Kent MacKenzie

Biography

Kent Robert MacKenzie was a British-American director and producer born on April 6, 1930, in Hampstead, England. He is best known for directing The Exiles (1961), a film about Native American young people in Los Angeles, and his work with Churchill Films, which produced educational films such as Can a Parent Be Human? His career was marked by both creative output and personal struggles, including seizures that began in the 1970s.