[1][2][3][4][5] She is the founder of Cherub Pictures and Pariah Productions and has produced films such as Chopper (2000), The Magician (2005), Drift (2013), and Judy and Punch (2019), as well as the television series Mr Inbetween (2018–2021), NCIS: Sydney (2023) and Queen of Oz (2023).
Bennett's relationship with INXS lead vocalist, Michael Hutchence, inspired the band's 1988 hit single "Never Tear Us Apart".
In the early 1980s, Bennett had four jobs while she was studying at University in Melbourne, including a brief career as a model,[6] and then started working as a photographer's agent.
[1] Bennett began collaborating with Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik on music videos and commercials in Sydney in the early 1990s.
[12] In 2000, Bennett produced her first feature film through her company Pariah Productions,[14][2] Andrew Dominik's crime drama Chopper (2000), which became a critical and box office hit in Australia.
[1] Since then, Bennett has produced feature films such as Scott Ryan's The Magician (2005), Morgan O'Neill and Ben Nott's Drift (2013), and Mirrah Foulkes's Judy and Punch (2019).
[22] Bennett introduced Hutchence to Australian filmmaker Richard Lowenstein, who directed several music videos for INXS,[10] including the one for "Never Tear Us Apart".