Cinematographer
27 April 1949 to 11 November 2022
A British cinematographer, who also worked as a clapper loader, assistant camera and focus puller for both television and film. Documentaries dominated Dave Bennett’s work, including both his debut cinematographer credit, an episode of factual series Arena (1988), and final credit, Operation Mincemeat (2010). He was also BAFTA nominated for his work on British motoring series, From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring (1993), and contributed to such documentary series as Crimewatch (1992-1993), Forty Minutes (1993), Everyman (1995), Bookmark (1997), Timewatch (1999) and Revealed (2008). In terms of films, he was the cinematographer for both Endgame (2001) and Human Traffic (1999), the latter earning him a BAFTA Cymru award.
