Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy was born on May 16, 1954 in Canada. Michael Kennedy's big-screen debut came with Caribe directed by Michael Kennedy in 1987. Michael Kennedy is known for Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series directed by Norm Hiscock, John Paul Tremblay stars as Julian and Robb Wells as Ricky. Michael Kennedy has got 8 awards and 14 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Kennedy achieved is Mississauga Arts Awards (The MARTYS). The upcoming new movie Michael Kennedy plays is My Favorite Christmas Melody which will be released on Dec 05, 2021.

Michael Kennedy is an award-winning, versatile director 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 episodes of prime-time drama and comedy including the entire first season of the ground-breaking hit series "Little Mosque On The Prairie" that used humor to attack racism against Muslims in the post-911 world. He was recently nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction, TV Movie for "#Roxie", which was also nominated for Best TV Movie. Michael is a Co-Winner of the CSA Award for Outstanding Contribution Film and Television Diversity.Michael is often brought in early to help develop a new TV series. He has directed the pilots for 13 series including: "Little Mosque...", "Pure Pwnage", "Delmer and Marta", "North South", "Mental Block", "Listen Missie", "Screech Owls", "P.R.", "Taking The Falls", "My Life and a Movie", "The Good Germany", "This Space For Rent" and "Jets". He was also one of the directors of the acclaimed comedy series "Kids In The Hall" and directed 14 episodes of the award-winning "Made In Canada" series starring Rick Mercer.His international reputation has led Michael to direct movies in Mexico, Belize, Germany, Hungary, India, the US, and across Canada. Michael also wrote the scripts for three of the feature films he directed.Michael has received: 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards from 8 nominations; a nomination for a Directors Guild of America Award; winner of Best Director at the Canadian Music Video Awards; 3 Best Director Gemini nominations; and 3 wins from 10 nominations for Best Director at the Canadian Comedy Awards.Michael has worked for many producers and swears that some of them were happy with his work.