DUNCAN KENWORTHY, OBE
Member, Board of Governors
With a First in English from Cambridge, and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, Duncan Kenworthy worked on Sesame Street for six years - and then for Jim Henson Productions for fifteen years - before he produced his first film. At Henson's he was associate producer of The Dark Crystal, co-creator and producer of Fraggle Rock, and producer of Jim Henson's Storyteller, Greek Myths and Gulliver's Travels.
His credits as producer include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Lawn Dogs, Notting Hill, The Parole Officer and Love, Actually. From 2004-2006 he served as Chairman of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, chaired the British Council's Film Advisory Committee and sat on the board of the UK Film Council. He has won three BAFTA Awards and one Emmy, as well as receiving an Oscar and three Golden Globe nominations. He was made an OBE in 1999 for services to film.
In June 2009, Kenworthy donated $1million to the School towards the cost
of the new teaching building, which at his request has been named after the
veteran British cinematographer Oswald Morris.
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