Richard Kelly (director)
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| Born | March 28, 1975 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter Producer |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
Richard Kelly (born March 28, 1975) is an American film director and writer, best known for 2001's Donnie Darko.
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[edit] Early life
Kelly was born James Richard Kelly in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Lane Kelly and Ennis Kelly.[citation needed] He grew up in Midlothian, Virginia where he attended Midlothian High School. When he was a child his father worked for NASA on the Mars Viking Lander program. He won a scholarship to Southern California to study at the USC School of Cinema-Television where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He made two short films at USC, The Goodbye Place and Visceral Matter, before graduating in 1997.[1]
[edit] Film career
Kelly received only $9,000 to write and direct his film, Donnie Darko, in 2001 and was given a budget of just $4,500,000. This was his first feature and was nominated for 21 small awards and won 11 of them, including a nomination for a Saturn Award. At the age of 25 he was considered too young to be a professional screenwriter and director. The film later ended up #2 on the 50 greatest independent films of all time, behind Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.[citation needed]
He has written many scripts that haven't been produced, most famous of which are the adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and Louis Sachar's Holes. The latter screenplay is available as a PDF on an unofficial Richard Kelly fansite,[2] and Kelly hopes that he will one day secure the rights to the former script, so that fans may read that one as well.[citation needed]
His fourth film, and second feature, Southland Tales, a rough cut of which screened in competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival,[3] was released November 16, 2007 and stars Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Kevin Smith and Miranda Richardson.
In 2008, Kelly's production company Darko Entertainment announced that it was producing the adaptation of the bestselling book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell with director Bob Gosse.[4][5] The book's author Tucker Max detailed Kelly's involvement in the process on his blog.[6][7]
After his latest movie The Box,[8] he is currently working on a thriller "set in Manhattan in the year 2014. We hope to shoot the movie in 3-D, and part of the movie would be filmed using full CGI motion capture."[9]
[edit] Filmography
| Director | ||
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| Year | Film | Other notes |
| 1996 | The Goodbye Place | Short film |
| 1997 | Visceral Matter | Short film |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | |
| 2007 | Southland Tales | |
| 2009 | The Box | Based on the short story by Richard Matheson |
| Writer | ||
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| Year | Film | Other notes |
| 1996 | The Goodbye Place | Short film |
| 1997 | Visceral Matter | Short film |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | |
| 2005 | Domino | |
| 2006 | Optimistic | |
| 2007 | Southland Tales | |
| 2009 | The Box | Based on the short story by Richard Matheson |
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| Year | Film | Other notes | |
| 2009 | Dirty Girl | ||
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Based on The Austin Road Trip Story by Tucker Max | ||
| Rogue's Gallery | |||
| The Box | |||
| World's Greatest Dad | |||
| 2010 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies[10] | ||
| Fade[11] | Based on the novel by Robert Cormier | ||
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Won
- 2001 - Sweden Fantastic Film Festival, Best Feature (Donnie Darko)
- 2001 - Catalonian International Film Festival, Best Screenplay (Donnie Darko)
- 2001 - San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Best Screenplay (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Gérardmer Film Festival, Premiere Award (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Cinénygma Film Festival, Audience Award (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Silver Scream Award (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Special Award (Donnie Darko)
- 2003 - Chlotrudis Awards, Best Screenplay (Donnie Darko)
[edit] Nominated
- 2001 - Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize (Donnie Darko)
- 2001 - Catalonian International Film Festival, Best Film (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Online Film Critics Society Awards, OFCS Award (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Feature (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Screenplay (Donnie Darko)
- 2002 - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Most Promising Director
- 2003 - Chlotrudis Awards, Best Director (Donnie Darko)
- 2006 - Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm (Southland Tales)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts.
- ^ http://richard-kelly.net/multimedia/scripts/index.html#holes
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Southland Tales". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4359806/year/2006.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (June 5, 2008,). "Darko to serve Tucker Max's 'Beer'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986988.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ FirstShowing.net Darko Entertainment Adapting I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
- ^ IHSTBIH Blog Entry: Darko to serve Tucker Max's 'Beer' June 6th, 2008
- ^ Tucker Max shares his opinion of Darko Entertainment Richard Kelly's homepage
- ^ Video Interviews with the Director and Stars of 'The Box'
- ^ Richard Kelly Planning 3-D Thriller!
- ^ Natalie Portman Toplines Lionsgate's(!) 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (January 7, 2009). "Darko acquires invisibility tale 'Fade'". Variety. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5lDnHmBDZ. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Richard Kelly at the Internet Movie Database
- Southland Tales
- Richard Kelly unofficial fansite
- Interview
- Donnie Darko Interview
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