Matthew (Matt) Bennett

Matthew Bennett
Other names	Matt Bennett
Occupation	Television director Television producer Former stage actor
Years active	1986–2003 (actor) 2004–present (director/producer)
Spouse(s)	Dorrie Joiner (?–1999; her death) Marsha Dietlein

Matthew "Matt" Bennett is an American television producer and director and former Broadway stage actor.

From 1986 until 2003, Bennett was an actor in New York City. He made a career on the New York stage in the original productions of Floyd Collins,Titanic,Blood Brothers,Zara Spook and Other Lures,Amour, Radio Gals,Anne Bogart's Marathon Dancing, and the original off-Broadway (Sullivan Street) production of The Fantasticks.

Bennett created the musical stage play, Ten Years Apart, as well as the play Badger Country, both with writing partner Sean McCourt.

Bennett is the founder of the television and film production company, Silent Crow Arts. He has served as Executive Producer, director and showrunner on a wide range of network and cable television specials, pilots and series, most notably with the creation of the first modern "after show" television format: theDeadliest Catch partner series, After The Catch, for Discovery Channel.

In addition to performing on stage and in film, Bennett also acted in roles for television's Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, and Remember WENN.