Alan Rowe Kelly

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Alan Rowe Kelly (born January 13, 1959) is an American independent film actor, director, writer and producer, specializing in horror films.

Biography[edit]

Kelly was born in Dover, New Jersey.^[1] After attending New York City art schools, Kelly commenced his career as an art director in the cosmetics field before becoming a makeup artist and hair stylist in Manhattan's fashion/advertising industry, working behind the camera for fashion magazines, catalogs, television commercials and infomercials.^[2]

In 1999, Kelly began directing, producing and writing screenplays for horror movies, entering the independent horror scene with his award-winning debut film I'll Bury You Tomorrow (2002).^[2] In 2006, Kelly founded SouthPaw Pictures, a film production company based in Paterson, New Jersey. His other directing credits include Gallery of Fear (2013), The Blood Shed (2007) and Tales of Poe (2013).^[1] He portrays female characters in these and other films, such as Vindication (2006), Satan Hates You (2010) and Razor Days (2012).^[3]

Kelly has been a longtime resident of Wharton, New Jersey, and wrote a history of the borough together with his mother.^[4]

Filmography[edit]

Feature film[edit]

• I'll Bury You Tomorrow (2002) – Corey Nichols
• Opening The Mind – (2020) – Prostitute
• Dead Serious (2005) – Eden
• Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut (2007) – Devora Simmons
• The Blood Shed (2007) – Beefteena Bullion
• Ding Dong Date (2007) – Jul
• The Screening (2007)
• Eat Your Heart Out (2008) – Mama
• Pink Eye (2008) – Schlitze
• Vindication (2008) – Urbane
• Experiment 7 (2009) – Dr. Melanie Phillips
• Crossed (2009) – Ed
• Sculpture (2009) – William
• Slices of Life (2010) – Web Cam Vamp
• Satan Hates You (2010) – Cokey
• Kodie (2010) – The Witch
• She Wolf Rising (2010) – Tess
• River of Darkness (2011) – Mary Rutledge
• The Big Bad (2011) – Dr. Annabelle Voitch
• I Heart U (2012) – Rachel the Reporter
• Razor Days (2013) – Dr. Mortensen
• Gallery of Fear (2013) – Director, Lane
• The Theatre of Terror (2020) - Mama
• Midnight Devils (2019) Mordak, the witch
• Tales of Poe (2014) - Gogo Montresor / Peggy Lamarr

Short film[edit]

• The Pod (2006) – Nancy Type 2
• Insatiable (2008) – Organ Player
• Contact (2009) – Rowan
• Something Just (2010) – Thomas Sutcliffe
• Psycho Street (2012) – Charity Betencourt ("Hypochondriac")
• Gallery of Fear (2012) – Lane ("A Far Cry from Home")

Bibliography[edit]

• Wharton (Arcadia Press) – Charlotte Kelly & Alan Rowe Kelly

Awards[edit]

• 2002 Telluride Indiefest Best Horror Feature for I'll Bury You Tomorrow.^[5]
• 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Best Horror Feature for I'll Bury You Tomorrow.^[5]
• 2007 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Feature for The Blood Shed.^[6]
• 2009 Terror Film Festival Best Actor for A Far Cry from Home/Gallery of Fear.^[7]
• 2009 Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jury Award for Most Exciting New Filmmaker – A Far Cry from Home/Gallery of Fear.^[8]
• 2010 Terror Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for Bart Mastronardi's Vindication.^[9]
• 2010 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for Hypochondriac/Psycho Street.^[6]
• 2012 Terror Film Festival Best Actor in Something Just.^[10]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Watt, Mike (6 December 2005). "Exhuming Alan Rowe Kelly". Film Threat.
• Nahmod, David Alexander (26 October 2006). "Scream Queen: Horror homo Alan Rowe Kelly". Bay Area Reporter.
• Lamkin, Elaine (19 August 2005). "An Interview with Alan Rowe Kelly". Severed Cinema.
• Keehnen, Owen. "ALAN ROWE KELLY: Slashing Gender Barriers in Horror". Racks and Razors.
• "Featured Filmmaker: Alan Rowe Kelly". Daily Grindhouse. 16 January 2012.
• "The Shorts of Alan Rowe Kelly". Daily Grindhouse. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
• "Alan Rowe Kelly Interview". Horror Society. 9 April 2009.
• "Alan Rowe Kelly". KillingBoxx.

External links[edit]

• Alan Rowe Kelly at IMDb