Bill Kelman

Bill Kelman is an experienced filmmaker and film executive who has sold film projects as a writer and producer to various studios, including Warner Brothers, Paramount, New World, German companies Pro-Sieben and RTL and other indie production companies. He has been working with Forlan Films on their projects for close to ten years. His cult film, Mortuary Academy,”starred Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov for RCA/Columbia. He has the dubious recognition of having three films in the Psychotronic Video Guide.Kelman’s film, The Man Who Would Be Fred,appeared in 25 film festivals worldwide. Succubus”appeared in over 50 film festivals. He has directed commercials that have appeared in the “One Show Creative Showcase” and in “Shoot Magazine.”

Most recently, he is a producer on The Price We Paywith Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, the sci-fi tv series Pulseand the unscripted pilot for Secrets of the Deep. His BFD Entertainment LLC company has a slate of quality film and television projects.

He was a judge for the Academy of MoOon Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship and has continued working with various screenwriting contests. As a journalist, he has been published in the LA Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Millimeter, Fire Island News, LA Reader and Los Angeles Herald Examiner.He was at the American Film Institute on a screenwriting fellowship and has a BA from the University of Wisconsin. He currently lives and works from Albuquerque, New Mexico and makes a conscious effort to limit his visits to Los Angeles.