---
name: "Byron Kennedy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/byron-kennedy"
fi1m_id: "byron-kennedy"
imdb_id: "nm0447945"
tmdb_id: 951895
wikidata_id: "Q523976"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "18 August 1949"
died: "17 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:32:06.098934+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Byron Kennedy

## Identity

Byron Kennedy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/byron-kennedy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** byron-kennedy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0447945
- **TMDB ID:** 951895
- **Wikidata ID:** Q523976
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Kennedy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/951895

Writer and producer. Born 18 August 1949 in Melbourne, Australia. Died 17 July 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 18 August 1949, Melbourne, Australia
- **Died:** 17 July 1983
- **Active:** 1979–1981
- **Also known as:** Byron Eric Kennedy
- **Frequently works with:** [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md), [Mel Gibson](https://film.one/person/mel-gibson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Kennedy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/951895

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Mad Max*](https://film.one/film/mad-max.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Byron Eric Kennedy (18 August 1949 – 17 July 1983) was an Australian film producer and cinematographer. He met director George Miller at the University of Melbourne in 1969 and the pair collaborated on short films, including *Violence in the Cinema, Part 1* (1971). They incorporated the production company Kennedy Miller in 1975.

Kennedy produced *Mad Max* (1979) and *Mad Max 2* (1981), also released as *The Road Warrior*. The films, directed by Miller and starring Mel Gibson, were made on modest budgets and achieved substantial international box office returns. He also worked as associate producer on *The Last of the Knucklemen* (1979).

Kennedy died at the age of 33 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake near Sydney.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, aso.gov.au, nytimes.com, madmaxmovies.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Fi1m 88, Producer, Sound Mixer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *Mad Max* (1979), Fi1m 78, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bodyline* (1984), series, Executive Producer
- *The Dismissal* (1983), series, Executive Producer
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Producer, Characters, Sound Mixer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *Mad Max* (1979), Story, Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max.md)
- *The Devil in Evening Dress* (1974), Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
- *Frieze: An Underground Film* (1973), Director

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