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Rowan Kelley is a writer, director, and creator of epic-scale narrative cinematic entertainment whose work has screened at notable genre film festivals such as FilmQuest and beyond. In 2023, he founded Mirk Entertainment, a production company dedicated to bringing more fantasy and genre-driven stories to life through film, storytelling, games, and cinematic experiences. Working across multiple avenues of cinematic entertainment, Rowan is a self-proclaimed geek and aficionado of storytelling, monsters, world-building, horror, fantasy, and genre-driven worlds.
ABOUT
Writer | Director | Producer
"Creator of Cinematic Experiences."
Freelance Creator of Narrative Cinematic Experiences for Film, Television, Games, and Immersive Entertainment.
Primary SKILLS:
Screenwriting • Directing • Editing
Producing • Cinematics • Art Department
World Building & Visual Innovation | Narrative Based Storytelling | Prop/Costume/FX Design | VFX & Graphic Design | Scenic & Construction
Education:
Chapman University: Dodge College of Film & Media Arts
(BFA Film Production, 2025)
Former Ghost House Pictures (Sam Raimi) & Vertigo Entertainment (Roy Lee) Intern.
From:
Colorado > Virginia > Los Angeles > Atlanta
Favorite Genres:
Fantasy (Dark)
Horror (Epic & Gothic), Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
FURTHER PASSIONS:
70's - Early 2000's Cinema, Monsters & Creatures, World Building & Mythology, Gothic Architecture & Design, Theatrical Lighting, Thematic Storytelling, Animation, A Moving Camera, Liminal Space, Brutalism.
SOME STORIES THAT I LOVE:
The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit,
Pan's Labyrinth, Coraline, IT (2017), Mad Max: Fury Road, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Gladiator (2000), Rogue One, The Last of the Mohicans, GDT's Frankenstein, The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak, Nightmare Alley (2021), JAWS, The Phantom of the Opera, Interstellar, Aliens, The Abyss, Pacific Rim (2013), GDT's Pinocchio (2022), Corpse Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Mummy (1999), Legend (1985), Army of Darkness, Halloween, The Thing, The Fog, The Blob, The Lost Boys, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Predator (1987), Predator: Badlands, The Goonies, E.T., Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Krampus, Blade 2, Jurassic Park, V for Vendetta, Ghost Busters, Beetlejuice, The Headless Horseman, The Dark Knight (2008), John Wick, Monster House, Fright Night, The Polar Express, The Holdovers, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Breakfast Club, etc.
Stranger Things (S1-S3), Welcome to Derry, The Haunting of Hill House, The Walking Dead, Dark, Carnival Row, Severance, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Strain, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,
HALO (games), Silent Hill (games), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (game), The Last of Us (games), Dark Souls (games), Call of Duty: Exo Zombies (game), Oblivion (game), Elden Ring (games), Red Dead Redemption 2 (game), Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor/War (games) etc.
A Song to describe me:
