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Filmmaker

Marc Fennell

Marc Fennell is a Walkley-winning journalist and AACTA-nominated filmmaker.


Marc created the award-winning series Stuff the British Stole for ABC Australia and CBC Canada and is the quizmaster of SBS TV’s Mastermind. His acclaimed documentaries include School That Tried to End Racism (ABC 2021), Framed (SBS 2021), The Kingdom (SBS 2023), The Mission (SBS 2023), Red Flag (SBS 2024), Walkley-nominated Came From Nowhere (SBS 2024) and the forthcoming Secret DNA of Us (SBS 2025).


An 8-time New York Festivals TV and Radio Awards medallist, Marc has also been nominated 3 times for Europe’s Rose d’Or and has won the James Beard Foundation Award and a Canadian Screen Award. The Times (UK) calls Marc the “cheerful Aussie version of Louis Theroux.”


Audible is the home of Marc’s podcast documentaries, including It Burns (2019), Nut Jobs (2020), This Is Not A Game (2023) and House of Skulls (2023), winner of 2 Australian Podcast Awards, New York Festival Gold and an AIDC Award. His latest Corked will be released this year.

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