{{Short description|American director}} {{more footnotes|BLP=yes|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Alan Rowe Kelly | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{bda|1959|01|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dover, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, actor, producer | website = }}
'''Alan Rowe Kelly''' (born January 13, 1959){{fact|date= January 2026}} is an American independent film actor, director, writer and producer, specializing in horror films.
==Biography== Kelly was born in Dover, New Jersey.<ref name=IMDb>{{IMDb name|1342721}}</ref> After attending New York City art schools, Kelly commenced his career as an art director in the cosmetics field before becoming a makeup artist and hair stylist in Manhattan's fashion/advertising industry, working behind the camera for fashion magazines, catalogs, television commercials and infomercials.<ref name="horrorsociety">{{cite web|url=http://www.horrorsociety.com/2009/04/09/interview-alan-rowe-kelly/|title=Alan Rowe Kelly Interview|publisher=Horror Society|date=9 April 2009}}</ref> In 1999, Kelly began directing, producing and writing screenplays for horror movies, entering the independent horror scene with his award-winning debut film ''I'll Bury You Tomorrow'' (2002).<ref name="horrorsociety" /> In 2006, Kelly founded SouthPaw Pictures, a film production company based in Paterson, New Jersey. His other directing credits include ''Gallery of Fear'' (2013), ''The Blood Shed'' (2007) and ''Tales of Poe'' (2013).<ref name=IMDb /> He portrays female characters in these and other films, such as ''Vindication'' (2006), ''Satan Hates You'' (2010) and ''Razor Days'' (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/razor-days-with-debbie-rochon-sets-premiere-exclusive-comments-new-poster/|title=Razor Days cast also includes Alan Rowe Kelly (who also co-produced), David Marancik, Michael Varrati and DEADTIME STORIES director Jeff Monahan.|publisher=Horror Society|date=9 April 2009|access-date=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907183024/http://www.fangoria.com/new/razor-days-with-debbie-rochon-sets-premiere-exclusive-comments-new-poster/|archive-date=2015-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Kelly has been a longtime resident of Wharton, New Jersey, and wrote a history of the borough together with his mother.<ref>Cannici, Jaime. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/592089933/ "Mother-son team writes the book on Wharton history"], ''Neighbor News'', August 25, 2004. Accessed December 27, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Ever wonder where all of the mines in Wharton came from? Or even how Wharton got its name? Now you can find out thanks to Wharton residents Charlotte Kelly and son, Alan Rowe Kelly, who recently finished a history book for all of Wharton to obtain knowledge, to see photos and to which to relate."</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''Wharton'' (Arcadia Press) – Charlotte Kelly & Alan Rowe Kelly
==Awards== * 2002 Telluride Indiefest Best Horror Feature for ''I'll Bury You Tomorrow''.<ref name="filmthreat">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/889/|first=Mike|last=Watt|title=Exhuming Alan Rowe Kelly|date=6 December 2005|publisher=Film Threat}}</ref> * 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Best Horror Feature for ''I'll Bury You Tomorrow''.<ref name="filmthreat" /> * 2007 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Feature for ''The Blood Shed''.<ref name="DarkCarnivalAwards">"[http://www.darkcarnivalfilmfest.com/awards/ Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719062934/http://www.darkcarnivalfilmfest.com/awards/ |date=2013-07-19 }}", ''Dark Carnival Film Festival''. Retrieved June 3, 2013.</ref> * 2009 Terror Film Festival Best Actor for ''A Far Cry from Home''/''Gallery of Fear''.<ref>"[http://mywebsite.register.com/db5/00401/terrorfilmfestival.net/_download/TFF2009ClawAwardWinnersandNominees.pdf 2009 Claw Award Winners and Nominees]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''Terror Film Festival''. Retrieved June 3, 2013.</ref> * 2009 Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jury Award for Most Exciting New Filmmaker – ''A Far Cry from Home''/''Gallery of Fear''.<ref>"[http://www.liglff.org/festival_award_winners.html Film Festival Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525114322/http://www.liglff.org/festival_award_winners.html |date=2019-05-25 }}", ''Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival''. Retrieved June 3, 2013.</ref> * 2010 Terror Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for Bart Mastronardi's ''Vindication''.<ref>"[http://mywebsite.register.com/db5/00401/terrorfilmfestival.net/_download/TFF2010ClawAwardWinners.pdf 2010 Claw Award Winners and Nominees]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''Terror Film Festival''. Retrieved June 3, 2013.</ref> * 2010 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for ''Hypochondriac''/''Psycho Street''.<ref name="DarkCarnivalAwards" /> * 2012 Terror Film Festival Best Actor in ''Something Just''.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130517055847/http://terrorfilmfestival.net/_wsn/page6.html 2012 Claw Award Winners and Nominees]}}", ''Terror Film Festival''. Retrieved June 3, 2013.</ref>
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==References== * {{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/889/|first=Mike|last=Watt|title=Exhuming Alan Rowe Kelly|date=6 December 2005|publisher=Film Threat}} * {{cite web|url=http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=255|first=David Alexander|last=Nahmod|title=Scream Queen: Horror homo Alan Rowe Kelly|date=26 October 2006|publisher=Bay Area Reporter}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} * {{cite web|url=http://www.severed-cinema.com/interview/alanrowekelly.htm|title=An Interview with Alan Rowe Kelly|first=Elaine|last=Lamkin|publisher=Severed Cinema|date=19 August 2005|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-date=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319140726/http://www.severed-cinema.com/interview/alanrowekelly.htm|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url=http://racksandrazors.com/alanrowe.html|title=ALAN ROWE KELLY: Slashing Gender Barriers in Horror|first=Owen|last=Keehnen|publisher=Racks and Razors}} * {{cite web|url=http://dailygrindhouse.com/featuredfilmmaker/featured-filmmaker-alan-rowe-kelly/|title=Featured Filmmaker: Alan Rowe Kelly|publisher=Daily Grindhouse|date=16 January 2012}} * {{cite web|url=http://dailygrindhouse.com/reviews/the-shorts-of-alan-rowe-kelly/|title=The Shorts of Alan Rowe Kelly|publisher=Daily Grindhouse|date=23 January 2012|access-date=2013-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321042817/http://dailygrindhouse.com/reviews/the-shorts-of-alan-rowe-kelly/|archive-date=2012-03-21|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.horrorsociety.com/2009/04/09/interview-alan-rowe-kelly/|title=Alan Rowe Kelly Interview|publisher=Horror Society|date=9 April 2009}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.killingboxx.com/interviews/13-interviews/9097-ARKelly|title=Alan Rowe Kelly|publisher=KillingBoxx}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|1342721}}
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