Michael Kennedy (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, actor and cinematographer raised in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Born | (1954-08-16) August 16, 1954 (age 68) Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
Occupation | Director, screenwriter, actor, cinematographer, |
Spouse | Carrie Gleason (m. 1982) |
Michael Kennedy is an award-winning, versatile filmmaker with a reputation for creating stylish work that addresses social issues while achieving critical and commercial success. He has directed 20 feature-length films/TV movies and over 230 prime-time drama and comedy television episodes including the entire first season of the ground-breaking sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie that used humour to attack racism against Muslims in the post-911 world.
Besides the pilot of Little Mosque, he also 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 acclaimed comedy series The Kids in the Hall, and directed 14 episodes of Made in Canada.
Kennedy has directed feature films in many 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. He also wrote the screenplays for three of the feature films he directed.
Kennedy lives with his wife, Carrie, and their three children in a suburb of Toronto, Canada, but they try to spend their summers at their cottage on Prince Edward Island, his home province.
Year | Award | Category | Production | Result |
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1996 | Directors Guild of America Award | Best Director, Youth Programs | Robin of Locksley | Nominated |
2002 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Director, TV, Drama | Emily of New Moon | Nominated |
2002 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Director, TV, Comedy | Made In Canada | Winner |
2003 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Director, TV, Comedy | Made In Canada | Winner |
2007 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Achievement, TV, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2007 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Achievement, TV, Drama | North/South | Nominated |
2008 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Achievement, TV, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2009 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Best Achievement, TV, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2010 | Directors Guild of Canada Award | Team Award, TV, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2000 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Series | Made In Canada | Winner |
2001 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Series | Made In Canada | Nominated |
2002 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Series | Blackfly | Nominated |
2002 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Series | Made In Canada | Winner |
2003 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Series | Made In Canada | Winner |
2004 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Comedy | Mental Block | Nominated |
2005 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Comedy | Listen Missie | Nominated |
2007 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Show or Special | This Space For Rent | Nominated |
2007 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2008 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, TV Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2019 | Canadian Comedy Award | Best Director, Feature Film | #Roxy | Nominated |
2003 | Gemini Award | Best Director, TV Episodic, Comedy | Made In Canada | Nominated |
2007 | Gemini Award | Canada Award | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Winner (Team) |
2007 | Gemini Award | Best Director, TV Episodic, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2010 | Gemini Award | Best Director, TV Episodic, Comedy | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Nominated |
2020 | Canadian Screen Award | Best Director, TV Episodic, Comedy | #Roxy | Nominated |
1992 | Canadian Music Video Award | Best Comedy Video | Terriers | Winner |
Kennedy has received many awards including: two Directors Guild of Canada Awards (from eight nominations), a Directors Guild of America Award nomination, three wins from eleven nominations for Best Director at the Canadian Comedy Awards, three Best Director Gemini nominations, and Best Director at the Canadian Music Video Awards.
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