Robert Kenner

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Robert Kenner (born January 24, 1950 in New Rochelle , New York ) is an American film and television producer and director. Among his best known works is the 2010 nominated for an Oscar documentary Food, Inc. .

Life

Robert Kenner, from Mamaroneck , New York, attended the Solebury School in New Hope , Pennsylvania . At the age of 18 he was already working on his first film projects.

Kenner's entry into the film business began as a camera assistant in the early 1970s. In 1986 the first film he produced was released, the action thriller The Hour of the Cobras - 3:15 . Since then he has worked as a producer and director, with his main interests being documentary films. He created several documentaries on behalf of National Geographic , beginning in 1993 with the film The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal , which thematizes the Battle of Guadalcanal .

From 1998 to 2016 Kenner produced five films for the series The American Experience of the TV chain PBS . This included a documentary about the Vietnam War Two Days in October , which won an Emmy in 2006 and a Peabody Award in 2005.

In 2008 Kenner's successful documentary Food, Inc. appeared , which caused an international sensation and was awarded numerous prizes. He had worked on this project for over six years in advance.

Filmography

  • 1986: The Hour of the Cobras - 3:15 ( 3:15 )
  • 1986: Blue City
  • 1991: Like a thorn in the flesh ( Lonely Hearts )
  • 1993: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
  • 1994: Russia's Last Tsar
  • 1998: America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
  • 1998: Influenza 1918, The American Experience series
  • 2000: John Brown's Holy War, The American Experience series
  • 2001: War Letters, The American Experience series
  • 2003: The Road to Memphis, The Blues series
  • 2005: Two Days in October, The American Experience series
  • 2008: Food, Inc.
  • 2011: When Strangers Click
  • 2014: Merchants of Doubt
  • 2016: Command and Control, The American Experience series
  • 2019: Confessions of a Murderer ( The Confession Killer , TV mini-documentary series)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Kenner: FOOD, INC., Berlinale 2009 (PDF; 223 kB) berlinale.de
  2. ↑ a b Mamaroneck’s Academy Award Nominee, Robert Kenner westchesterhappening.com
  3. ↑ Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2006 emmys.com
  4. ↑ American Experience: Two Days in October ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. peabody.uga.edu @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peabody.uga.edu
  5. ↑ FOOD, INC., A film by Robert Kenner ( Memento May 21, 2009 on the Internet Archive ) foodincmovie.com
personal data
SURNAME Connoisseur, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kenner, Rob; Connoisseur Robbie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New Rochelle , New York