Richard Kelly is an American film director and writer, best known for writing and directing the cult classic Donnie Darko in 2001. He was born in Newport News, Virginia to Lane and Ennis Kelly. His work has been praised for its unique blend of dark comedy, science fiction, and psychological horror.
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Donnie Darko (2001)
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$9,000 |
James Richard Kelly better known as Richard Kelly, is an American film director and writer, known for writing and directing the cult classic Donnie Darko in 2001. Kelly was born James Richard Kelly in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Lane and Ennis Kelly. He grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, where he attended Midlothian High School and graduated in 1993. 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.