Marc Fennell is an
Australian
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film critic
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,
technology journalist,
radio personality
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,
author
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and
television presenter
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. Fennell is a co-anchor of ''
The Feed'' and the host of ''
Mastermind
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''.
Career
Film critic
In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first
AFI
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Young Film Critics Competition.
He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station
FBi Radio
FBi (call sign: 2FBI) station is an independent, not-for-profit community radio in Sydney, Australia. FBi places a heavy emphasis on local emerging music: it has a policy that at least 50 per cent of its music content is to be Australian, of wh ...
from 2003–2006.
During this period Fennell was selected as one of four presenters of
SBS's ''
The Movie Show
''The Movie Show'' is an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008.
History
The original format, which ran from 30 October 1986 to 12 May 2004, had ...
'' in mid-2004.
Fennell remained with the show until June 2006, when the show went on hiatus, returning in a different format (and with a different team) in 2007.
Fennell covers cinema across the
ABC
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Radio Network including
ABC Local Radio
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and the national youth broadcaster
triple j
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. Fennell presented a weekly film segment on ''
triple j tv
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'' for its run on
ABC1
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and
ABC2
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. He presented the weekly movie segment on the
Network Ten
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morning program ''
The Circle'' from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012. Fennell carried on his weekly segment on Network Ten's ''
Breakfast
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'' program.
Fennell also regularly produces digital video projects exploring cinema culture including ''Bollywood For Beginners'': a series for
SBS Television
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about the history of
Bollywood
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. He also co-produces a web series about
movie trailers
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, ''Coming Sooner'', with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall.
Fennell's first book, ''That Movie Book'', was published by
HarperCollins
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in December 2011.
''Hungry Beast''
Fennell presented and reported on ''
Hungry Beast
''Hungry Beast'' (originally ''Projext NEXT'') was an Australian television comedy and current affairs program that was broadcast on ABC Television.
Format
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'', aired on
ABC1
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. He primarily covered
digital media
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,
popular culture
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,
gaming
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and
technology
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. Fennell was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for
Zapruder's Other Films. Prior to the ''Hungry Beast'' Fennell had worked with another of the presenters,
Dan Ilic
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, developing a YouTube parody of the
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launch as part of their live comedy show ''Massage My Medium'' at the 2009
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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.
Technology journalism
Fennell hosts the ABC's technology radio program ''
Download This Show'' which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and online privacy. The program airs on
Radio National
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, ABC Local Radio Digital and throughout Asia Pacific on
Radio Australia
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. Fennell has also regularly produced reports on technology for programs on
ABC News 24
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including ''
News Exchange'' (ended), ''
The Drum'', ''Weekend Breakfast'' and the ''
Technology Quarter'' (ended).
''The Feed''
Since May 2013, Marc Fennell has been one of the main presenters on the live
SBS Viceland
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current affairs program,
The Feed. In addition to his main role co-hosting, Fennell's prerecorded segments have become a feature of the show, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.
Podcasts
In 2019 Fennell created ''It Burns'', a podcast series covering the
race to grow the hottest pepper.
Fennell and
Jan Fran
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feature in the podcast ''The Few Who Do'' commenced in 2019 through
SBS "where we hear personal stories from Australians who are advocating for change and tackling society's big issues."
[The Few Who Do](_blank)
Special Broadcasting Service
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with CGU Insurance
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, accessed 2019-09-28
''Mastermind''
In 2021, Fennell began hosting the
Australian version of ''
Mastermind
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* Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde), a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics, a title also held by his daughters:
** Martinique Jason, the first daughter and successor of th ...
'', replacing
Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer Victoria Byrne (born 5 March 1955) is an Australian journalist, television presenter and former book publisher. She hosted the monthly ABC television program ''The Book Club'', originally titled ''First Tuesday Book Club''.
Early lif ...
.
Personal life
Fennell attended the
University of Technology, Sydney
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, but left after eight weeks to join an SBS youth show.
His mother, a school teacher, is
Indian-Singaporean and his father, a photographer, is
Irish
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.
He attended secondary school at
Trinity Grammar School and later
St George Christian School.
He is married and has two children.
References
External links
*
Fennell on Triple JDownload This Show programme page
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1985 births
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