Critics loved OT, and the film was included on several ‘best of’ lists, including the L.A. OT was also honored by being ‘short listed’ for an Oscar nomination, nominated for Best Documentary by the Independent Spirit Awards, and awarded a Human and Civil Rights award from the National Education Association (NEA). OT screened and won awards at some of the top film festivals in the world including Toronto, Los Angeles (best documentary), Tribeca, SXSW, Palm Springs Int’l (audience award), and Aspen (audience award). Kennedy’s debut documentary, OT: our town, tells the underdog story of the staging of the first play in twenty years at Dominguez High in Compton, California, and their attempt to produce Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Kennedy then had the unique opportunity of being hired by low-budget legend Roger Corman to direct four TV features, each shot in six days. He directed second unit on the Showtime movies Last Exit to Earth and Sea Wolf. Kennedy went on to establish himself as a director of music videos, commercials, and promos for clients ranging from Tony Bennett to CBS and Mattel. This was followed by several number-one internationally aired music videos including Jimmy Cliff’s remake of “I Can See Clearly Now.” on music videos to directing his first video for Def Jam artist Nikki D, which garnered him a Gold Prize at The Houston Film Festival. Soon after graduating, Kennedy moved to New York City where he went from a P.A. He was a DJ for the college radio station WSPN and spent his junior year abroad in London. Kennedy’s journey as a filmmaker began at Skidmore College, where he majored in theater with a concentration in directing. Times: “Excellent! Its lessons about the levers of power and politics, and how easy it is to get co-opted, are relevant everywhere. It premiered at the prestigious AFI Silverdocs film festival where it won best documentary and went on to win other awards (Florida and Camden FF, MMPA Diversity Award) and garner rave reviews from the likes of Kenneth Turan of the L.A. It tells the story of the South Central Community Garden, the largest of its kind in the U.S., and its complicated struggle for survival. Kennedy’s documentary The Garden was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. Academy Award nominee Scott Hamilton Kennedy is a writer, director, producer, cameraman, and editor and has worked on everything from music videos and commercials to motion capture animation, scripted and reality television, and fiction and non-fiction film.
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