Kelly is working towards directing, and is working on several shorts in the hopes of applying to upcoming fellowships. She has several pitch decks and sizzle reels ready in a variety of genres and budget ranges.
Her style thesis is to create stories that tell a cathartic and voyeuristic narrative extracting an audience’s smile, scream, or laugh; allowing them the space to feel and fall apart within.
Kelly has been involved in virtually every aspect of the film industry in a multitude of roles, from pre-production through post and awards seasons. She has also worked on a myriad of content types, including but not limited to web series (e.g. Von Wong, Comic Book Girl 19, Strawburry17, HitRecord), shorts (Colin Tilley), commercials (Agent Provocateur), music videos (Patrick Fogarty), feature films (4 Marvel films including Avengers: Infinity Wars), and TV (Disney +/Marvel’s streaming shows).
For a copy of her resume or for any inquires on specific qualifications or projects she can be reached at her linked Instagram account.
EW - Sizzle Trailer
Kelly is attached to help produce the upcoming independent directorial debut of Tatiana Paris. The sizzle trailer can be seen beside this, and you can follow the film’s progress on their Instagram here.
Memoirs of A Dead Bitch
Kelly produced a short film written and directed by her long time collaborator Tatiana Paris. She took on a variety of duties as the project was independent, ranging from early pre-production meetings through post. The short is currently in the festival circuit.
More on the project can be seen here.
Behind A Performance (Red Bull Cut)
Kelly directed and produced a documentary about the fire and circus arts community for her Capstone project while receiving her B.F.A. in film production at UCF in 2014. While mid-project she was reached out to by a colleague and had an opportunity to screen a cut in front of a Red Bull event, and with the help of two friends pulled several all-nighters to create a screening cut you can see here.
You can read in more detail about the project here.
Two Strangers Call Each Other’s Bluff
Kelly collaborated with Von Wong on a large scale photo shoot, and worked hard to produce and film (along with several other cinematographers) the production. Once the shoot was finished Kelly worked with her friend Shriyantha Wimalasekera to collect all the footage and Shriyantha edited the final piece for publication on Von Wong’s site, and currently has just over 34,000 views.
You can read in more detail about Kelly’s involvement here; as well as Benjamin Wong’s experience on his blog here.
Nebula Makeup Transformation - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kelly was asked to document the makeup processes for behind the scenes and educational purposes for Guardians 2. She filmed the series on a DSLR camera (Canon 7D) and edited on Adobe Premiere and color corrected on DaVinci’s Resolve. After the film’s release while the campaign for awards began she edited a time lapse version of the processes for promotion, and per the request of her supervisor the piece was released with no audio so it could be presented in person with commentary. The video was then uploaded online and currently is at 25 million views.
Von Wong - UltraViolet Photo Shoot
On this project Kelly was the BTS cinematographer and editor. Kelly was contacted by Mr. Wong and asked to come out to his shoot and create a short behind the scenes documentary for educational purposes for other photographers. She shot the piece on a Canon 7D DSLR camera and edited in Adobe’s Premiere. She initially created a timeline and aligned audio, and spoke with Mr. Wong to adjust the piece to fit in with his documentary photo shoot series. Once the editing sequence was approved Kelly color-graded within Premiere and sent over the final piece for upload on the sponser’s YouTube channel, and currently has 18,000 views.