Bio
KELLY NYKS is an award-winning writer/director of documentary films and has worked across Europe, Asia, and America.
REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, currently in broad theatrical release (70+ markets) to widespread critical acclaim (NY Times Critics Pick; Rotten Tomatoes 90% rating), had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and European premiere at IDFA. Further feature directing titles include DISRUPTION, DO THE MATH, SPLIT: A DEEPER DIVIDE and SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA. Short-format titles include DO THE MATH (Al Jazeera America), MONEY IS MATERIAL (The Avant Garde Diaries), THE ARTIFICIAL LEAF (PBS; GE Focus Forward Winner, Sundance) and IMPOSSIBLE (mb!).
THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES, an unflinching look at the security implications of anthropogenic climate change, will world premiere at HotDocs in May of 2016 and European Premiere at Sheffield DocFest. LAST MAN STANDING IN THE DELTA, the story of Delta blues frontman, Cedell Davis, recording with legends of the Seattle rock scene scene including Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Peter Buck (REM), Duff McKagan (Guns & Roses) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), is in post-production.
A sought-after commentator, Kelly has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Huffington Post Live, Fox News, PBS, MTV, Al Jazeera America, has written opinion pieces for the Huffington Post and RealScreen, among others, and participated as a panelist & jury member at festivals across the country, including SXSW and DOCNYC.
He is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.