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Duncan Kenworthy Biography

Birth Name:Duncan H. Kenworthy

Birth Place:England

Profession Producer, Production manager, Actor, Special effects

Fast Facts

  • He was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire honor
  • He won a CableACE Award for his work on "Fraggle Rock" in 1983
  • In 1995, he won the London Critics Circle Film Awards' ALFS Award for "Four Weddings and a Funeral․"
  • He graduated from the University of Cambridge's Christ's College in 1971
  • He co-founded DNA Films with fellow producer Andrew Macdonald
  • He has served the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as a vice president and chairman
  • He contributed to "A Bigger Picture," a nonfiction book published by the Film Policy Review Group

Awards

  • 1983ACE-Single Program - Children's or Family Programming: nominated
  • 1983ACE-Program Series - Children's or Family Programming: winner
  • 1983Emmy-Outstanding Program for Children and Young People: winner
  • 1987BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Visual Effects: nominated
  • 1988Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Program: nominated
  • 1988Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Program: nominated
  • 1989BAFTA TV Award-Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama): winner
  • 1989Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Program: nominated
  • 1992BAFTA TV Award-Best Children's Programme (Fiction): winner
  • 1994Best Foreign Film Award-: winner
  • 1995Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
  • 1995BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1995ALFS Award-British Producer of the Year: winner
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Miniseries: winner
  • 1997BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Serial: nominated
  • 1999European Film Award-European Film: nominated
  • 2000Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2004Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated