Bentley Dean’s meanderings include AlQueda camps in Kandahar (President Versus David Hicks), Coups in Caracas (Anatomy of a Coup), The Western Desert with Martu (Contact) and a Kastom village in Vanuatu for a unique feature (Tanna); receiving multiple AACTA, Australian Directors Guild, Walkley, ACS awards, The Prime Ministers History Prize, and a nomination for an Academy Award.