Kelly Gallagher

Biography

Kelly Gallagher is an experimental filmmaker, animator, and Associate Professor of Film at Syracuse University. She makes colorful cut-out animations, experimental films, documentaries, and found footage essays that explore political histories of resistance and personal stories of resilience. She has received support for her work from Creative Capital, New York State Council on the Arts, the Wexner, Doc Society, LEF Moving Image Fund, Oscilloscope Films, and Orphans Film Symposium's Helen Hill Award. Her handcrafted films and commissioned animations have screened at venues including: the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Ann Arbor Film Festival. Her commissioned animations have screened on Netflix, Criterion Channel, and PBS. She’s presented solo programs of her work at institutions including: SFMOMA, Close-Up Cinema London, Balkanima European Animation Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, and MUTA Audiovisual Appropriation International Festival, among others. Her films are distributed by Canyon Cinema. Kelly enthusiastically organizes and facilitates fun and inclusive film workshops and camps for communities of all ages, every time she gets the chance.