Patricia Kelly(XIII)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Patricia Kelly is an Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) nominated writer and director, who also produces, edits and acts and she founded MnáMná Films in 2019. Her debut feature film, Verdigris, was nominated for five IFTAs, and has won twelve festival awards to date. Verdigris is streaming in Italy and will premiere on Irish TV in September 2025. Her award-winning short films have screened at many international & Irish festivals and been broadcast on TV and her first radio comedy play was broadcast on RTE Radio1.
She is developing a further two feature screenplays with Screen Ireland development funding, and two returnable TV series - including Humdrum, with which she won the 2024 Fís TV Pitching Competition. She further developed Humdrum at the Stowe Story Connemara Lab 2024 as a Screen Ireland fellow and at the Sundance Episodic Lab 2025. She has an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV and is completing a post-graduate diploma in Advanced Producing.
Patricia is passionate about bringing characters not often seen and voices rarely heard to the screen, often concentrating on films that explore social issues. She is a member of the Irish Film and Television Academy, the Writers Guild of Ireland, Directors Guild of Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland and Women in Film and Television Ireland.
She is developing a further two feature screenplays with Screen Ireland development funding, and two returnable TV series - including Humdrum, with which she won the 2024 Fís TV Pitching Competition. She further developed Humdrum at the Stowe Story Connemara Lab 2024 as a Screen Ireland fellow and at the Sundance Episodic Lab 2025. She has an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV and is completing a post-graduate diploma in Advanced Producing.
Patricia is passionate about bringing characters not often seen and voices rarely heard to the screen, often concentrating on films that explore social issues. She is a member of the Irish Film and Television Academy, the Writers Guild of Ireland, Directors Guild of Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland and Women in Film and Television Ireland.
