Kellie Ann Benz was born in Redding California and raised in British Columbia. She began her filmmaking career in 1994 when she optioned her first screenplay to Cambridge Films. Nominated for a Leo Award she was a Crazy 8’s Finalist writer-director in 2010. Benz was given a Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award for the 2008 short Awkward. She returned to the United States in 2014.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Second Coming (1997)
Cinderella: Single Again (2000)
Awkward (2008, short)
140 (segment, 2009)
Stupid Chiansaw Tricks (2010)
Naked Night Bike (2014)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Slightly Bent TV (1999)
Skullduggery (2000)
The Unprofessionals (2001)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
The Second Coming (1997)
Sploosh (1998)
Cinderella: Single Again (2000)
Finn on the Fly (2008)
Awkward (2008)
The Provider (2011, short)
Naked Night Bike (2014)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
The Unprofessionals (2001)
Rockpoint P.D. (2002-2003)
The Liguidator (2012)
Credits as a Producer:
The Second Coming (1997)
Cinderella: Single Again (2000)
Awkward (2008)
What`s Your Fantasy (2010, short, executive producer)
Naked Night Bike (2014)
TV Series:
The Unprofessionals (2001)
Rockpoint P.D. (2002-2003)
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