---
name: "Duncan Kenworthy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duncan-kenworthy"
fi1m_id: "duncan-kenworthy"
imdb_id: "nm0448953"
tmdb_id: 7019
wikidata_id: "Q327292"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 September 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:34.629906+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."
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# Duncan Kenworthy

## Identity

Duncan Kenworthy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/duncan-kenworthy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** duncan-kenworthy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0448953
- **TMDB ID:** 7019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q327292
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Kenworthy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7019

Producer. Born 9 September 1949 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 September 1949, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–2016
- **Also known as:** 邓肯·肯沃西
- **Frequently works with:** [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md), [Richard Curtis](https://film.one/person/richard-curtis.md), [Charles Sturridge](https://film.one/person/charles-sturridge.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 4, Comedy 3, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $860m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Kenworthy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7019

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Storyteller*](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md) (82), [*Gulliver's Travels*](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*Four Weddings and a Funeral*](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Pass*](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Love Actually*](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer. He produced *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994) and *Notting Hill* (1999), both written by Richard Curtis, and later *Love Actually* (2003).

Educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took a first-class degree in English in 1971, and at the University of Pennsylvania, Kenworthy began his career in television. He worked on *Sesame Street* and with the Jim Henson Company, co-creating *Fraggle Rock* and producing *The Storyteller* and the 1996 miniseries *Gulliver's Travels*.

Kenworthy co-founded the production company DNA Films with Andrew Macdonald. He has received an OBE for services to film, a BAFTA award and a César award, and served as chair and later vice-president of BAFTA. He is to receive the BAFTA Fellowship in 2026.

*Sources: screenonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Pass* (2016), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md)
- *Love Actually* (2003), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1996), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md)
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Children Act* (2018), Producer
- *The Pass* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pass.md)
- *Planet Single* (2016), Thanks
- *The Eagle* (2011), Producer
- *Love Actually* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *Heartlands* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Parole Officer* (2001), Producer
- *Notting Hill* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Lawn Dogs* (1997), Producer
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1996), series, Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/gullivers-travels.md)
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), as Matthew's Gorgeous New Boyfriend (uncredited) · Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson* (1990), as Additional Muppet Performer
- *Jim Henson's Memorial Service* (1990), Actor
- *The Jim Henson Hour* (1989), series, Producer
- *The Storyteller: The True Bride* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller: Sapsorrow* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller: A Story Short* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller: The Luck Child* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller: Fearnot* (1988), Producer
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death* (1988), Producer
- *The Tale of the Bunny Picnic* (1986), Production Manager
- *Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly* (1985), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Picture (nominated), for *Four Weddings and a Funeral*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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