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FRANCIS KENNY ASC |
Born: ?, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, as Francis Gleig Kenny.
Education: Hofstra University [graduated in 1982].
Career: After college he moved to New York and worked for a small film company where he shot and edited promotion films and commercials. Went on to ph a number of doc's, fashion shows, music videos and concerts.
Went to Los Angeles in 1991.
Became active member of the ASC in 1998. Was chairman of the ASC Membership Committee for the past 10 years. Member of the Executive Council of the Cinematographers Branch of AMPAS for the past 8 years.
Appeared in the doc's 'Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads' [2001, David Gregory] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: DVD Exclusive Award nom [2003] for 'Finder's Fee'; ASC Presidents Award [2011].
FILMS |
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1981 |
The Wing [: Documentary of the F-15] [David Hoffman] c; doc/46m; cph: D. Hoffman & Scott Sorenson |
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1983 |
Riding for America [David Hoffman] c; doc/58m; cph: D. Hoffman, Scott Sorenson & Jean de Segonzac |
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1983 |
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' [Emile Ardolino] c; doc/51m; cph: John Lindley, Phil Parmet, Don Lenzer, a.o. |
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1984 |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computers... But Were Afraid to Ask [Stephen Mantell] c; doc/88m |
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1984 |
Second Home: Going to Sea on a U.S. Aircraft Carrier [David Hoffman] c; doc/32m; cph: Gary Steele & Eric Camiel |
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1984 |
Desperately Seeking Susan [Susan Seidelman] c; addph (+ c.op); ph: Edward Lachman |
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1986 |
Wings Over Water [: How Naval Aviation Made the U.S. a World Power] [David Hoffman] b&w-c; doc/87m & 59m (DVD); cph: Gary Steele |
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1986 |
Making Mr. Right [Susan Seidelman] c; addph; ph: Edward Lachman |
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1986 |
Salvation! (Have You Said Your Prayers Today?) [Beth B] c |
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1986 |
Campus Man [Ron Casden] c |
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1987 |
Fourth of July [Peter Clayton] ?; ?/?m |
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1987 |
Zelly and Me/Phoebe [Tina Rathborne] c; addph; ph: Mikael Salomon |
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1988 |
Jimmy Doolittle: An American Hero [David Hoffman & Kirk Wolfinger] c; doc/64m; cph: D. Hoffman, Bob Elfstrom & Jean de Segonzac |
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1988 |
Heathers [Michael Lehmann] c |
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1989 |
Cold Heaven [Nicolas Roeg] c |
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1990 |
New Jack City [Mario Van Peebles] c; 2uc: Jacek Laskus; uwph: Tom Grunke |
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1990 |
Drop Dead Fred [Ate de Jong] c; co-addph; ph: Peter Deming |
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1991 |
House Party 2 [Doug McHenry & George Jackson] c |
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1991 |
Class Act/Changing Labels [Randall Miller] c; cph: Greg Gardiner |
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1992 |
Ed and His Dead Mother/Bon Appetit, Mama/Motherhood [Jonathan Wacks] c |
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1993 |
Coneheads [Steve Barron] c; 2uc: John Newby |
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1993 |
Wayne's World 2 [Stephen Surjik] c; 2uc: Robert Brinkmann; addph: László Kovács |
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1993 |
Jason's Lyric [Doug McHenry] c; 2uc: John Newby |
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1993 |
Canadian Bacon [Michael Moore] c; co-2uc; ph: Haskell Wexler |
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1995 |
The Price of Love [David Burton Morris] c; addph; ph: John Njaga Demps |
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1995 |
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate [Martin Lawrence] c; co-add c.op: Jacek Laskus; uwph: Gary Capo |
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1995 |
Harriet the Spy [Bronwen Hughes] c |
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1996 |
Bean [: The Ultimate Disaster Movie] [: The Movie] [Mel Smith] c |
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1997 |
Denial/Something About Sex [Adam Rifkin] c |
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1997 |
A Night at the Roxbury [John Fortenberry] c |
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1997 |
Why Do Fools Fall in Love [Gregory Nava] c; addph; ph: Edward Lachman |
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1998 |
She's All That [Robert Iscove] c |
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1999 |
Scary Movie [Keenen Ivory Wayans] c |
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2000 |
Kingdom Come [Doug McHenry] c |
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2000 |
Finder's Fee [Jeff Probst] c |
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2000 |
Frank's Last Dance [David J. Burke] c; short/18m; cph: Jacek Laskus; + co-prod |
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2001 |
How High [Jesse Dylan] c |
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2003 |
From Justin to Kelly [: With Love] [Robert Iscove] c |
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2004 |
Getting Played [David Silberg] c; 2uc: Eric Roizman |
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2004 |
Edison/Edison Force [David J. Burke] s35/c |
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2004 |
Alpha Dog [Nick Cassavetes] Hawk Scope/c; addph; ph: Robert Fraisse |
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2005 |
The Contract [Bruce Beresford] s35/c; ph Spokane; ph: Dante Spinotti |
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2005 |
88 Minutes [Jon Avnet] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Denis Lenoir |
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2006 |
Cover [Bill Duke] c; 2uc: Joe Meccariello |
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2009 |
Lady of Sorrows [Terence Gross] scope/c; short/15m |
TELEVISION |
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1980 |
The Information Society [David Hoffman] doc/60m |
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1981 |
Edith Wharton: Looking Back [Kirk Browning] tvm/60m; for PBS-tv 'Great Performances' |
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1982 |
Strokes of Genius [ep (29m) 'Arshile Gorky' dir by Charlotte Zwerin, 'David Smith: Steel into Sculpture' (58m) dir by Jay Freund, 'Franz Kline Remembered' (29m) dir by Carl Colby & 'Jackson Pollock: Portrait' (54m) dir by Amanda Pope] 6-part doc series/b&w-c for PBS-tv; addph: Dan Budnik ('David Smith') |
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1984 |
Black Magic/Double Dutch [Kirk Wolfinger] doc/51m; cph: Don Lenzer & Gary Steele |
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1985 |
Tosca [Kirk Browning & (stage) Franco Zeffirelli] opera/127m |
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1985 |
Remembering Life [David Hoffman] doc/60m; celebrating the 50th anniversary of Life Magazine |
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1985 |
The Creation of the Universe [Geoffrey Haines-Stiles] doc/90m for PBS-tv |
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1987 |
Plagues [Alan B. Goldberg] doc/60m for PBS-tv |
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1987 |
The President's House [Paul Wagner] doc special/60m; cph: Frank DeMarco |
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1988 |
That Rhythm... Those Blues [George T. Nierenberg] mus doc/b&w-c/58m/16mm; cph: Sandi Sissel, Ed Lachman, Gary Steele, Don Lenzer & Mitch Dubin; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' |
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1988 |
Knightwatch/On the Streets [various] 9-part series, 1988-89; other ph: John Alonzo (pilot dir by Farhad Mann) |
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1988 |
Unsub [various] 8-part series, 1989 |
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1989 |
Sweet Bird of Youth [Nicolas Roeg] tvm |
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1990 |
The Flash [ep #1-12 dir by various] 22-part series, 1990-91; other ph: John Newby, Sandi Sissel (pilot) & Greg Gardiner (2uc); 2 ep appeared on video as 'The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster' (1991, Danny Bilson) |
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1991 |
One Child - One Voice [prod: Elliot Rosenblatt] doc/60m; Santa Cruz ph; Los Angeles ph: Marco Mazzei; 2uc: Phil Pastuhov |
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1992 |
Condition: Critical/Final Pulse [Jerrold Freedman] pilot |
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1992 |
Lethal White Female/Dying to Love You [Robert Iscove] tvm |
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1994 |
The First Gentleman [Bryan Spicer] pilot/60m |
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1994 |
The Wright Verdicts [5 ep dir by various] 7-part (1 unaired) series, 1995; other ph: Reynaldo Villalobos |
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1995 |
The Colony [Tim Hunter] pilot/120m |
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1996 |
Dark Angel [Robert Iscove] pilot/120m |
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1996 |
Pretty Poison [David Burton Morris] tvm; 2uc: Larry Lynn |
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1997 |
The 119 [Robert Iscove] unaired pilot/60m |
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1999 |
Gregory Nava on the American Dream in the 20th Century: The American Tapestry [Gregory Nava & (Mexican seq) Barbara Martinez Jitner (BMJ)] doc/96m/dv; cph: BMJ, Stephen Consentino & Kirk Gardner; ep Showtime-tv series 'In the 20th Century' |
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2001 |
Keep the Faith, Baby [Doug McHenry] tvm |
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2003 |
The Conscientious Objector [Terry Benedict] doc/101m/HD; cph: Suki Medencevic & Darko Suvak |
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2004 |
The Partridge Family [Alan Myerson] pilot for VH1-tv |
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2005 |
Three Wise Guys [Robert Iscove] tvm |
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2006 |
Seeing in the Dark - A Film by Timothy Ferris [Nigel Ashcroft] doc/60m/HD; loc ph: Mark Diamond; astrophotography: F. Kenny, Kenneth Crawford, Robert Gendler, Jack Newton, a.o.; aired on PBS-tv in 2007 |
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2009 |
One Hot Summer [Betty Kaplan] tvm/RED |
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2009 |
Justified [9 ep dir by various] series/HD (Sony F35 & Sony PMW-F3), 2010-present; 1st season, 2010 (13 ep); other ph: Edward J. Pei (ep #1) & Peter Levy; 2uc: Richard Crudo |
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2010 |
Justified [13 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2011 (13 ep); see 2009 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1984 |
Desperately Seeking Susan [Susan Seidelman] c.op (+ addph); ph: Edward Lachman |
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1989 |
Songs for 'Drella: Lou Reed, John Cale [Edward Lachman; tv-concert film] co-c.op; ph: E. Lachman & Sandi Sissel |
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1994 |
My Family/Mi familia/Cafe con leche/East L.A. [Gregory Nava] co-add c.op; ph: Edward Lachman |
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1999 |
Cousin Skeeter [various; tv-series, 2nd season] co-c.op; ph: Michael Negrin |
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2001 |
True to the Game [dir] in development; status unknown |