Kelly Donnellan, M.F.A.
Associate Professor
Contact Information
- Office: 204 University Center
- Phone: 412-392-4302
- Email: kdonnellan@pointpark.edu
Education
- M.F.A., Film and Electronic Media, American University
- B.F.A., Filmmaking; Editing & Sound, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- B.S., Physical Therapy, Russell Sage College
Courses Taught
- Production I, II, III
- Intermediate Editing
- Advanced Editing
- Advanced Documentary Workshop
- Cinema Arts Professional
Background
Kelly Donnellan is an award-winning editor and director. She has edited three feature documentaries and more than 50 short films, including the Student Academy Award-winning documentary Dying Green in 2012, which received a silver medal.
Donnellan’s editorial work can be seen on several short documentaries for the Favorite Poem Project Chicago, sponsored by the National Poetry Foundation. She edited the award-winning short documentary I Throw Rocks! and her directorial effort, I is Another, earned her recognition as the "Best Female Director-Woman to Watch” from the Underexposed Film Festival in 2013.
She collaborated with information artist Laura Foxman on THE LISTENING ARCHIVE, which was installed from February-April 2018 at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) in the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead.
Donnellan, alongside her mentor Julian Semilian, co-edited a feature documentary titled Fish Have No Psychiatrists, which explores the life of Romanian surrealist poet Andrei Codrescu. The film premiered at the River Run Film Festival in April 2024.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Organizations
- University Film & Video Association, 2011-present
- Broadcast Education Association, 2011-present
- National Communication Association, 2020
Selected Artistic Works
- Fish Have No Psychiatrists, co-editor. A feature-length documentary about Romanian Poet Andrei Codrescu, 2021-24.
- The Listening Archive, editor. Installation at Museum of Contemporize Art Detroit (MOCAD), Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead, 2017-18.
- Naomi Beckwith, Tom Moran and Samantha Kyrkostas, editor. Favorite Poem Project Chicago, National Poetry Foundation, 2014-15.
- I Throw Rocks, editor, 2013-15.
- Dying Green, editor, 2011-13.
- I is Another, producer, director, editor, cinematographer, 2006-12.
Research/Creative Interests
- Editing and post-production
- Editing aesthetics, history and theory
- Personal essay and experimental documentary filmmaking
- Inclusive teaching practices
- Watching as many films in a variety of genres, modes and forms as possible
Awards, Recognitions and Honors
- President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University, 2021
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, 2020
- Inspire Award for Teaching Excellence, Wayne State University Department of Communication, 2018
- Service to Students Award, Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, 2016