AMERICAN HERO FILM

Kenwood Productions, Inc. is an independent film production company founded in 1988 and located in Minneapolis, Minnesota... Kenwood's four World War II documentaries, Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific, Pistol Packin' Mama: Missions of a B-17, Fighting 17: The Jolly Rogers, and 17th Airborne: The Bulge to the Rhine, have received 11 prestigious film awards, including two Telly Awards, two Columbus International Film Festival Awards, and two New York International Film Festival citations... Prior to the creation of Kenwood, Bill Semans produced Fighter Aces of World War II, the 1988 Military Video of the Year, as well as Ladies Sing the Blues, nominated in 1989 as Best Long Form Music Video of the Year. Bill was founder and producing director of the Cricket Theater in Minneapolis for 13 years. He produced and staged nearly 100 productions. Under his tenure the theater was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Regional Theater.

Primary location: Winona United States