Biography
Rory Kennedy is an Emmy®-winning independent documentary filmmaker, as well as co-founder and president of Moxie Firecracker Films. Her films cover an array of issues ranging from poverty to politics to human rights.
Her film, “The Fence,” premiered on opening night of Sundance 2010 to wide acclaim and aired on HBO in September 2010. Kennedy has directed and produced feature documentaries including “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,” (Primetime Emmy Award winner for Best Non Fiction Film, 2007); “American Hollow,” “A Boy’s Life,” and “Pandemic: Facing Aids.”
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Director
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
The Synanon Fix (series) |
Strap Yourself to the Mast (E04) |
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What in the Hell Is Happening? (E03) |
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A War on Convention (E02) |
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Here Come the Dopefiends (E01) |
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2023 |
Adrift |
2022 |
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing |
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari |
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2018 |
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey To Tomorrow (TV movie) |
2017 |
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton |
Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America |
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2014 |
Last Days in Vietnam |
2012 |
Ethel |
2010 |
The Fence |
2008 |
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (TV movie) |
2007 |
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib |
2006 |
Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: The Homestead Strike (TV movie) |
2004 |
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (TV movie) |
2003 |
Boy's Life, A (TV movie) |
Pandemic: Facing AIDS (TV movie) |
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1999 |
American Hollow |
1983 |
America Undercover (series) |
Producer
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Adrift |
2022 |
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing |
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari |
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2018 |
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey To Tomorrow (TV movie) |
2017 |
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton |
Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America |
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2007 |
Coma |
2002 |
Schooling Jewel |
1999 |
American Hollow |
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey To Tomorrow (TV movie) - narrator |
2004 |
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (TV movie) |
Screenwriter
Documentaries | |
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2017 |
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton |
Sound designer
Documentaries | |
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1999 |
American Hollow |
Guest
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1994 |
WGN Morning News |
1981 |
Entertainment Tonight |