Biography

Paul Gerard Kennedy was born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia to Thomas Arthur Kennedy and Bette Patricia Kennedy. He has one older brother, John Kennedy and one older sister, Robyn Kennedy, as well as two younger sisters, Gemma Summers and Kate McKnight.

He grew up in Ashfield and Strathfield, New South Wales; and went to high school, firstly at Chevalier College, Bowral, and later Saint Patrick's College, Strathfield.

From an early age, Paul was addicted to television and movies. While at Chevalier College, he co-produced, wrote, directed and acted in the movie Shell, the story of a young man's empty life.

After leaving school, he commenced a course in TV Operational Techniques.

His love of television and movies was never too far from him. In 1982 he commenced editing and writing Time Loop, an amateur monthly publication devoted to the British science fiction television program Doctor Who.

He continued this publication and others till 1989. During this time, he was awarded the Double Gamma Award, for Best Fanzine (Time Loop) and Best Editor at WhoDo 84, the Double Gamma Award for Best Writer at LonCon '85 and the Double Gamma Award for Best Fanzine (Time Loop) and Special Achievements at Console 88.

In 1990, he appeared as an extra in several episodes of Home and Away (1988), Australia's Most Wanted (1989), Elly & Jools (1990), The Paper Man (1990), G.P. (1989), as well as appearing in a Commonwealth Bank Commercial and a staff training video for Westmead Hospital.

Paul did not reactivate his creative side again until 2012, when he wrote, produced, directed and starred in Col Briscoe Adventurer, Chapter 9 the Giant Lizards of Connine Island (2012), as an entry in a short film competition for Con 9 from Outer Space, where it won 2nd place.

He also wrote "The Further Adventures of Scott Carey (The Incredible Shrinking Man)" in the short story competition for Con 9 from Outer Space, where it won 1st place. Paul was married to Tina Maria Kennedy (Favale) from 1977 to 2000 and had three children, Leila Kennedy, Sara Parkhouse, and Mychelle Kennedy. Paul has been married to Denise Behringer since 2010.

Since retirement in 2020, Paul has relocated to the south coast of New South Wales and has remade active in the entertainment industry.
- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Gerard Kennedy

In his spare, Paul contributes to the IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base). In 2016 he was ranked in the top 250 contributors in the world (78th). He was awarded the Double Gamma Award, for Best Fanzine (Time Loop) and Best Editor at WhoDo 84, the Double Gamma Award for Best Writer at LonCon '85 and the Double Gamma Award for Best Fanzine (Time Loop) and Special Achievements at Console 88. In 2012 at the Con 9 from Outer Space Convention, he won the Gold Gort award (1st place) in the fan fiction competition and the Silver Gort award (2nd Place) in the short movie competition. In 2016 he won "The Helpful Ghoul" presented by "The Australian Horror and Deadly Earnest".

Paul wrote an article for Scary Monsters Magazine issue 115 (Winter 2019) pages 28-34 "They Came From The Land Down Under" - being a brief overview of the fascinating world of Australian and New Zealand radio and television horror hosts.