Current Resume
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Dan A. R. Kelly
Member, WGA-W
Screenwriting Credits
The Liberator (Pilot) 2018-2019 Historia Productions, Inc.
Shawl Lence Bobree, producer
El Medico (Feature) 2016 Café Oscuro Films
Liliana Kligman-Roitman, producer
Susie’s Hope (Feature) 2011-2014 UPtv / Green Apple Entertainment
Premiered at RiverRun International Film Festival
Jerry Rees, director
Ocean Drive (Feature) development Fred Roos Productions
Fred Roos and David Ankrum, producers
Chattanooga (Feature) development DARKHAWK Productions, LLC
2015 Nicholl Fellowship quarter-finalist
2015 Big Break Screenwriting Contest top-ten finalist
Charlatan (Feature) spec screenplay
2014 Nashville Film Festival quarter-finalist
Contempt of Court (Pilot) development Grace Talent Agency
Michael Wise, agent
“Banks of the Vltava” (Short) 2011 Walk in the Park Pictures
Awards: “CLAW” Award, Terror Film Festival
“Eat Me!” (Short) 2010 Frowned Upon Media
Awards: Best Writer, 48 HFP, Greensboro
Best Comedy Nominee, Cape Fear Film Festival
“Cadence” (Short) 2008 Walk in the Park Pictures
Awards: Winner, 48 Hour Film Project Greensboro
Director’s Choice, Cape Fear Film Festival
Screened at Miami International Film Festival
“A Study in Red” (Short) 2007 NBC/Universal ChillerTV
Awards: Finalist, Dare 2 Direct Contest
National Broadcast on ChillerTV
Education
Hollins University, Roanoke, VA MFA in Screenwriting (2014)
UNC-School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC BFA in Film Directing (2001)
Relevant Experience
Georgia Film Academy with University System of Georgia
2016-present Full-time Faculty for Film Production Atlanta, GA
University of North Georgia
2015-2016 Adjunct Faculty for Screenwriting Atlanta, GA
Guilford Technical College
2014-2015 Adjunct Faculty for Play-writing Greensboro, NC
Gallagher Literary Agency
2014-present Creative Executive Los Angeles, CA
The Black List Happy Hour
2016-2018 Founding Organizer Atlanta, GA
Page 2 Stage Program with Atlanta Film Festival
2018-present Founding Organizer Atlanta, GA
Writers Guild of America
2014-present Active Member Los Angeles, CA
Has served as production crew (including Production Coordinator and 2nd Assistant Director) on over 40 professional film and television productions.
*full crew resume available upon request
Published short fiction author, including Scholastic Magazine.
Produced playwright:
“The Tragedy” one-act play that won S.C. Theatre Festival
Wolf Stories full-length musical produced by Foothills Playhouse
Fairytale Classics full-length comedy produced by S.C. Children’s Theatre
The Liberator (Pilot) 2018-2019 Historia Productions, Inc.
Shawl Lence Bobree, producer
El Medico (Feature) 2016 Café Oscuro Films
Liliana Kligman-Roitman, producer
Susie’s Hope (Feature) 2011-2014 UPtv / Green Apple Entertainment
Premiered at RiverRun International Film Festival
Jerry Rees, director
Ocean Drive (Feature) development Fred Roos Productions
Fred Roos and David Ankrum, producers
Chattanooga (Feature) development DARKHAWK Productions, LLC
2015 Nicholl Fellowship quarter-finalist
2015 Big Break Screenwriting Contest top-ten finalist
Charlatan (Feature) spec screenplay
2014 Nashville Film Festival quarter-finalist
Contempt of Court (Pilot) development Grace Talent Agency
Michael Wise, agent
“Banks of the Vltava” (Short) 2011 Walk in the Park Pictures
Awards: “CLAW” Award, Terror Film Festival
“Eat Me!” (Short) 2010 Frowned Upon Media
Awards: Best Writer, 48 HFP, Greensboro
Best Comedy Nominee, Cape Fear Film Festival
“Cadence” (Short) 2008 Walk in the Park Pictures
Awards: Winner, 48 Hour Film Project Greensboro
Director’s Choice, Cape Fear Film Festival
Screened at Miami International Film Festival
“A Study in Red” (Short) 2007 NBC/Universal ChillerTV
Awards: Finalist, Dare 2 Direct Contest
National Broadcast on ChillerTV
Education
Hollins University, Roanoke, VA MFA in Screenwriting (2014)
UNC-School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC BFA in Film Directing (2001)
Relevant Experience
Georgia Film Academy with University System of Georgia
2016-present Full-time Faculty for Film Production Atlanta, GA
University of North Georgia
2015-2016 Adjunct Faculty for Screenwriting Atlanta, GA
Guilford Technical College
2014-2015 Adjunct Faculty for Play-writing Greensboro, NC
Gallagher Literary Agency
2014-present Creative Executive Los Angeles, CA
The Black List Happy Hour
2016-2018 Founding Organizer Atlanta, GA
Page 2 Stage Program with Atlanta Film Festival
2018-present Founding Organizer Atlanta, GA
Writers Guild of America
2014-present Active Member Los Angeles, CA
Has served as production crew (including Production Coordinator and 2nd Assistant Director) on over 40 professional film and television productions.
*full crew resume available upon request
Published short fiction author, including Scholastic Magazine.
Produced playwright:
“The Tragedy” one-act play that won S.C. Theatre Festival
Wolf Stories full-length musical produced by Foothills Playhouse
Fairytale Classics full-length comedy produced by S.C. Children’s Theatre