Gabrielle Kelly

Gabrielle Kelly is a screenwriter and producer of diverse content for the global marketplace and on the Screenwriting Faculty of AFI. With expertise and a passion for global storytelling, particularly in in Asia, she is the recipient of two Fulbright Awards: in producing/screenwriting at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan and as writer/mentor in the screenwriting /producing Lab for the ASEAN Independent Cinema Project in the Philippines.

A published author on film, her groundbreaking book Celluloid Ceiling; Women Film Directors Breaking Through, is a comprehensive study of women directors from all over the world and is used in many film school curriculum. Her upcoming print/digital project on global film/TV development eco-systems uses her unique expertise in media/script Labs and will be launched in 2022.

Following a career in book publishing, she worked with New York based director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter/producer Jay Presson Allen on films such as Daniel, Prince of the City, Deathtrap, The Verdict and others. Additional projects she developed include work with Andy Warhol's Factory on an audio-animatronics show From A to Z and Back Again, musical La Cages aux Folles with Mike Nichols and scripts for music maven Malcolm McClaren and CBS Theatrical Films.

In Hollywood she oversaw development at producer Robert Evansʼ company (Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, Chinatown) at Paramount Studios working in development and production on a slate of diverse projects, and as an executive and producer with such companies as HBO, Fields Hellman, CBS Films, Eddie Murphy Productions and Warner Bros.

Among her producing and writing credits is the music-driven indie film All Ages Night as well as several studio and indie films. She has consulted on many international productions such as China’s Empire of Silver, starring Jennifer Tilly and Russia’s Oscar nominee, The Edge. As a producer she developed many studio and indie projects including Mort the Dead Teenager MORT THE DEAD TEENAGER from a Marvel comic book with Dreamworks and Steven Spielberg.

She was a screenwriting mentor for the first ever Sundance Middle East Screenwriting Lab and has designed and run script Labs in Pakistan, Ireland, Iceland and around the world, together with leading global storytelling seminars.

She currently runs the Screenwriting and Directing Showcases for AFI Conservatory in Hollywood which segue graduates into the global media business together with her work on international screenplays, programming and curating film festivals in Guam, Iceland, Spain. She is a member of BAFTA, the British Film and Television Academy and the Writers Guild of Ireland.