Chris Kelly (podcaster)

Chris Kelly
Born	(1982-11-29) November 29, 1982 (age 42)
Occupation(s)	Podcaster, Musician
Website	kellykelly.ca

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.

Career

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]

Personal life

Kelly is married to Lauren Bercovitch.

Discography

• Chris Kelly - Company Man
• The Comet - The Comet is Coming
• Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars - Fall Paths
• A Brony Tale: Music from the Motion Picture

Podcast credits

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

Film and video

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]

References

1. Blaine Kyllo, "At CBC Radio 3, podcasts reach global domination". The Georgia Straight, February 20, 2008.
2. "SHORE 104.3 FM – Vancouver's Adult Alternative :: Chris Kelly :: :: A Look at Past Winners Channels Best of BC - Feed Story Channels Best of BC - Feed Story". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
3. "This Is That Video | Season 3 | CBC Radio".
4. "ABOUT".
5. Kelly, Pat; Kelly, Chris; Bercovitch, Lauren; Grand, Michael Tanko; Jensen, Taige (11 February 2019). "Opinion | We Created an App to Help Cowardly Politicians Talk About Gun Control". The New York Times.

External links

• Chris Kelly at IMDb