Pat Kelman
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Pat Kelman is a British director, writer and actor. Born in Chelmsford, Essex, he was raised in Cornwall where he still has family connections. He was trained at the University of London.
's television miniseries of The Odyssey
, playing the role of Elatus. He has also been seen in The Jump and The Bill
, and was a regular artist in the long-running BBC sitcom My Hero.
in Toronto and the 2005 Cheap Shot L.A. International Film Festival. The film also won the Delabole Slate Audience Award for Film of the Festival at the 2005 Cornwall Film Festival
. Encounters was released on DVD by Celebrity Video Distribution in November 2009 under the international title Encounters: Speed Dating can Hurt
In 2007 he was funded by Cornwall Film, South West Screen and the UK Film Council
to write and direct the short drama Pianissimo.
His most recent short film Francis was shown in March 2009 at the Angry Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia.
Francis was joint winner of the ReelTube category with Pat Kelman's other shorts The Letter Game and Elephant Boy at the 2009 ReelHeART International Film Festival
.
Acting career
As an actor he made his screen debut in Andrei KonchalovskyAndrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky is a Soviet-American and Russian film director, film producer and screenwriter....
's television miniseries of The Odyssey
The Odyssey (TV miniseries)
The Odyssey is a 1997 Emmy award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American television miniseries. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, the miniseries aired in two-parts beginning on May 18, 1997 on NBC. The series later won the award for "Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special"...
, playing the role of Elatus. He has also been seen in The Jump and The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, and was a regular artist in the long-running BBC sitcom My Hero.
Writing and directing
Encounters, his first film as writer and director which was produced by long time collaborator Jonty Reason from Pittot Films, won Best Feature Film at the 2005 ReelHeART International Film FestivalReelHeArt International Film Festival
The ' known as The Filmmakers Film Festival is an annual independent film festival that screens over 100 films from 30 or more countries during six days around the 3rd week of June in Toronto, Canada....
in Toronto and the 2005 Cheap Shot L.A. International Film Festival. The film also won the Delabole Slate Audience Award for Film of the Festival at the 2005 Cornwall Film Festival
Cornwall Film Festival
The Cornwall Film Festival is an annual festival started in 2001 which focuses on Cornish film making, offering local and national premieres, and hosts masterclasses, workshops and discussions for everyone from the enthusiast to the professional.The festival supports Cornish film making in the...
. Encounters was released on DVD by Celebrity Video Distribution in November 2009 under the international title Encounters: Speed Dating can Hurt
In 2007 he was funded by Cornwall Film, South West Screen and the UK Film Council
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
to write and direct the short drama Pianissimo.
His most recent short film Francis was shown in March 2009 at the Angry Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia.
Francis was joint winner of the ReelTube category with Pat Kelman's other shorts The Letter Game and Elephant Boy at the 2009 ReelHeART International Film Festival
ReelHeArt International Film Festival
The ' known as The Filmmakers Film Festival is an annual independent film festival that screens over 100 films from 30 or more countries during six days around the 3rd week of June in Toronto, Canada....
.