Robert Kenner
BiographyRobert Kenner has won an array of awards and garnered rave reviews for his documentary work on a wide range of social and environmental issues. His latest film Command and Control opened theatrically to critical acclaim. His Academy Award-nominated film Food, Inc. had a monumental impact on how our food is regulated and is one of the highest grossing theatrical documentaries of all time. Kenner's rich body of work includes Merchants of Doubt which has been screened by Senators and US Attorneys General to influence climate policy, the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Two Days in October, When Strangers Click, and The Road to Memphis for Martin Scorsese's series The Blues. Kenner has directed a number of specials for American Experience, HBO and National Geographic as well as award-winning commercials and corporate videos for clients including eBay, Hallmark and Hewlett Packard.
In the role of director
Command and Control (26/09/2016)
Human error nearly results in the accidental detonation of a nuclear warhead in Command and Control. On September 18, 1980, a maintenance crew working on the Titan-II missile, at Little Rock Air Force Base’s Launch Complex 374-7 in Damascus, Arkansas, accidentally drops a socket, which ends up piercing the missile’s fuel tank. Fuel begins leaking […]