Chris Kennedy (filmmaker)
Chris Kennedy (1 December 1948 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian AFI Award-winning film director, film writer, producer and novelist. He owned the company, Oilrag Productions and Oillamp Books. Kennedy was a three-time Australian Film Institute Awards nominee and an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner.
Chris Kennedy | |
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| Born | 1 December 1948 Sydney |
| Died | 27 August 2013 (aged 64) |
| Awards | Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay 1998 Doing Time for Patsy Cline Australian Film Critics Awards for Best Cinematography San Diego Film Festival Award for Best Original Script Montreal Film Festival's Golden Zenith for Best Film from Oceania |
He made his first film Glass, a low budget thriller, in 1989 and followed it up with This Won't Hurt a Bit, in 1993. During the 1990s he made Doing Time for Patsy Cline and the following decade, A Man's Gotta Do.
He initially trained and qualified as a dentist and later studied at film school In 2011 he added novel writing to his range of creative pursuits.
Chris Kennedy died from a heart attack on 27 August 2013.