Richard Kelly
Born in Newport News, Virginia, USA — Mar 28 1975
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Biography
James Richard Kelly (born 1975) is an American writer-director, best known for his debut feature, the science-fiction cult classic "Donnie Darko"(2001). Kelly was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Lane and Ennis Kelly. He won a scholarship to the University of Southern California to study at the USC School of Cinema-Television. He made two short films at USC, "The Goodbye Place" and "Visceral Matter", before graduating in 1997. "Donnie Darko" was his first feature and was nominated for 21 awards, winning 11 of them, including a nomination for…
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Donnie Darko
Directing
Domino
Writing
The Box
Writing
Southland Tales
Directing
Vidéo Club
Self
World's Greatest Dad
Production
S. Darko
Writing
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Production
Operation: Endgame
Production
Out of Print
Self
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Self
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Self
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary
Self
It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
Himself
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
Self
Visceral Matter
Writing
The Goodbye Place
Directing
Untitled Richard Kelly Film
Directing
Corpus Christi
Directing
Untitled Rod Serling Biopic
Writing