Director
Rory Kennedy
57 years · Washington, D.C., USA · 26 films
Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born December 12, 1968) is an American documentary filmmaker. Kennedy has made documentary films that center on social issues such as addiction, nuclear radiation, the treatment of prisoners-of-war, and the politics of the Mexican border fence. Her films have been featured on many television networks. She is the youngest child of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel.
Best known for
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
2022 · Producer, Director
On Netflix
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
2022 · Director, Producer
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011 · Producer
Last Days in Vietnam
2014 · Director, Producer
Queen of Chess
2026 · Director
On Netflix
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
2026 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Filmography 26
The Trial of Alec Baldwin
2026 · Director, Producer
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
2026 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Queen of Chess
2026 · Director
On Netflix
Adrift
2023 · Director, Producer
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
2022 · Director, Producer
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
2022 · Producer, Director
On Netflix
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow
2018 · Director
Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America
2017 · Director
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
2017 · Director
Last Days in Vietnam
2014 · Director, Producer
Ethel
2012 · Narrator (voice), Director
On HBO Max
Fambul Tok
2011 · Producer
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011 · Producer
The Fence (La Barda)
2010 · Narrator, Producer
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
2008 · Director
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007 · Director
Xiara's Song
2005 · Producer
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004 · Self, Director
Girlhood
2003 · Producer
A Boy's Life
2003 · Director, Producer
Pandemic: Facing AIDS
2003 · Director, Producer
The Execution of Wanda Jean
2002 · Producer
The Changing Face of Beauty
2000 · Director
Epidemic Africa
1999 · Director, Producer