Richard Kelly

Richard T. Kelly is the author of two novels, Crusaders (2008), hailed by the Financial Times as 'a magnificent state-of-the-nation epic' and The Possessions of Doctor Forrest (2011). Previously he authored three acclaimed 'oral history' books on film and film-makers: Alan Clarke (1998), The Name of This Book is Dogme 95 (2000), and the authorised biography Sean Penn: His Life and Times (2004). He has also edited Ten Bad Dates With De Niro: A Book of Alternative Film Lists (2007). Richard was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1970, and grew up in Northern Ireland. In 2000 he wrote and presented the Channel 4 documentary The Name of This Film is Dogme 95 and in 2010 Channel 4 also broadcast his first screenplay for television, Eclipse. He is a contributing editor for Esquire magazine and has written for a great range of newspapers and magazines.