About Patricia Kelly

Patricia is a writer, director and producer, and the founder of MnáMná Films. 

Her debut feature Verdigris was nominated for five IFTAs, won twelve festival awards, and is streaming in Ireland and Italy. 

Her award-winning shorts screened at festivals worldwide, and her debut radio play 'I Don't Usually Do This' was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1. 

Patricia won the 2024 Fís TV Pitching Competition with her dramedy Humdrum, which she developed at the 2025 Sundance Episodic Lab, the 2024 Stowe Story Lab as a Screen Ireland Fellow and the Series Makers program. 

She is attached as writer and/or director on four feature films in funded development with Screen Ireland and is producing a shortlisted Perspectives feature. 

Patricia holds an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV, a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Producing and a micro-credential in Entertainment Law. 

She worked as a script reader for Northern Ireland Screen, is a National Talent Academy mentor, a Film Offaly tutor and guest-lectures at a number of universities. 

Her work is defined by bold storytelling, layered characters and underrepresented voices, with a growing slate of projects that aim to connect deeply with audiences at home and internationally.