Richard Kelly

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-03-28 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport News, Virginia, USA

Richard Kelly

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 a Saturn Award. The film later ended up #2 on Empire magazine's list of 50 greatest indepe...

Production

2001

Donnie Darko

as Director

2007

Southland Tales

as Director

2009

The Box

as Director

2009

The Box

as Screenplay

2005

Domino

as Screenplay

2005

Domino

as Story

1996

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Soulmates

as Writer

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Soulmates

as Producer

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Soulmates

as Director

2009

S. Darko

as Characters

2001

Donnie Darko

as Writer

2007

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Corpus Christi

as Director

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2010

2009

The Box

as Producer

2009

1997

Visceral Matter

as Director

1997

1996

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