Michael Kennedy | |
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Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, actor, cinematographer, |
Website | https://www.michaelkennedydirector.com/bio |
Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer, actor and cinematographer.[1]
Life
Michael Kennedy has ”PEI roots”.[2]
Kennedy has directed more than 20 feature-length films/TV movies and over 230 prime-time drama and comedy television episodes including the first season of the sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, that used humour to attack racism against Muslims in the post-911 world.
He directed the first episodes filmed and/or aired of Delmer and Marta, My Life and a Movie, North/South, The Good Germany, Mental Block, Listen Missy, Screech Owls, P.R., Taking the Falls, and Jets. He was also one of the directors of the comedy series The Kids in the Hall, and directed 14 episodes of Made in Canada. In 2023 he directed the romantic comedy series How to Fall in Love By the Holidays, starring Teri Hactcher.[3][4]
In 2016 he directed #Roxy , a film adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac[5] released in 2018.
Kennedy has directed feature films in various countries: Jets was filmed in Germany and the US, Broken Lullaby in Budapest, One Man Out in Mexico, Caribe in Belize, Calculated Risk in Germany, and many others in Canada.
Kennedy wrote various films he directed, like Caribe or The Swordsman. He has also occasionally participated in films as actor .[6]
Kennedy is also professor at Sheridan College.[7]
Filmography
Director
- A Match in Manhattan (2023)[8]
- Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (2023)[9]
- How to Fall in Love By the Holidays (2023), TV series with Teri Hatcher
- Write Place Write Time (2022)
- Six Degrees of Santa (2022)
- Lease On Love (2022)
- Zarqa, Director Mentor only (2022)
- My Favourite Christmas Melody (2021)
- Tale of Two Hearts, Good Witch (2018)
- #Roxy (2018)
- Good Witch (2 episodes, 2017)
- Heaven Must Be Boring! (pilot, 2014)
- Delmer and Marta (pilot and entire first season, 2014–15)
- Odd Squad (2 episodes, 2014)
- Annedroids (5 episodes, 2014)
- Greenpeace Greenwash Campaign (3 web shorts, 2013)
- Walter! (52 short films, 2011 and 2013)
- What's Up Warthogs! (14 episodes, 2011–2012)
- That's So Weird! (7 episodes, 2011–2012)
- Really Me (2 episodes, 2012)
- She's the Mayor (2 episodes, 2011)
- Little Mosque on the Prairie (37 episodes, 2007–2011)
- Pure Pwnage (2 episodes, 2010)
- The Good Company (1 episode, 2010)
- Lost and Found (2009)
- The Smart Woman Survival Guide (3 episodes, 2007)
- This Space for Rent (2 episodes, 2007)
- North/South (5 episodes, 2006)
- G-Spot (6 episodes, 2006)
- Metropia (10 episodes, 2005–2006)
- Mental Block (9 episodes, 2003–2004)
- Made in Canada (13 episodes, 1999–2003)
- Emily of New Moon (6 episodes, 1998–2002)
- Blackfly (7 episodes, 2001–2002)
- Rideau Hall (2 episodes, 2002)
- Murder Among Friends (2001) (TV)
- Screech Owls (2 episodes, 2001)
- P.R. (7 episodes, 2000–2001)
- Wind at My Back (2 episodes, 2000)
- The City (1 episode, 2000)
- Little Men (1 episode, 1999)
- The Hoop Life (1999) TV series (unknown episodes)
- So Weird (2 episodes, 1999)
- JETS - Leben am Limit (1999) (TV)
- Kalkuliertes Risiko (1997) (TV)
- Joe's Wedding (1996)
- Robin of Locksley (1996) (TV)
- Hostile Force (1996) (TV)
- Hard Evidence (1995)
- The Possession of Michael D. (1995) (TV)
- Taking the Falls (2 episodes, 1995)
- Broken Lullaby (1994) (TV)
- Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
- Talons of the Eagle (1992)
- The Swordsman (1992)
- The Kids in the Hall (9 episodes, 1991–1992)
- One Man Out (1989)
- Caribe (1987)
- Jim and Muggins Tour Toronto
Writer
- JETS - Leben am Limit (1 episode, 1999)
- The Swordsman (1992)
- One Man Out (1989)
- Degrassi Junior High (1 episode, 1988)
- Caribe (1987) (uncredited)
Actor
- These Foolish Things (1977) as Wilson
- Trailer Park Boys – Reggie (2017–2018)
Cinematographer
- These Foolish Things (1977)
Honours
- Nomination for Best director of a TV series at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards[10]
References
- ↑ "Michael Kennedy". MUBI. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ↑ "Michael Kennedy". Directors.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ Jacobs, Meredith (12 October 2023). "'How to Fall in Love by the Holidays' Starring Teri Hatcher, Plus More Holiday Treats Coming to Roku". TV Insider. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ "Michael Kennedy". MUBI. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ Pinto, Jordan. "Cameras rolling on #ROXY". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ "Michael Kennedy". MUBI. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ "Sheridan professor wins a Kidscreen Award for film #Roxy". Sheridan College. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ A Match in Manhattan (2023) | MUBI, retrieved 18 December 2023
- ↑ Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (2023) | MUBI, retrieved 18 December 2023
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards for Crafts in Scripted Programs". Academy.ca. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.