Garfield Kennedy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Garfield Kennedy

British filmmaker

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1951

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Profession: film director, film producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Garfield Kennedy is a documentary and fiction film-maker and producer based in Somerset, England.
He was elected as a Liberal Democrat District Councillor for the Shepton West Ward of Mendip District Council in a by-election in July 2010. Kennedy attended Coleraine Academical Institution and studied Architecture at the University of Edinburgh where he edited The Student newspaper and founded the long-running Festival Times newspaper with (now broadcaster) Sheena McDonald.
Festival Times was the first publication to give dedicated and extensive coverage of the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe, International Festival and Film Festival).
He then joined Granada Television in Manchester in 1975 and later formed his own independent production company.