Director

Brian Kelly

Directing

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Strong directing catalog.

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1.8

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 17All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 1216390

IMDb ID: nm0446232

Known for: Directing

Born: October 5, 1966

Age: 59

Place of birth: East End, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2021

Years active: 22

Average TMDB rating: 7.13

Wikidata: Q4964316

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Director (18)

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Biography

Brian Kelly is a television director who works across the UK and USA. He’s directed episodes for multi-award-winning shows including Downton Abbey, Dracula, and Outlander. Brian was lead director on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood; the series won a number of awards including a BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama Series and Best Actress for Eve Myles. In 2015 he directed episodes for the Tony Krantz show Blood & Oil for ABC and Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for Sky One. Brian was lead director on The Loch: a new 6 part murder mystery for ITV by Stephen Brady, starring Laura Fraser. Recently, Brian directed Sky Original Drama Curfew, starring Sean Bean and Adrian Lester, The Watch (BBC America’s original eight-part series inspired by Sir Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld books), and Around The World In 80 Days, starring David Tennant, for BBC One. He is currently lead director on the second series of Grace 4 for ITV and Second Act.

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