Evan Ari Kelman

Evan Ari Kelman is a New York City filmmaker with a passion for creating emotionally powerful experiences for audiences His New York University thesis narrative BANDITO held its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 and was awarded with the 2015 Wasserman Award for Best Directing from NYU Kelman with Garrett Hedlund and Stephen Lang on the set of BARRONS COVE Kelman returned to Tribeca in 2016 with ONE GOOD PITCH which he cowrote and produced In the summer of 2016 Kelman produced the narrative short HOMING IN which screened at the British Film Institute Kelmans first feature film script WITH THESE EYES was awarded a 2016 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Writing Award His latest short film WHERE THERES SMOKE held its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2017 marking a third consecutive return as a writerproducer and second as a director WHERE THERES SMOKE won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film Live Action at the Edmonton International Film Festival and qualified for the 2019 Academy Awards Kelmans latest feature screenplay BARRONS COVE was announced as a semifinalist for the Academys prestigious Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting and also appeared on the 2021 Black List BARRONS COVE is currently in postproduction with a world renowned cast including Garrett Hedlund Brittany Snow Stephen Lang and Hamish Linklater with Mandalay Pictures producing As a freelancer Kelman has directed content for a multitude of brands including Foot Locker Converse Uber Chevrolet Gillette Marchon Golden Nugget Casino and Coppertone His award winning commercial The Push for Foot Locker aired alongside the New York City Marathon His multispot commercial campaign for Biotene won a 2020 Gold Telly Award In 2022 Kelman was inducted into the 20th Annual SHOOT New Directors Showcase