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Born in England, UK. Duncan Kenworthy received a first-class degree from Christ's College, Cambridge, UK, in 1971, and was then a Thouron Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. Previous to his movie work, he has numerous TV credits to his name. He worked for several years during the 1970s for Children's Television Workshop on "Sesame Street", first in New York, and then as producer of an Arabic version which he made in Kuwait. He was co-creator and producer of "Fraggle Rock," and was VP of Jim Henson's company from 1988 to 1995. He has also produced numerous TV dramas including the BAFTA award-winning "Greek Myths" and "Gulliver's Travels" (1995). Other film producing credits include THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982, assoc. producer), LAWN DOGS (1997), NOTTING HILL (1999), BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (2000, exec. producer), CACOZZA'S WAY (a.k.a. "Strictly Sinatra") (2001, exec. producer), THE PAROLE OFFICER (also 2001, exec. producer), HEARTLANDS and THE FINAL CURTAIN (both 2002, both exec. producer) and LOVE ACTUALLY (2003).  Nominated for Best Picture of the Year 1994: FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL - Producer at Working Title 1 nomination