This award enabled him to travel overseas and gain invaluable knowledge of the international film/television industry.
[citation needed] Kennedy met George Miller at the University of Melbourne in 1969.
[1][6] In 1983, at the age of 33, Kennedy was killed at Warragamba Dam in New South Wales, Australia, when the helicopter he was piloting crashed.
In his honour, the Australian Film Institute, with George Miller as a panel member, established the Byron Kennedy Award.
This award is bestowed upon those whose work is marked by their pursuit of excellence within the film and television industry and is sponsored by Kennedy Miller, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow, Greater Union, Cinemedia, and Steven Spielberg.