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Alan Rowe Kelly (born January 13, 1959) is an American independent film actor, director, writer and producer, specializing in horror films.
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Kelly was born in Dover, New Jersey.[1] 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.[2]
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).[2] 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).[1] He portrays female characters in these and other films, such as Vindication (2006), Satan Hates You (2010) and Razor Days (2012).[3]
Kelly has been a longtime resident of Wharton, New Jersey, and wrote a history of the borough together with his mother.[4]
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Feature film
- I'll Bury You Tomorrow (2002) – Corey Nichols
- Opening The Mind – (2020) – Prostitute
- Dead Serious (2005) – Eden
- Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut (2007) – Devora Simmons
- The Blood Shed (2007) – Beefteena Bullion
- Ding Dong Date (2007) – Jul
- The Screening (2007)
- Eat Your Heart Out (2008) – Mama
- Pink Eye (2008) – Schlitze
- Vindication (2008) – Urbane
- Experiment 7 (2009) – Dr. Melanie Phillips
- Crossed (2009) – Ed
- Sculpture (2009) – William
- Slices of Life (2010) – Web Cam Vamp
- Satan Hates You (2010) – Cokey
- Kodie (2010) – The Witch
- She Wolf Rising (2010) – Tess
- River of Darkness (2011) – Mary Rutledge
- The Big Bad (2011) – Dr. Annabelle Voitch
- I Heart U (2012) – Rachel the Reporter
- Razor Days (2013) – Dr. Mortensen
- Gallery of Fear (2013) – Director, Lane
- The Theatre of Terror (2020) - Mama
- Midnight Devils (2019) Mordak, the witch
- Tales of Poe (2014) - Gogo Montresor / Peggy Lamarr
Short film
- The Pod (2006) – Nancy Type 2
- Insatiable (2008) – Organ Player
- Contact (2009) – Rowan
- Something Just (2010) – Thomas Sutcliffe
- Psycho Street (2012) – Charity Betencourt ("Hypochondriac")
- Gallery of Fear (2012) – Lane ("A Far Cry from Home")
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- Wharton (Arcadia Press) – Charlotte Kelly & Alan Rowe Kelly
- 2002 Telluride Indiefest Best Horror Feature for I'll Bury You Tomorrow.[5]
- 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Best Horror Feature for I'll Bury You Tomorrow.[5]
- 2007 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Feature for The Blood Shed.[6]
- 2009 Terror Film Festival Best Actor for A Far Cry from Home/Gallery of Fear.[7]
- 2009 Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jury Award for Most Exciting New Filmmaker – A Far Cry from Home/Gallery of Fear.[8]
- 2010 Terror Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for Bart Mastronardi's Vindication.[9]
- 2010 Dark Carnival Film Festival Best Supporting Actor for Hypochondriac/Psycho Street.[6]
- 2012 Terror Film Festival Best Actor in Something Just.[10]
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