Richard Kelly (director)

James Richard Kelly ( born March 28, 1975 in Newport News, Virginia ) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Life

Richard Kelly is a graduate of the School of Cinema Arts at the University of Southern California.

Kelly had in 2001 with his first major movie Donnie Darko, which became a cult film, also already a first major success. His second film Southland Tales, which can be seen, among others, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott and Kevin Smith, was in competition at the film festival of Cannes in 2006, in the directing of 2009, the movie The Box -. Thou art the experiment Cameron Diaz and James Marsden took over the lead roles.

In his films, Kelly also wrote the screenplays in each case. Since 2009 he is also active as a producer.

Filmography

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