Rory Kennedy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rory Kennedy
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1968(1968-12-12)
Age	56
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Rory Kennedy Biography

Rory Kennedy is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on December 12, 1968 in Washington, D.C., United States. He was the youngest U.S. citizen and documentary filmmaker. Senator Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy, and Ethel Skakel.

She was born five year after her uncle, President She was born five years after her uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. was assassinated.

Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born December 12, 1968) is an American documentary filmmaker and youngest child of U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy and Ethel Skakel. Kennedy has made documentary films that center on social issues such as addiction, nuclear radiation, the treatment of prisoners-of-war, and the politics of the Mexican border fence. Her films have been featured on many TV networks.

Prior to the 1990s, Kennedy was said to have been known solely for being the child who was born after the assassination of her father, Robert F. Kennedy. Following the plane crash of her cousin John F. Kennedy, Jr., she established notability for being the cousin whose wedding he planned to attend. Anita Gates of The New York Times wrote that Kennedy would understandably want to be known as “the one who became a filmmaker.”

She was raised with 10 siblings.

Rory Kennedy Net Worth

Rory Kennedy is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rory Kennedy 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1998, she co-founded Moxie Films, a company that specialized in documentaries about pressing social issues.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib was directed by her and co-produced with her. It won the Primetime Emmy Award in 2007 for Best Documentary.

On December 19, 1968 (a week after Rory was born), her mother took her to her father’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy’s older brother Michael LeMoyne Kennedy was assigned as her godparent by their mother. Friends of the Kennedy family said the pair spoke almost every day of their lives. When Rory was a teenager, she was arrested during a protest outside the South African Embassy. When she was 15, her brother David died from a drug overdose. Rory graduated from Madeira School and then Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. During her sophomore year there, she organized a rally in front of a Providence supermarket. In solidarity with migrant farm workers, she urged shoppers to boycott grapes.

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Who is Rory Kennedy Dating?

According to our records, Rory Kennedy married to Mark Bailey. As of December 1, 2023, Rory Kennedy’s is not dating anyone.

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She directed and co-produced American Hollow (1999), a film about a struggling Appalachian family that received critical acclaim and many awards. HBO broadcast the film and publisher Little, Brown and Company simultaneously released Kennedy’s companion book. Kennedy presented the documentary at Wittenberg University on September 13, 2001. After the film’s presentation, she answered questions. In October 2001, Kennedy traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to address the opening meeting of the National Council of Jewish Women. At the meeting, she spoke about her documentary film-production company Change the World Through Film.

Facts & Trivia

Rory Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rory Kennedy celebrates birthday on December 12 of every year.

Kennedy directed and co-produced the Emmy Award-nominated series Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003), which premiered at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on July 8, 2002. It was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and it tells the real stories of AIDS patients outside the Western world. It was broadcast in America as a five-part series on HBO in June 2003.

Top Facts about Rory Kennedy

1. Rory Kennedy is an American documentary filmmaker.
2. She was born on December 12, 1968 in Washington D.C.
3. Her father was Robert F. Kennedy and her mother Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
4. She has directed over 35 documentaries including “Last Days in Vietnam” and “American Hollow”.
5. Rory has won numerous awards for her work, including three Primetime Emmy Awards.
6. In addition to filmmaking, she serves as the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization.
7. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in Women’s Studies.
8. Rory is married to Mark Bailey and they have three children together.
9. Her uncle was President John F. Kennedy and her grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was a prominent businessman and politician.
10. 10.Rory’s films often focus on social justice issues such as poverty, healthcare, and human rights abuses around the world

Did Rory Kennedy ever get married?

On August 2, 1999, Kennedy married Mark Bailey in Greece at the mansion of shipping tycoon Vardis Vardinoyiannis. Kennedy met Bailey in Washington through mutual friends after graduating from Brown University.

How old is Rory Kennedy?

53 years (December 12, 1968)

Was Rory Kennedy's wedding postponed?

But the wedding was postponed after the single-engine plane piloted by Kennedy and carrying his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren Bessette went down off Martha’s Vineyard. All three were killed.

Who is Rory Kennedy's mother?

Ethel Kennedy

How old is Kerry Kennedy?

62 years (September 8, 1959)