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Rory Kennedy

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American filmmaker

United StatesDirectorsBorn 1968 · age 57
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Fame61.1
Momentum10.0
Languages21
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Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy is an American documentary filmmaker. Kennedy has made documentary films that center on social issues such as addiction, her opposition to nuclear power, the treatment of prisoners-of-war, and the politics of the Mexican border fence.

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Kennedy's mother and uncle Ted introducing the newborn Kennedy to the media at Georgetown University Hospital on December 19, 1968, a week after her birthKennedy's mother and uncle Ted introducing the newborn Kennedy to the media at Georgetown University Hospital on December 19, 1968, a week after her birthKennedy speaks at a screening of her 2018 documentary, Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to TomorrowKennedy speaks at a screening of her 2018 documentary, Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow

Filmography 30

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing2022 · ★ 7.1
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari2022 · ★ 7.2
Bobby Fischer Against the World2011 · ★ 6.8
Queen of Chess2026 · ★ 7.5
Last Days in Vietnam2014 · ★ 7.3
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib2007
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton2017
Girlhood2003
Ethel2012
American Hollow1999
The Fence (La Barda)2010
Con Man2003
The Execution of Wanda Jean2002
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow2018
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable2004
Fambul Tok2011
A Boy's Life2003
Xiara's Song2005
Pandemic: Facing AIDS2003
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House2008
Schooling Jewel2002
Epidemic Africa1999
The Changing Face of Beauty2000
The Trial of Alec Baldwin2025
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing2026
Adrift2023
Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America2017
Together: Stop Violence Against Women2003
Different Moms1999
Women of Substance1994

53 credits on file

Television 5

The Daily Show1996
The View1997
American Experience1988
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?2024
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America2006

Awards 1

Primetime Emmy Award

In their orbit 13

Connected to Rory 6

Henry KissingerAlso in Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)Liz GarbusAlso in Con Man (2003)Raul JuliaAlso won Primetime Emmy AwardJames BurrowsAlso won Primetime Emmy AwardEdward HerrmannAlso won Primetime Emmy AwardSarah VaughanAlso won Primetime Emmy Award

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1968 · age 57
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21 languages

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