mixed reviews, but has since acquired cult movie status.[3]
Sid Bennett is also the author of the book Mermaids: Discovery, a conspiracy thriller which follows on from the TV Movie . [4]