Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly Movies and TV Shows

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 independent films of all time, behind Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs". Kelly wrote the screenplay for Tony Scott's biographical crime thriller "Domino" (2005), and went on to write and direct the postmodern L.A. satire "Southland Tales" (2006) and the science-fiction mystery "The Box" (2009), inspired by "The Twilight Zone" episode "Button, Button". Although his three films differ considerably in setting and characters, they share similar themes of time travel, existentialism, and spirituality. Kelly's particular filmmaking sensibilities can be traced back to his viewing of Terry Giliam's "Brazil" (1985), as told to author Robert K. Elder in an interview for his book "The Film That Changed My Life" (2011). The commercial underperformance of Kelly's films has made it difficult for him to secure financing for other projects, and as such he has not directed a film since 2009. In 2016, filmmaker Kevin Smith said of Kelly: "He is insanely creative and is not unlike Christopher Nolan. But Nolan wound up in the Warner Bros. system where he got special handling, and he got a lot of money to make huge art films like "Inception". Richard can be one of our greatest filmmakers. He is right now, but just a lot of people don't realize it. He's still a kid, and someone needs to Nolan that kid."

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 28/03/1975 (49 years old)
  • Place of birth: Newport News, Virginia, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
Out of Print
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Himself
2014

Documentary

6.7
58%
2010

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

4.9
49%
2009

Comedy

5.2
50%
The Box
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 56%
role:
Producer & 2 more
2009

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
56%
2009

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.9
66%
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S. Darko
IMDB 3.6
TMDB 44%
role:
Characters
2009

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.6
44%
Southland Tales
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 51%
role:
Director & 1 more
2007

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.3
51%
Domino
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Story & 2 more
2005

Action

Crime

5.9
60%
Donnie Darko
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Writer & 1 more
2001

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
78%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Richard Kelly are, for example, Out of Print, Operation: Endgame and I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.
The streaming services with the largest selection are iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are Donnie Darko (7.9), World's Greatest Dad (6.8) and Out of Print (6.3).
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