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Kent Mackenzie (6 April 1930, Hampstead, England – 16 May 1980, Marin County, California) was a film director and producer who is mainly remembered for his film ''The Exiles'', which was about Native American young people in Los Angeles.〔Chicago Tribune November 21, 2008 ('The Exiles' stars Yvonne Wilson, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez By Michael Phillips, Tribune Critic )〕 He was also involved with Dimension Films in making educational films such as ''Can a Parent be Human''.〔WorldCat (Can a parent be human )〕 ==Bio== He was born on April 6th 1930 in Hampstead, England. His mother was English and his father was Dewitt Mackenzie, who was head of the London Bureau of the Associated Press After finishing school, Kent Mackenzie would enlist in the air force and later end up in Hollywood, where, after gaining a scholarship, he made his first film, ''Bunker Hill''. His next film was ''The Exiles'', which was released in 1961.〔The Center for Studies in American Culture (September 28, 2010 (XXI:5) Kent MacKenzie, THE EXILES (1961, 72 min)) http://csac.buffalo.edu/exiles.pdf〕〔Film Quarterly Vol. 15, No. 3, Spring, 1962 (Film Reviews The Exiles )〕 In later years he worked as an editor on television documentaries and medical and industrial films and shorts. During the 1960s and 1970's he taught certain aspects of film making to high school classes. 〔The Guardian Thursday 18 February 2010 (The Lure of Night by John Patterson )〕 He also directed some films for Dimension Films.〔BFI Film Forever (The Searching Years: Can a Parent Be Human? (1978) )〕 Since the mid 1970s he had been suffering from seizures.〔LA Times July 6, 2008 (A time capsule of Bunker Hill's Native Americans By Saul Austerlitz )〕 He died on 16 May 1980 in Marin County, California as a result of his medication and related complications.〔The Guardian Thursday 18 February 2010 (The lure of the night by John Patterson )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kent Mackenzie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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