Marc Fennell Biography
Marc Fennell is an Australian film critic, author, television presenter, radio personality, and technology journalist. In addition, he is a co-anchor of The Feed and the host of Mastermind.
Marc Fennell Age|Birthday
Fennell was born on June 2, 1985. Therefore, she is 37 years old as of 2022 and celebrates her birthday on 2nd June every year.
Marc Fennell Height|Weight
Fennell’s height is 5 feet 11 inches (approximately 180 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 75 kilograms.
Marc Fennell Family
Fennell was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to his parents. Additionally, his mother is Indian-Singaporean and his father is Irish. Moreover, his mother is a school teacher whereas his father is a photographer. However, Marc has not disclosed his parents’ identities or if he has any siblings.
Marc Fennell Wife
Fennell is happily married to his loving wife Madeleine Genner, a reporter with ABC’s Radio Current Affairs department. In addition, Genner is a former reporter and producer of Radio National Breakfast.
Furthermore, the couple is blessed with two children.
Marc Fennell Education
Fennell attended secondary school at Trinity Grammar School. Moreover, he later went to St George Christina School.
Marc Fennell Career
Film critic
Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition in 2002. Additionally, Marc then became a film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003 to 2006. Moreover, he was selected as one of four presenters of SBS’s The Movie Show in mid-2004 during this period. Furthermore, the journalist remained with the show until June 2006 when the show went on hiatus returning in a different format in 2007.
In addition, he covers cinema across the ABC Radio Network including ABC Local Radio and the national youth broadcaster triple j. Moreover, Fennell presented a weekly film segment on triple j tv for its run on ABC1 and ABC2. He presented the weekly movie segment, The Circle from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012 on the Network Ten morning program.
Besides, he regularly produces digital video projects exploring cinema culture including Bollywood For Beginners: a series for SBS Television about the history of Bollywood. Moreover, Marc also co-produces a web series about movie trailers, with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall, Coming Sooner.
Furthermore, his first book, That Movie Book, was published in December 2011 by Harper Collins.
Hungry Beast
The journalist presented and reported o Hungry Beast on ABC1. Moreover, Fennell primarily covered digital media, gaming, popular culture, and technology. Additionally, he was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder’s Other Films. Fennell worked with another of the presenters, Dan Ilic developing a YouTube parody of the Freeview launch as part of their live comedy show Massage My Medium at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival prior to the Hungry Beast.
Technology journalism
Fennell is the host of ABC’s technology radio program Download This Show which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital electronics, online privacy, and hacktivism. Moreover, the program airs on ABC Local Radio Digital, Radio National, and throughout the Asia Pacific on Radio Australia. Furthermore, he regularly produced reports on technology for programs on ABC News 24 including News Exchange, The Drum, the Technology Quarter, and Weekend Breakfast.
The Feed
Fennell has been one of the main presenters on the live SBS Viceland current affairs program, The Feed since May 2013. Furthermore, Marc’s prerecorded segments have become a feature of the show in addition to his main role co-hosting, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.
Podcasts
Marc created It Burns, a podcast series covering the race to grow the hottest pepper in 2019.
Additionally, together with 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
Marc began hosting the Australian version of Mastermind in 2021 replacing Jennifer Byrne.
Marc Fennell’s Net Worth
Fennell’s net worth ranges between $1 million and $6 million.
