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| Born | November 29, 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Podcaster, Musician |
| Website | kellykelly |
Chris Kelly (born November 29, 1982) is a Canadian podcast producer and film composer/musician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is also co-founder of the production company Kelly&Kelly.
Kelly started his podcasting career at CBC, where he produced the corporation’s first podcast, the CBC Radio 3 Podcast with Grant Lawrence. [1] He then went on to co-create, with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring, CBC Radio One's This Is That, a satirical current affairs show that has won multiple Canadian Comedy Awards. Also while at the CBC he worked for Spark, As It Happens, and DNTO.
After CBC, he co-founded branded podcast company Pacific Content. In 2016, he left Pacific Content to start Kelly&Kelly with Pat Kelly. With that company they have created such podcasts as This Sounds Serious, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, Celeste & Her Best, and created a number of viral videos.
Kelly's musician career includes being a member of the bands Analog Bell Service, The Choir Practice, Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars and Rob Butterfield, as well as playing at major music festivals, such as SXSW in Texas.
Kelly's film composition debut was the Brent Hodge directed documentary A Brony Tale , a film about the bronies, teenage and adult fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic . [2]
Kelly is married to Lauren Bercovitch.
| Year | Podcast | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 - 2010 | The CBC Radio 3 Podcast with Grant Lawrence | Producer |
| 2008 | CBC’s Spark | Producer |
| 2010 - 2019 | CBC This Is That | Creator & Senior Producer |
| 2010 | DNTO | Producer |
| 2010 - 2011 | Being Jann | Producer |
| 2012 | As It Happens | Producer |
| 2015 | The Slack Variety Pack | Creator & Producer |
| 2017 | Road Trip Radio | Creator & Producer |
| 2017 | Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You | Creator & Director |
| 2018 - 2020 | This Sounds Serious | Creator & Director |
| 2019 | Celeste & Her Best | Producer |
| 2019 | The Zeta Family | Director & Editor |
| 2019 | Anna Faris Is Unqualified | Producer |
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | A Brony Tale | Composer |
| 2014 | CBC Beetle Roadtrip | Director & Sound |
| 2015 | Cameron's House Rules | Music by |
| 2016 | The Pistol Shrimps | Edited by |
| 2016 - 2019 | This Is That Video | Written & Directed by [3] |
| 2019 | Human People | Directed by [4] |
| 2019 | Aftershot (The New York Times) | Written & Directed by [5] |
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