Richard Kelly (born March 28, 1975 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American film director and writer, best known for 2001's Donnie Darko. Kelly grew up in Midlothian, Virginia where he attended Midlothian High School before getting a scholarship and moving to Southern California to study at the USC School of Cinema-Television, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Before graduating from USC in 1997, he made two short films, The Goodbye Place and Visceral Matter.
He has written scripts for film adaptations of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and Louis Sachar's Holes, although neither was produced. The latter screenplay is available as a PDF on blank">an unofficial Richard Kelly fansite and Kelly hopes that he will one day secure the rights to the former script, so that fans may read that one as well.
His fourth film, _Southland Tales, a rough cut of which screened at Cannes Film Festival 2006, was released November 16th, 2007 and stars Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Kevin Smith and Miranda Richardson.
U.S. Representative Richard Kelly of Florida (July 31, 1924-August 22, 2005) was an American politician who was the only Republican convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scandal (he was also the only Republican approached for a bribe by the FBI). The conviction was later overturned on the basis that the FBI had used entrapment. However, an appeals court upheld the conviction and he served 13 months in federal prison.qn4155/is_20050829/ai_n15618116" target="_blank">http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050829/ai_n15618116
In a February 6 interview with _NBC News, Kelly admitted that he had accepted $25,000 in cash from agents, but claimed that he was conducting his own investigation; that he hadn't reported the payoff because "I didn't want to blow my cover," and that he had spent some of the money to lead the wrongdoers into thinking that he was "on the hook".
As a district court judge, Kelly had attempted to reform Florida's justice system by insisting that attorneys appear in court in appropriate dress. Kelly died August 22, 2005 in Stevensville, Montana.
Richard Kelly (b. 19 February, 1984) in Trinidad. He is a West Indian cricketer. He is know for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the 2006 Carib Beer Regional Tournament.
Born James Richard Kelly, son of Lane Kelly and Ennis Kelly. Grew up in Midlothian, Virginia.
1997 Graduate of University of Southern California, where he studied Film.
Received only $9,000 to write and direct Donnie Darko (2001) with a budget of 4.5 million dollars.
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.
His father worked for NASA on the Mars Viking Lander program in the 70s, developing the camera that made the first pictures from the Mars surface.
Wrote an unproduced script for Hal Lieberman and Jonathan Mostow's production company called "House at the End of the Street".
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.
He was originally offered the chance to direct Valentine (2001), but turned the offer down.
