Paul Kelly

After spending several years playing and recording with his band East Village, Paul began to concentrate on photography and film making from the early nineties directing music promo videos for bands including Saint Etienne, Hal, Cherry Ghost and The Magic Numbers. In 2002 he was asked by Saint Etienne to collaborate on a film project they were planning to accompany their album Finisterre. Described in The Observer as a "cinematic hymn to London". Co-directed by Kieran Evans it premiered at the ICA in London and was screened around the world by onedotzero. In 2005 he and Saint Etienne were invited by The Barbican to create a film and music event to be premiered in the main auditorium. The result was What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day?, a drama-documentary set in the Lower Lea Valley, the proposed site for the 2012 Olympic Games. Following the premiere, Kelly, along with producer Andrew Hinton and Saint Etienne were invited by Jude Kelly to become artists-in-residence at London's Southbank Centre.This one year appointment culminated with his 2007 film 'This Is Tomorrow' screening in the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall. 2008 saw the completion of Kelly's film 'Take Three Girls' - the Dolly Mixture story about the 80's girl group. Subsequent projects have included a feature documentary about Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart front man Lawrence entitled 'Lawrence Of Belgravia' which premiered at the 2011 London Film Festival, and 'How We Used to Live' (made in association with the BFI which premiered at the 2013 London Film Festival before screening at the 2014 Sheffield International Film Festival with the band Saint Etienne performing the soundtrack live in the Crucible theatre. In 2014 a collection of Paul's work with the band Saint Etienne was released on DVD by the BFI as 'A London Trilogy' Alongside his documentary work, which for 2015 includes 'A Scene in Between' film about the indie scene from 1980-88, which is in preproduction, Paul is developing a feature drama with Heavenly Films.