Johnny Kelly, Ireland (2012)
Johnny is an Irish animator, director and human being who lives in Dublin. His work spans stop frame animation, CGI, illustration and lots between. Johnny's a graduate of the Royal...
Read full biographyJohnny is an Irish animator, director and human being who lives in Dublin. His work spans stop frame animation, CGI, illustration and lots between. 
Johnny's a graduate of the Royal College of Art. His short films have been shown on the BBC, ARTE, PBS and been screened and awarded at film festivals around the world including Palm Springs, TED, Anima Mundi and the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The stop motion film he directed for Chipotle, Back to the Start, won the Film Grand Prix at the Cannes Advertising Festival. He’s been on award juries for D&AD, AICP and British Arrows, and he’s a proud member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale. 
Johnny is rubbish at DIY and likes the countryside.
Exhibitions
Souvenir Project
2015
Rochelle School, London
Liminal
Dublin Castle, Dublin
Liminal – Irish design at the threshold features over 20 designers, companies and studios involved in collaborations across disciplines and presents them for the first time in Milan, New York, Dublin and Eindhoven.
Mapping Knowledge
2015
Mundaneum of Mons, Mons
Motion Factory
2014
La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
Motion Factory, les ficelles du monde animé takes you on a trip around the world via some fifteen guest filmmakers belonging to a highly creative generation that combines tactile animation technology and traditional craft methods in perfect harmony with the infinite digital possibilities available today.
Memory Palace
2013
V&A, London
If you could keep only one memory, what would it be? Memory Palace was a walk-in story that brought to life a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru. This narrative world was visualised through a series of commissions by 20 internationally acclaimed illustrators, graphic designers and typographers.
Jerwood Moving Image Award
2007
Jerwood Space, London
Education
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Agencies
- Nexus- 2007 – presenthttp://nexusstudios.com
Awards
- 2015
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2009
- 2012
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
Other Professional Activities
- Latin America Design Awards- 2019 – present
- AICP Jury, NYC- 2014 – present
- D&AD New Blood Jury, London- 2014 – present
- Klik Animation Film Festival Jury, Amsterdam- 2015 – present
- Adobe Design Achievment Awards- 2012 – 2019