Began artistic career as a make up artist/hair stylist in Manhattan's fashion/commercial industry. Spent years behind the camera styling photo shoots for fashion magazines, TV commercials and infomercials before switching to a writing career and signing with a literary agent. Kelly began directing, producing and writing screenplays for horror movies in 1999 and hopped onto the indie horror scene with his award-winning debut schlocker I'll Bury You Tomorrow (2002) which has led to a steady and popular directing/acting career in independent horror.