Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) is a New Zealand writer and director for film and television. He is the co-creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer of TVNZ's Vegas. He is also the author of In Dark Places, a study of the wrongful conviction of Teina Pora for the 1992 murder of Susan Burdett, which won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh crime writing award; and co-author of graphic novel Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas. His 2022 crime thriller Better the Blood is being adapted into a six-part drama series.