Representative richard kelly biography
Representative richard kelly biography
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Richard Kelly (filmmaker)
American filmmaker
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| Born | James Richard Kelly |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
James Richard Kelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
He wrote and directed the films Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2006), and The Box (2009).
Early life
Kelly grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, where he attended Midlothian High School and graduated in 1993.[1] When he was a child, his father worked for NASA on the Mars Viking Lander program.
He won a scholarship to the University of 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.[2]
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