Marc's first book, imaginatively titled That Movie Book, is on shelves was Harper Collins and ABC Books in November 2011
Outside of film criticism, Marc is also a massive nerd. In 2012 he hosts the brand new technology show on Radio National called Download This Show. Marc was a presenter, producer and reporter for all 3 seasons of ABC1's Hungry Beast where he investigated, satrized and explored the realms of digital media, popular culture, gaming and technology. Marc is also a regular media, tech and culture commentator for ABC News 24 and Paul Murray Live on Sky News.
Marc's career began when he was one of the winners of the AFI Outstanding Young Film Critics Awards. Marc then spent 4 years as the film critic for Sydney radio station FBi 94.5. Marc was soon recruited to present DVD reviews for SBS Television's The Movie Show at the age of 19. Since then he's worked across broadcast, print and online media. Marc has been a graphic designer, web developer, magazine and newspaper writer and radio producer. Marc has interviewed countless filmmakers, actors, musicians and writers. He even performed a live comedy show at the 2009 Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Marc blogs here, tweets here and feel free to scroll to the right to watch some of Marc's broadcasting work in full.
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The Circle, Network Ten (2010-) Weekly Guest, Reporter Each Wednesday Marc drops by Network Ten's live daytime chat show The Circle to talk movies, gesticulate wildly and generally make a mess of himself. He also interviews actors and directors for the show. Watch latest reviews here |
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ABC News 24 (2011-) Regular Guest, Reporter Marc is a frequent commentator and guest for a number of programs accross the schedule including The Drum and Weekend Breakfast. |
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The Movie Club, Showtime (2011-) Regular Guest Marc is a regular panelist on Showtime Australia's film chat show. Watch latest reviews here |
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Paul Murray Live, SkyNews (2010-) Regular Guest Marc is a regular guest and commentator on Sky News's evening panel show. |
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Hungry Beast, ABC TV (2009-2011) Writer, Presenter, Producer In 2009, Marc expanded from the film world to present and report on Andrew Denton's comedy/ journalism hybrid Hungry Beast. Watch. |
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triple j tv, ABC TV (2008-2009) Presenter What's the history behind shakey camerawork? Does Walt Disney hate black people? And Is 'Marc Fennell's Flicked on triple j tv' the only tv segment to answer these questions? The answers are 'Strange', 'Maybe' and 'Hell Yeah' Watch. |
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Batmanthology, Movie Extra (2007) Presenter Marc presented the digital multi-channel event 'Batmanthology' for Movie Networks Australia. He hosted the screenings of each Batman film and fronted 6 documentary specials that went behind the cowl of the Dark Knight. Watch |
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The Movie Show, SBS (2004-2006) Writer, Presenter For two years Marc wrote and presented cult DVD segments on The Movie Show. With his giant curly hair he attacked everything from Japanese Horror, to Alien Invasions to Serial Killer Mums. Watch |
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Download This Show (2012-) Host & Producer of Radio National A brand new program on ABC RN dedicated to exploring the unprecedented technological change in our life. |
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triple j, ABC Radio (2006-) Film Critic, Presenter, Producer As the film critic for Australia's national youth radio network Marc has built up a loyal following with his his quirky reviews and Film Ed 101 segment which delved into the strange world of movie culture and history. Listen to Film Ed 101's here. Follow Marc's lastest reviews here |
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ABC Local Radio (2004-) Regular Guest Film Critic For 7 years Marc has been contributing film commentary and reviews to ABC local radio right around the nation. More |
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FBi Radio (2003-2006) Film Critic, Producer, Presenter As the in-house film critic and reporter for Sydney's youth station FBi Marc presented and produced over 200 film reviews and interviewed pop-culture icons like Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, Malcom McLaren, JJ Abrams and Joss Whedon. Listen |
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That Movie Book (2011) Author 52 Weekends of awesome flicks. Friday Night, Saturday and Sunday are all scheduled with great, unusual and bizzarre movies. The book will be a beginners guide to all things cinema: from Italian Neorealism to Muppets movies. And everything in between. Published by Harper Collins/ABC Books Buy it now |
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J Mag (2006-2009) Film Critic, Columnist After being the chief film critic and movie feature writer for 2 years, Marc wrote the monthly column 'Unclipped' profiling original voices in the world of Music Videos. |
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Yen Magazine (2006-2007) Freelance Writer Freelance feature writer for Yen and its brother publication Dazed+ Confused. |
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Coming Sooner Co-writer, Presenter Each episode, Marc Fennell, Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall explore what it takes to sell a film in under 2 minutes. Its a show about movie trailers, cos who has time to watch a whole film? Watch Here |
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Bigpond Movies (2007) Presenter Marc researched, wrote and presented 8 episodes of an online film series 'Bigpond Movies Present...' for Telstra's BigPond TV. Watch. |
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Culture Pop (2006) Producer Marc produced, directed and edited this short documentary series exploring different underground & youth cultures. Watch. |
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Massage My Medium Melbourne Comedy Festival (2009) At the 2009 MICF, Marc and Comedian Dan Ilic co-wrote and presented this live comedy stage show all about the death of television networks. Watch it here. |
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Australian Film Institute Outstanding Young Film Critic (2002) Congrats for scrolling all the way to the end. Muchly appreciated. |
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