Rory Kennedy

Producer + Film Maker + Senator

Female

Born Dec 12, 1968

Age 44

Hometown Washington, D.C

Other Names Rory Elizabeth Ka...

Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. She is the youngest of the eleven children of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel (née Skakel).

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The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights presents 2012 Ripple of Hope Awards Din...

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Dec 3, 2012

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Nov 15, 2012

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The premiere of the HBO Documentary 'Ethel' held at the Time Warner Center - Arrivals

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Oct 15, 2012

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Ethel and Rory Kennedy The premiere of the HBO Documentary 'Ethel' held at the Time Warner Center...

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Oct 14, 2012

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Family

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Rory Kennedy

Age 44

parents

Robert F. Kennedy
Father, d.1968
Ethel Kennedy
Mother, Age 85

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New York
Nov 13, 2012
Rory Kennedy Sighting: New York, New York/ Glamour Women Of The Year Awards

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Pollen Counts Set To Soar This Summer As Experts Warn Hay Fever Will Be The Worst For 50 Years
Daily Mail (UK) - Apr 22, 2013

Professor Roy Kennedy, one of Britain's leading hay fever experts, predicted the period to June would see the highest pollen levels for more than five decades.
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A Head Start On Dealing With The Weather
San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 09, 2012

A head start on dealing with the weather When Sandy struck, Jennifer Raiser, treasurer of the Burning Man Project nonprofit, was in New York for meetings with members of the Burning Man community. Having learned over the years to cope with environmental extremes - "We've been through dust storms, high winds, 30-degree nights and 100-degree days with no running water or electricity" - the Burners were up to dealing with the hurricane. [...] its power ran out, the iPhon...
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10 Reasons To Celebrate Aging…
Psych Central - Oct 23, 2012

Yesterday was my birthday. I’m not sad. Not manic, either. Just celebrating aging and a joyous day. Here are 10 reasons why: 1. It went on for three days, beginning Saturday. I had my hair cut. Very short. It’s a brush cut. I love carefree hair. Who has time to fuss with hair, so every eight weeks, I’m buzzed. 2. Then, I met my closest girlfriend and we walked to a tiny perfect new sushi spot for a delicious Bento Box lunch. Very intimate. We had the place to ourselves. This is our ann...
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'Ethel' Review: Extraordinary Kennedy
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 15, 2012

'Ethel' review: Extraordinary Kennedy One of the most striking elements in Rory Kennedy's affectionate and revealing documentary about her mother, Ethel Kennedy, is that those old enough to remember the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 perhaps remember as well the shattering sense of grief and hopelessness that the shooting brought. While some may think that sitting down to talk about her life with the youngest of her 11 chi...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1968 Birth Born on December 12, 1968.

TWENTIES

1998 29 Years Old In 1998 Kennedy and fellow Brown graduate Liz Garbus founded Moxie Firecracker Films which specializes in documentaries that highlight pressing social issues. … Read More

THIRTIES

1999 30 Years Old On August 2, 1999, Kennedy married Mark Bailey in Greece at the home of shipowner Vardis Vardinoyiannis. … Read More

2002 33 Years Old 1 More Event

Kennedy directed and co-produced the Emmy Award-nominated series Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003), which premièred at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on July 8, 2002; it was later broadcast as a five-part series on HBO in June 2003. … Read More

2004 35 Years Old 1 More Event

When asked in a March 24, 2004, interview with Salon.com about her interest in the American South, Kennedy cited her father's experiences in the region as an inspiration and starting point. … Read More

2007 38 Years Old Kennedy directed and co-produced Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival and won the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Documentary.

2008 39 Years Old 1 More Event

She directed Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (2008) for HBO Documentary Films, which premièred on HBO on August 18, 2008. Kennedy directed "The Fence (La Barda)" which premiered at the opening night of The Sundance Film Festival 2010. The film made its debut on HBO on September 16, 2010.

FORTIES

2011 42 Years Old Her cousin, Kara Kennedy, died in September 2011.

2012 43 Years Old 1 More Event

In May 2012 her sister-in-law Mary Kennedy committed suicide.

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