Nationality American Name Justin Kelly | Role Film director | |
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Residence Los Angeles, California, United States Occupation Director, screenwriter, editor Movies I Am Michael, The Hammer, Front Similar People Charlie Carver, Michael Mendelsohn, Vince Jolivette, James Franco, Zachary Quinto | ||
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Justin Kelly is an American film director, screenwriter and film editor. He came to prominence as director and writer of Sundance Film Festival 2015 premiere select I Am Michael, starring James Franco and Zachary Quinto. He then wrote and directed King Cobra, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival starring Christian Slater and James Franco.
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Career
After a stream of directing and editing music videos for artists such as Gossip, Hunx and his Punx and Tiny Hearts, Kelly made the transition to feature film. Under the wing of film legend Gus Van Sant, he began shooting his first feature-length film I Am Michael in summer of 2014. Starring actors James Franco, Emma Roberts, Zachary Quinto and Charlie Carver, the controversial film's premiere was announced as a premiere select at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, Kelly's second feature-length film, King Cobra, also produced by James Franco and starring Christian Slater, premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. An upcoming film from Kelly is Welcome the Stranger starring Abbey Lee, Riley Keough and Caleb Landry Jones. Kelly is currently directing his fourth feature length film, JT LeRoy, based on the life of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy, and starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern.
