Kent Mackenzie was a film director and producer who is mainly remembered for his film The Exiles, which was about Native American young people in Los Los Angeles
Background
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.
Career
He was also involved with Dimension in making educational films such as Can a Parent be Human. His next film was, which was released in 1961. 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.
He also directed some films for Dimension. Since the mid 1970s he had been suffering from seizures.
He died on 16 May 1980 in Marin County, California as a result of his medication and related complications. The setting for was in Bunker Hill. was an independent film and took three-and-a-half years to make and had its share of issues.
Prior to making, Mackenzie made Bunker Hill in 1956.
He directed and produced Saturday Morning, a film about teenagers, which was released in 1971 through Dimension, of which Gary Goldsmith was chief and producer.