Simon Bennett

This article is about a/an director and producer in the Power Rangers franchise.

Simon Bennett
Born	April 25, 1965
Born in	Australia

Simon Bennett is a British-New Zealand director and producer who has worked on Power Rangers since Power Rangers Ninja Steel. He served as executive producer for both Power Rangers Dino Fury and Power Rangers Cosmic Fury. He also served as executive producer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.

Biography

Bennett was born in Australia but primarily grew up in Sheffield, England. At the age of nine, his family moved to New Zealand where Bennett has resided since. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a degree in theatre and English.

Bennett announced that Cosmic Fury marked the end of his obligatory contract with Hasbro.

Personal Life

• Bennett has been married to his wife Helen since 1994. They have two children.

Filmography

• Power Rangers Ninja Steel / Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel (director)
  • My Friend Redbot (director)
  • Hack Attack (director)
  • Gold Rush (director)
  • The Royal Rival (director)
  • The Royal Rumble (director)
  • The Adventures of Redbot (director)
  • Dimensions in Danger (director)
  • Love Stings (director)
  • Fan Frenzy (director)
  • Prepare To Fail (director)
  • Magic Misfire (director)
• Power Rangers Beast Morphers
  • Beasts Unleashed (director)
  • Evox's Revenge (director)
  • Rewriting History (director)
  • Target Tower (director)
  • Evox Upgraded (director)
  • Save Our Shores (director)
  • Artist Anonymous (director)
  • Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (director)
  • The Evox Snare (director)
  • Intruder Alert! (director)
  • The Greater Good (director)
  • Making Bad (director)
  • Crunch Time (director)
  • Source Code (director)
  • Evox Unleashed (director)
• Power Rangers Dino Fury
  • Show-runner for all episodes, director for final two episodes
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
  • Show-runner for 30th anniversary special
• Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
  • Show-runner for all episodes

Notes

• Bennett stated several reasons for Hasbro and Saban skipping over Super Sentai seasons such as ToQger, being that said season's toy sales were low in Japan, and merchandise sales play a big part in the Power Rangers franchise. He also stated that he did not foresee adaptations of either Lupinranger vs Patranger, Zyuohger nor Kyuranger any time soon. However, as seen with Beast Morphers' adaptation of Go-Busters and in Power Rangers: Universe with the Squadron Rangers' adaptation of Dairangers, future adaptations of these skipped seasons are not entirely ruled out, and ultimately may happen in another time or medium,
  • Regarding LuPat, the Patrangers are an issue due to recent incidents involving police brutality in the United States, with the Lupinrangers being un-adaptable as "Rangers can't be criminals".
  • Though Bennett did adapt Kyuranger into Power Rangers Cosmic Fury, the Kyuranger suits themselves were not used due to a concerning difficulty of developing stories for 12 individual Rangers, which was ultimately mitigated by using original suits instead, logistically reducing the amount of location scouting need to accurately match Sentai footage, which often times the results were not perfect. This idea came about with Hasbro's recent capabilities of being able to film more original footage, allowing for more original storytelling and resulting in less Sentai footage being used per episode.
• In an interview with Blue Screen Reveals, Bennett stated he pitched an idea for a 31st season beyond Cosmic Fury to Hasbro which would have involved J.J. Oliver and Minh Kwan as Rangers.

External Links

• Simon Bennett on IMDB.
• Official Twitter (defunct)
• Official Instagram