Richard Kelly

Currently producing 3 films ( Operation: Endgame (2010) - World's Greatest Dad (2009) - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) ) and finishing post-production on his third feature length film The Box (2009) [August 2008]

Casting is underway for The Box (2009) a high-concept, supernatural/thriller, that will begin filming in November. [July 2007]

Is good friends with film director Kevin Smith. He was a judge for Smith's short film contest Movies Askew when the twelve finalists were screened in Hollywood in 2006.

Writing Domino (2005) a True Romance-style action/crime film for Tony Scott. [May 2004]

Originally wrote the screenplay for the movie Holes (2003) but after it was turned down, they had Louis Sachar do it instead. Kelly's script can be found on his website.

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.

1997 Graduate of University of Southern California, where he studied Film.

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.

Two of his favorite films are Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Mad Max 2 (1981). He has posters for them in his house.