Steven Bennett is a New York based producer of a wide variety of media, with a focus on nonfiction projects that help us understand our world. He produced the media for the Ocean Wonders: Sharks! wing of the New York Aquarium which opened in 2018, post produced Frédéric Tcheng's Halston (2019) and Ric Burn's American Ballet Theater (2015) for PBS' American Masters, served as supervising producer on the Peabody Award winning film Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) (2015) and has provided guidance to a number of independent films, including the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival documentary My Own Man (premiering as a Netflix Original March 2015). He produced Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys for Showtime and served as line producer for hundreds of episodes of the Emmy winning Now on PBS. His documentary feature film work includes co-producing the Tribeca 2011 Audience Award winner Give Up Tomorrow (which the New York Times called "jaw dropping") and 2003's Sumo East and West, consulting on Independent Lens' A Dream in Doubt and POV's Kokoyaku, and many others. He has been supervising producer on series from American Documentary (the company that produces POV), National Geographic and the Discovery Channel, and edited programs for PBS, World Channel and the History Channel. Steven Bennett has also produced exhibits and installation films for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's award winning new Dinosaur Wing and the Sony Wonder Technology Lab. In various roles, he has also worked on exhibits for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Florida Aquarium, the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, and the Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Steven Bennett's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 3
Grounded 10 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 10 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous3
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Steven Bennett's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (5).
- Curiosity Stream
Subscription and free streaming for Steven Bennett's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
My Mom Jayne(2025)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The New Yorker at 100(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Ren Faire(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Telemarketers(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The ABCs of Book Banning(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
A Tree of Life(2022)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Confetti(2021)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Halston(2019)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Perfect Weapon(2016)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Last Laugh(2016)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all filmsFixing the Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Give Up Tomorrow(2011)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 2012 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2026, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Steven Bennett's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Steven Bennett work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steven Bennett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lisa Heller shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Trish AdlesicShared titles: My Mom Jayne (2025), The ABCs of Book Banning (2023), A Tree of Life (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Trish Adlesic
- Ric BurnsShared titles: Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020), Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ric Burns
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Christopher MessinaShared titles: Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Messina
- Christopher PassigShared titles: Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Passig
- Brian KeaneShared titles: Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020), Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Keane
- Buddy SquiresShared titles: Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020), Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Buddy Squires
Producers
- Lisa HellerShared titles: My Mom Jayne (2025), Ren Faire (2024), Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023), A Tree of Life (2022)See all 5 shared titles with Lisa Heller
- Nancy AbrahamShared titles: My Mom Jayne (2025), Ren Faire (2024), Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023), A Tree of Life (2022)See all 5 shared titles with Nancy Abraham
- Benny SafdieShared titles: Ren Faire (2024), Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Benny Safdie
- Dani BernfeldShared titles: Ren Faire (2024), Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023), Telemarketers (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Dani Bernfeld
