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.
Early life and education Christopher Kennedy was born on 1 December 1948.
He initially trained and qualified as a dentist and later studied atInterview with Chris Kennedy, 12 November 1998 accessed 19 October 2012 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 responsible for the "kidnapping a frozen chicken" from lecturer Peter Tammer.
Career Film Kennedy 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.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p270
He wrote the novel Made in Australia in 2011.
Kennedy owned two companies, Oilrag Productions and Oillamp Books.Oilrag Productions – The website of Chris Kennedy . Retrieved 26 September 2013.
Death Kennedy died from a heart attack on 27 August 2013.
Awards Kennedy was a three-time Australian Film Institute Awards nominee and an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner.The website of Chris Kennedy – 3 time AFI award nominee . Retrieved 25 January 2008.
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 Glass (1989) This Won't Hurt a Bit (1993) Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) A Man's Gotta Do (2003)
References
External links
Oil Rag Productions and Oil Lamp Books