1. Kenneth Joel Hotz was born on May 3,1967 and is a Canadian comedy writer, filmmaker, entertainer and television personality.
24 Facts About Kenny Hotz
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Kenny Hotz is best known as the star of the former reality comedy show Kenny vs Spenny alongside Spencer Rice.
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Kenny Hotz has directed a number of films, including Pitch, It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning, The Papal Chase and Subscribe.
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Kenny Hotz co-directed the music video for the song "Monophobia" by Deadmau5.
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Kenny Hotz is a regular contributor for Vice Media and began his career as a war correspondent and photojournalist during the Gulf War.
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Kenny Hotz was born to a Jewish family and as a child attended the United Synagogue Day School, later graduating from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.
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In 1992, Kenny Hotz graduated from the Media Arts program at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.
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Kenny Hotz began as a documentary filmmaker and news photographer, creating photo essays on subjects including Auschwitz, Dachau, and the Gulf War.
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Kenny Hotz was the only registered Canadian photo-journalist to cover the Gulf War.
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In 1996, Kenny Hotz created and starred in the documentary Pitch which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1997.
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Kenny Hotz starred in his second feature film titled The Papal Chase, a documentary about Kenny Hotz trying to meet the Pope John Paul II, released in 2004.
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In 2004, Kenny Hotz created the concept for the videogame Versusville to accompany the television show, which was nominated for a Canadian New Media Award for Excellence in Gaming.
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Between 2004 and 2006 Kenny Hotz was a consultant writer, and sometimes staff writer, for 42 different episodes of the show, returning again in 2012 to write for the episode "Cartman Finds Love".
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In 2008, Kenny Hotz created the sitcom Testees for FX Networks, producing 13 shows centering on two roommates who work as guinea pigs for a mediocre product testing facility.
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Kenny Hotz stated that the inspiration of the series was Woody Allen's character Fielding Mellish in the film Bananas.
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The series produced six episodes and showed Kenny Hotz attempting to complete major tasks that challenged the social assumptions of both his audience and himself, including the building of a Jewish funded mosque for Muslims, and finding his widowed mother a new boyfriend.
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Kenny Hotz is an executive producer, host and columnist for Vice, and won the publication's best fiction article of the year award in 2006.
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Kenny Hotz has been involved as a spokesperson and on-stage presence at Vice Media project and network launches.
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In 2013, Kenny Hotz signed a deal with Sirius Radio in the US for a weekly radio show that airs in Canada and the United States.
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In 2018, Kenny Hotz co-directed a music video for the track "Monophobia" by Deadmau5.
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Kenny Hotz owned The Hoxton, a bar and music venue in Toronto which has since closed.
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In 2018, Kenny Hotz was a judge for the Canada's Top 100 Restaurants competition.
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In 2007, Kenny Hotz married former model Audrey Gair; the couple have three children.
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In November 2013, Kenny Hotz was nominated for the "Digital Personality of the Year" at the Canadian Digi Awards.