Justin Kelly

Justin Kelly

Birth : 1980-05-01, Los Angeles, California, USA

History

Justin Kelly is an American film writer and director, best known for his feature films JT Leroy, Welcome The Stranger, I Am Michael and King Cobra. Prior to developing his own films, he spent years working under producers, directors, and editors, directed short films and music videos, and worked as a narrative feature film editor and screenwriter.

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Justin Kelly
Justin Kelly

Movies

J.T. LeRoy
Writer
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
J.T. LeRoy
Director
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Welcome the Stranger
Producer
Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the siblings to cling onto reality amidst mysterious circumstances.
Welcome the Stranger
Writer
Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the siblings to cling onto reality amidst mysterious circumstances.
Welcome the Stranger
Director
Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the siblings to cling onto reality amidst mysterious circumstances.
King Cobra
Writer
It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent's rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer and his unstable lover who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.
King Cobra
Director
It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent's rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer and his unstable lover who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.
I Am Michael
Writer
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
I Am Michael
Director
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
The Wait
Editor
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected.
The Seder
Director
When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend Mitchell home for the first time at his families' Seder the boundaries of love and understanding get a little strained. Will everything go smoothly or will it all go to pot?
Maggots and Men
A utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors, paints a portrait of formerly pro-Soviet sailors at the Kronstadt naval garrison who rebelled against the perceived failures of the new Bolshevik state.
Cryptic
Editor
A girl whose family is in crisis finds a time shifting way to help herself.
B Movie
Production Manager
Cold, calculating, corrupt career cop Crazy Cave Man finds frequent fornicator Prof. Friend ferociously fellating furries.
Young Lust
Director
A brief encounter turns into an unforeseen wild ride when aspiring writer Raymond finds out that his charismatic new friend Xavier is on the run from a notorious drug lord.
Weetzie Bat
Producer
Weetzie is an ethereal pixie living in 1980s Los Angeles, where she grew up the child of an alcoholic starlet mother and a junkie screenwriter father. She teams up with her Mohawked best friend Dirk to find love, leading her to mysterious trenchcoat-wearing filmmaker Max and platinum-haired surfer Duck. But when their bliss is threatened by deaths, breakups and Max’s witchy and bitter ex-girlfriend Vixanne, Weetzie must take off her pink harlequin sunglasses in order to confront life’s darkness and find happiness in a city known as much for the glamour of fame and fortune as the darkness of cults and crime.
Weetzie Bat
Director
Weetzie is an ethereal pixie living in 1980s Los Angeles, where she grew up the child of an alcoholic starlet mother and a junkie screenwriter father. She teams up with her Mohawked best friend Dirk to find love, leading her to mysterious trenchcoat-wearing filmmaker Max and platinum-haired surfer Duck. But when their bliss is threatened by deaths, breakups and Max’s witchy and bitter ex-girlfriend Vixanne, Weetzie must take off her pink harlequin sunglasses in order to confront life’s darkness and find happiness in a city known as much for the glamour of fame and fortune as the darkness of cults and crime.