Francis Kenny
A.S.C. is an American
cinematographer
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.
Background and education
Kenny is a twice board member of the American Society of Cinematographers and member of the AMPAS Executive Committee for Cinematographers.
Kenny was born in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, attending schools in Indianapolis, Indiana;
Cleveland, Ohio
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Portland, Oregon
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Seattle, Washington
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;, and high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. At 16 he entered
The University of Texas
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,
Austin, Texas
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; he later attended
Harvard University
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,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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; and
Hofstra University
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, in
Hempstead, New York
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. He holds degrees in Sociology, English Literature, and Communications.
His father, Francis Bernard Kenny, graduated from
Princeton University
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, worked for the
Shell Oil Company
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and eventually became Treasure. His grandfather, Herman Adkins, was a test pilot for the government at the Indianapolis Experimental Station (
Civil Aeronautics Authority
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) and flew the NC-11 "flying laboratory." The airplane is now located at the
National Air and Space Museum
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Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, it opened its main building on the Nat ...
in
Washington, D.C.
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Herman Adkins later built
The Happy Landings Resort,
Lake of the Ozark in
Sunrise Beach, Missouri
Sunrise Beach is a village in Camden and Morgan counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 431 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Sunrise Beach has been in operation since 1932. The village was named its location n ...
. Adkins was a member of the secretive club for aviators called
The Quiet Birdmen.
Career
Francis Kenny began his career working on documentaries with the filmmaker David Hoffman whom he met at Hofstra University.
Kenny was the cinematographer on the Academy Award-winning feature documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin. He has photographed commercials and documentaries in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Israel, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Australia, Singapore, Sumatra, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Morocco. His feature films and television shows include: Justified, Bonnie and Clyde, Steel Magnolias, Finder's Fee, Sweet Bird of Youth, She's All That, Harriet the Spy, Jason's Lyric, Coneheads, New Jack City, and Heathers.
He became an active member of The American Society of Cinematographers in 1996. He served as the Chairman of the ASC Membership Committee from 2001 until 2011. In 2012 he received the ASC Presidents Award.
Personal life
He currently resides in
Santa Monica, California
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, with his daughter who attends Parsons School of design.
The Crossroads School for Arts and Science
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References
External links
www.franciskenny.us
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American cinematographers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Harvard University alumni
Hofstra University alumni