Colin Kelly
Moraga,USA
Summary
Motivated and detail-oriented filmmaker and visual artist with 4+ years of hands-on experience in directing, lighting, editing, art direction and graphic design. Skilled in high-end post production workflows and collaborative storytelling. Projects I have been involved with have been recognized at significant student and indie film festivals including Culver City, ETHOS film awards, Cannes indie shorts, Beverly Hills International, and more. Seeking roles in film production, branded content, or creative development.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract cinematographer, editor, social media content
MadebyNPS (nperfectstudio)
06.2025 - 12.2026
- As an on-call cinematographer and editor, I coordinate and capture videos for a variety of different brands and companies across the Bay Area including nuessentials, Pinx catering, and Google.
- These videos are oftentimes optimized in the edit for social media usage, with flashy fast-paced visuals, trending sounds, and a short length to hit the algorithm, helping companies promote their services and events.
Freelance video editor
Meltwater group
11.2025 - 11.2025
- I was commissioned to create three highly curated short form videos for the company's social media accounts.
- By leveraging creative, stylized edits, engaging hooks, and eye-catching motion graphics I was able to transform podcast footage recorded over zoom into bite-sized content that could adequately compete in social media algorithms.
General Laborer / Handyman
Luxe Home Design
01.2020 - 12.2023
- Traveled throughout the Bay Area helping with everything from furniture staging, roofing, basic electrical work, to even building a house in a man's backyard in Concord, CA.
- This job taught me a variety of handy skills, but also communication, de-escalation, and quick problem-solving skills as if/when incidents occurred on the jobsite, I had to act fast and communicate to avoid situations spiraling out of control.
Intern
Green Pastures Studio
06.2023 - 07.2023
- I assisted with various production tasks and the general organization of a professional studio.
- I kept accounts of equipment including cameras, lights, flags, batteries, and more and helped coordinate gear rentals with clients.
- Further, I sat in on an industry pitch for a proposed challenge-based reality TV show, observing how the showrunner organized their presentation and how producers responded, and even offered well-received creative suggestions at certain points.
Intern
Fairwood Television Series, Season 2
06.2023 - 07.2023
- Supported on-set operations and coordinated logistics.
- Duties varied from firewatch to ensuring doors remained closed while rolling, escorting actors to and from set, delivering messages between departments, setting up and breaking down equipment, and more.
Theater Coordination
DeadCenter Film Festival
06.2023 - 07.2023
- The Liaison between the projectionists and screening venues.
Education
B.A. - Film & Media Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Isla Vista, CA12-2024
Skills
- Directing
- Cinematography
- Visual storytelling
- Digital camera operation
- Pre-production planning
- Lighting scenes
- Set operations
- Fundraising coordination
- Adobe Premire Pro
- Adobe after FX
- DaVinci Resolve Studio: color grading and advanced Motion graphics
- Davinci Resolve Fusion
- Protools
- Izotope
- Adobe Photoshop
- Canva
- VFX compositing
- Sound design
- Film marketing
Accomplishments
Educational Awards:
- Eagle Scout (2020)
- Certificate of achievement in video production from Campolindo Highschool (2020)
- Selected member of UCSB’s Cinematic Society (DKA) (2024).
Other Accomplismhents:
- Wrote, directed, edited the short film Nostalgia (2023). It received an honorable Mention at Hollywood New Directors Film Festival.
- Wrote and directed the short film On the Vanishing Horizon (2024), currently undergoing the film festival circuit.
Timeline
Freelance video editor
Meltwater group
11.2025 - 11.2025
Contract cinematographer, editor, social media content
MadebyNPS (nperfectstudio)
06.2025 - 12.2026
Intern
Green Pastures Studio
06.2023 - 07.2023
Intern
Fairwood Television Series, Season 2
06.2023 - 07.2023
Theater Coordination
DeadCenter Film Festival
06.2023 - 07.2023
General Laborer / Handyman
Luxe Home Design
01.2020 - 12.2023
B.A. - Film & Media Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Honors And Awards
- Hollywood New Directors Film Festival, Honorable mention, Nostalgia
- Culver City Film Festival, Official Selection, Overture
- ETHOS Film Awards, Official Selection, Overture
- Cannes Indie Shorts, Semifinalist, Breaking Character
- Beverly Hills International Film Festival, Official Selection, Breaking Character
- Reel Loud Film Festival, Official Selection, Anglerfish
- Reel Loud Film Festival, Official Selection, Mean to the Teeth
- Selected Member of UCSB's Cinematic Society (DKA), 2024