About Me
In 2004, Kelly became the Film Program
Director at the Austin Film Festival.
While at AFF, he helped to establish Animated Short, Documentary Feature
and Documentary Short competitions.
He also began the Funniest Filmmaker in Austin contest for local comedy
filmmakers in 2006. He was awarded
the International Film Festival Summit Excellence Award for his
"significant contribution to the success of the festival" in
2007. He has served on several
international film festival juries and is on the Advisory Board for the Lone
Star Film Society. In addition, he has produced numerous award-winning short
films, including the Student Academy Award nominee Perils in Nude
Modeling (which screened at over 100 festivals),
and also wrote and directed the award winning short film Richard
and the documentary short Sid Smith for Congress. In 2011, he produced the feature films Pictures
of Superheroes and A
Splice of Life, both films are currently in post-production. Williams attended the writing program
at the Second City in Chicago and is also a graduate of the film program at the
University of Texas at Austin.
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