Chris Kennedy (1 December 1948 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian AFI Award-winning film director, film writer, producer and novelist. He owned the company, Oilrag Productions and Oillamp Books. Kennedy was a three-time

Australian Film Institute Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television indust ...

nominee and an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner.The website of Chris Kennedy – 3 time AFI award nominee
. Retrieved 25 January 2008. He made his first film ''Glass'', a low budget thriller, in 1989 and followed it up with ''

This Won't Hurt a Bit ''This Won't Hurt a Bit'' is a 1993 Australian comedy film. It was directed by Chris Kennedy. According to Ozmovies, Those searching for the source of inspiration for writer/director and co-producer Chris Kennedy need look no further than his ...

'', in 1993. During the 1990s he made '' Doing Time for Patsy Cline'' and the following decade, ''

A Man's Gotta Do ''A Man's Gotta Do'' is a 2004 Australian award winning film from Australian director, Chris Kennedy. The film stars John Howard. Tagline *Most men hold their head high, put their backs to the wall and do what they must do to give their ...

''.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p270 He initially trained and qualified as a dentist and later studied at film schoolInterview with Chris Kennedy, 12 November 1998
accessed 19 October 2012 In 2011 he added novel writing to his range of creative pursuits. Chris Kennedy died from a heart attack on 27 August 2013.

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'' (1989) * ''

'' (1993) * '' Doing Time for Patsy Cline'' (1997) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Made in Australia'' (2011) (Print)

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Oil Rag Productions and Oil Lamp Books
– Chris Kennedy's company 1948 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian novelists Australian dentists Australian film directors Australian film producers Australian male novelists Australian screenwriters Australian male screenwriters 20th-century Australian male writers 21st-century Australian male writers 20th-century dentists {{Australia-film-director-stub