Marc Fennell is an Australian film critic, technology journalist, radio personality, author and television presenter. Fennell is a co-anchor of The Feed and the host of Mastermind.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Film critic
  • 1.2 Hungry Beast
  • 1.3 Technology journalism
  • 1.4 The Feed
  • 1.5 Podcasts
  • 1.6 Mastermind
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Film critic

In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Compe*ion. He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003–2006.

During this period Fennell was selected as one of four presenters of SBS's The Movie Show in mid-2004. Fennell remained with the show until June 2006, when the show went on hiatus, returning in a different format (and with a different team) in 2007.

Fennell covers cinema across the ABC Radio Network including ABC Local Radio and the national youth broadcaster triple j. Fennell presented a weekly film segment on triple j tv for its run on ABC1 and ABC2. He presented the weekly movie segment on the Network Ten morning program The Circle from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012. Fennell carried on his weekly segment on Network Ten's Breakfast program.

Fennell also regularly produces digital video projects exploring cinema culture including Bollywood For Beginners: a series for SBS Television about the history of Bollywood. He also co-produces a web series about movie trailers, Coming Sooner, with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall.

Fennell's first book, That Movie Book, was published by HarperCollins in December 2011.

Hungry Beast

Fennell presented and reported on Hungry Beast, aired on ABC1. He primarily covered digital media, popular culture, gaming and technology. Fennell was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder's Other Films. Prior to the Hungry Beast Fennell had worked with another of the presenters, Dan Ilic, developing a YouTube parody of the Freeview launch as part of their live comedy show M*age My Medium at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Technology journalism

Fennell hosts the ABC's technology radio program Download This Show which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and online privacy. The program airs on Radio National, ABC Local Radio Digital and throughout Asia Pacific on Radio Australia. Fennell has also regularly produced reports on technology for programs on ABC News 24 including News Exchange (ended), The Drum, Weekend Breakfast and the Technology Quarter (ended).

The Feed

Since May 2013, Marc Fennell has been one of the main presenters on the live SBS Viceland current affairs program, The Feed. In addition to his main role co-hosting, Fennell's prerecorded segments have become a feature of the show, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.

Podcasts

In 2019 Fennell created It Burns, a podcast series covering the race to grow the hottest pepper.

Fennell and Jan Fran feature in the podcast The Few Who Do commenced in 2019 through SBS "where we hear personal stories from Australians who are advocating for change and tackling society's big issues."

Mastermind

In 2021, Fennell began hosting the Australian version of Mastermind, replacing Jennifer Byrne.

Personal life

Fennell attended the University of Technology, Sydney, but left after eight weeks to join an SBS youth show. His mother, a school teacher, is Indian-Singaporean and his father, a photographer, is Irish.

He is married and has two children.

References

External links

• Official website
• Fennell on Triple J
• Download This Show programme page