Mark is one of the most experienced and creative videographers in the southeast with over 25 years in the business. He has covered global news events, presidential campaigns, natural disasters, celebrities, major sporting events, corporate summits and more. The Emmy and Green Eyeshade awards won along the way testify to his ability to capture the story with an eye for quality.
Key Career Accomplishments
Mark started in television in 1985 as a videographer and later became chief photographer of WCBD-TV in Charleston, SC. During his tenure at WCBD, he won several important industry awards including an Emmy and a Green Eyeshade award.
In 1997 Mark founded Kennedy Video Service and has developed an impressive client list of all major networks as well as a variety of production companies. A sample client list follows:
News and Other Broadcast Media Clients – NBC News, Today Show, MSNBC , ABC News, Good Morning America, ESPN, CBS News, 48 Hours, CBS Sports, Fox News, Fox Sports, The Weather Channel, PGA Tour Productions, KGO-TV in San Francisco, WCSC-TV in Charleston , SC , Court –TV, Real-TV, Larry King Live, C-Span/ Book TV, The Maury Povich Show, Extra, Turner Sports
Corporate and Production Clients – Force Protection Industries Inc., BP/Amoco, Johnson & Johnson, Fuji Film/ Steve Salonsky, Interstate Johnson Lane/ Mainstreet Teleproductions, Sonic, MYND Inc., American General Life Insurance Co./ Directions Inc., Cummings Marine, Clear Seas Communications, SASHTO, College of Charleston, Termite Art Productions
In 2005, Mark formed Helmet Head Productions, a sister-company to Kennedy Video Service. Helmet Head has completed a 30-minute pilot for Miles to Go, a hunting travel show, and is in the marketing and sponsorship acquisition stage of that project. Several other productions are in the concept development or early pilot production stage.
Kennedy Video Service
Kennedy Video is a full-service broadcast media firm focused on videography and editing for its clients. The firm can acquire the necessary resources for a multi-person team and will go anywhere, anytime for the project.
Helmet Head Productions
Founded by Mark Kennedy, Helmet Head Productions is developing proprietary shows and will continue Mark’s work with other production clients.
