- Born
- Birth nameRory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy
- Rory Kennedy was born on December 12, 1968 in Washington D.C., USA. She is a producer and director, known for American Hollow (1999), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) and Last Days in Vietnam (2014). She has been married to Mark Bailey since August 2, 1999. They have three children.
- SpouseMark Bailey(August 2, 1999 - present) (3 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesKerry Kennedy(Sibling)Patrick Joseph Kennedy II(Cousin)Anthony Shriver(Cousin)Katherine Schwarzenegger(Cousin)Patrick Schwarzenegger(Cousin)Christopher Schwarzenegger(Cousin)Christina Schwarzenegger(Cousin)Caroline Kennedy(Cousin)Joseph P. Kennedy(Grandparent)Rose Kennedy(Grandparent)John Kennedy Jr.(Cousin)Christopher Lawford(Cousin)Tim Shriver(Cousin)Mark Shriver(Cousin)Maria Shriver(Cousin)Robert Shriver(Cousin)John Francis Fitzgerald(Great Grandparent)Jean Kennedy Smith(Aunt or Uncle)Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.(Aunt or Uncle)John F. Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Jacqueline Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Rosemary Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Eunice Kennedy Shriver(Aunt or Uncle)Sargent Shriver(Aunt or Uncle)Ted Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Patricia Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Kennedy(Aunt or Uncle)Stephen Smith(Aunt or Uncle)Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(Sibling)
- Daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.
- Rory's wedding to Mark Bailey was the destination of cousin John Kennedy Jr.'s plane when it crashed on July 16, 1999, over Aquinnah, Massachusetts.
- Was born six months after her father was assassinated.
- Youngest of 11 children
- Kept her maiden name in marriage.
- I was attracted to filmmaking in college because of my love of storytelling. You can have such an impact and reach a broader audience than conventional journalism.
- I've always been interested in Vietnam, feel it's a seminal event in our nation's history, and have explored it over the years - but I hadn't been interested in doing a documentary about it. I felt there had been a lot done about Vietnam, and didn't know if I could add anything new to the discussion.
- You need to think, when you get involved in wars, how you're going to get out of them.
- I'm not sure I would make a direct connection between having press attention as a young person and being interested in the media as an older person. I came to it more organically, coming from a family of Irish Catholic storytellers. Storytelling is a pastime and important part of my family's history and culture.
- I think it can be really powerful, and one of the reasons I love making films is I do feel they can reach beyond the statistics and the numbers and the complexities of a particular issue and really highlight the humanity in a way that an article or newspaper story might not be able to do.
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