Christopher Kennedy (1 December 1948 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian AFI Award-winning film director, writer, producer, and novelist. He was known for writing the screenplay of Doing Time for Patsy Cline.
Chris Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1948 Sydney |
| Died | 27 August 2013 (aged 64) |
| Awards | Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay (1998), for Doing Time for Patsy Cline |
Early life and education
editChristopher Kennedy was born on 1 December 1948.[1]
He initially trained and qualified as a dentist and later studied at[2] the Swinburne Film and Television School in Melbourne. There, he was dubbed one of a "Gang of Four", along with Paul Goldman, John Hillcoat, and Evan English, owing to their pranks. They once set fire to a lecturer's office, and they were also responsible for "kidnapping a frozen chicken" from lecturer Peter Tammer.[3]
Career
editFilm
editKennedy 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.[4]
He wrote the novel Made in Australia in 2011.
Kennedy owned the company, Oilrag Productions and Oillamp Books.[5]
Death
editKennedy died from a heart attack on 27 August 2013.[1]
Awards
editKennedy was a three-time Australian Film Institute Awards nominee[which?] and an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner.[6]
- 1998: Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Doing Time for Patsy Cline
- 1998: Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography, for Doing Time for Patsy Cline
- 1998: San Diego International Film Festival Award for Best Original Script, for Doing Time for Patsy Cline
- 2008: Montreal Film Festival's Golden Zenith for Best Film from Oceania, for A Man's Gotta Do
Selected filmography
edit- Glass (1989)
- This Won't Hurt a Bit (1993)
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
- A Man's Gotta Do (2003)
References
edit- ^ a b "Vale – Chris Kennedy 1 December 1948 – 27 August 2013". Australian Cinematographers Society. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Interview with Chris Kennedy, 12 November 1998 Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 19 October 2012
- ^ "Go-Go Gorilla: Another Time, Another Place: Making My Film at Swinburne". Senses of Cinema. July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
MIFF Premiere Fund/Post-Punk Dossier, Special Dossiers, Issue 51
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p270
- ^ Oilrag Productions – The website of Chris Kennedy Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ The website of Chris Kennedy – 3 time AFI award nominee Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
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