Rory Kennedy

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022) — Director
2. The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022) — Director
3. Last Days in Vietnam (2014) — Director
4. Queen of Chess (2026) — Director
5. American Experience (1988) — Director
6. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) — Director
7. Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017) — Director
8. Ethel (2012) — Director
9. The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? (2024) — Director
10. American Hollow (1999) — Director
11. The Fence (La Barda) (2010) — Director
12. Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow (2018) — Director
13. Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004) — Director
14. A Boy's Life (2003) — Director
15. Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003) — Director
16. Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (2008) — Director
17. The Changing Face of Beauty (2000) — Director
18. Epidemic Africa (1999) — Director
19. 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (2006) — Director
20. Adrift (2023) — Director
21. Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America (2017) — Director
22. Women of Substance (1994) — Director
23. The Trial of Alec Baldwin (2025) — Director
24. Different Moms (1999) — Director
25. Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
2. The View (1997) — Self
3. Ethel (2012) — Narrator (voice)
4. The Fence (La Barda) (2010) — Narrator
5. Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004) — Self