Sid Bennett is a film and
television
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director, producer and writer.
Career
Sid Bennett has written, directed and produced mainstream TV programmes in the US, UK and worldwide. His two-hour film
Mermaids: The Body Found, a fantasy drama made in documentary-format, netted one of Discovery Channel/Animal Planet's biggest cross-platform audiences in its history. Sid Bennett's other TV highlights include ''
Predator X'', ''
I Shouldn't Be Alive'', ''
Man vs. Wild
''Man vs. Wild'', also called ''Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'', ''Ultimate Survival'', ''Survival Game'', or colloquially as simply ''Bear Grylls'' in the United Kingdom, is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls on the Discovery Chann ...
'', NASA space documentary ''Houston, We Have A Problem'' and ''Lucy Worsley's Fireworks For A Tudor Queen''. 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.
Sid Bennett made his feature film
directorial debut
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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.
Sid Bennett is also the author of the book ''Mermaids: Discovery'', a conspiracy thriller which follows on from the TV Movie
Mermaids: The Body Found.
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British television directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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