Pat Kelman
| Kelman, Pat | |
|---|---|
 Pat Kelman, September 2011 | |
| Born | Kelly, Patrick |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer, Actor, Writer and Director |
| Known for | Actor in The Odyssey, Writer and Director of "Encounters". |
Pat Kelman (b. Patrick Kelly) is a British photographer, director, writer and actor.[1] Born in Chelmsford, Essex, he was raised in Cornwall where he still has family connections. He was trained at the University of London.
Photography
In 2013 he established a photography business, utilising the visual and people skills he had gained through his directing and acting work to specialise in wedding and portrait photography.
Acting career
As an actor he made his screen debut in Andrei Konchalovsky's television miniseries of The Odyssey, playing the role of Elatus.[2] He has also been seen in The Jump and The Bill, and was a regular artist in the long-running BBC sitcom My Hero.
Writing and directing
Encounters,[3][4] his first film as writer and director which was produced by longtime collaborator Jonty Reason[5] from Pittot Films, won Best Feature Film at the 2005 ReelHeART International Film Festival in Toronto and the 2005 Cheap Shot L.A. International Film Festival. The film also won the Delabole Slate Audience Award for Film of the Festival at the 2005 Cornwall Film Festival.[6] Encounters was released on DVD by Celebrity Video Distribution in November 2009 under the international title Encounters: Speed Dating can Hurt[7]
In 2007 he was funded by Cornwall Film, South West Screen and the UK Film Council to write and direct the short drama Pianissimo.[8]
His most recent short film Francis was shown in March 2009 at the Angry Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia.[9]
Francis was joint winner of the ReelTube category with Pat Kelman's other shorts The Letter Game and Elephant Boy at the 2009 ReelHeART International Film Festival.
External links
- Pat Kelman Photography work featured on English Wedding Blog
- Pat Kelman Photography
- Pat Kelman on IMDB
- FRANCIS at the Angry Film Festival 2009
- Encounters on Britfilms.com
- Pianissimo on Britfilms.com
- Flickernow.com report on 2005 Cornwall Film Festival
- Interview with actor David Kershaw on working with Pat Kelman
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446985/
- ↑ http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117906274.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
- ↑ http://www.encountersmovie.co.uk Official Encounters website
- ↑ http://www.pittotfilms.com/encounters Encounters website on PittotFilms.com
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714152/
- ↑ http://www.flickernow.org/article324.htm
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ONS882
- ↑ http://cornwallfilms.co.uk/shorts/
- ↑ http://www.angryproductions.org/htm%20files/7thinternationalfinalists.html