About

David P. Kelly Films is a london-based production company that was founded by David P. Kelly and Elen P. Lewis (2022 Bafta winner Editing ‘Landscapers’ created by Ed Sinclair directed by Will Sharpe) whilst under a producers development and co-production agreement with Working Title films. The company’s focus is producing and co-financing films, television and international feature documentaries.

We have recently secured an exclusive first-look agreement with Arthouse cinemas to be the distribution arm for new films, ‘event cinema’ and to screen live theatre productions from London with seasons of plays being originated by and from Arthouse Theatre Productions Ltd with our new distribution company: Arthouse Theatrical Releasing Ltd. UK company number 07239653.

Our Work

Selected productions – Universal’s, Mad about Mambo, Aki Kaurismaki’s I Hired a Contract Killer, Sherry Hormann’s Desert Flower and recently Vera Glagoleva’s Two Women, which starred Ralph Fiennes. The latest production is The Storms of Jeremy Thomas by Mark Cousins. The company is co-developing projects with streaming platforms, Screen Ireland and with Tim Macready’s UK Pygmalion Pictures.

The company has extensive experience of producing and story development on UK and international projects. It has developed scripts from newcomers to Oscar-winning writers, and partnered under a producers development deal with Working Title films and at Elton John’s Rocket Pictures.

The company has been co-creative director for Barbican on various music-cinema events, initiating and overseeing projects with the Pet Shop Boys performing their own soundtrack to the film Battleship Potemkin.

The company expanded into cinema exhibition with Ed fletcher (now C.E.O at Curzon) and Eve Gabereau (now CEO at Modern films distributors) at former Soda pictures to purchase Shortwave Cinema, at Bermondsey sq. www.timeout.com/london/cinemas/shortwave-cinema which we successfully transformed the single screen cafe-bar into a popular local independent first-run cinema-cafe. This then lead on to a long-term strategic alliance being made with the Time-out award winning Arthouse Cinema www.arthousecrouchend.co.uk in North London.

News Story

2024-2025: UK producer David P Kelly joins Sergei Paradjanov doc (ScreenDaily, 19 February 2024)

‘The Storms of Jeremy Thomas’: New film produced by Central Saint Martins graduate David Kelly. Read more

Latest Production: The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

“The Storms of Jeremy Thomas” hits US screens in one week!
From 22 September,2023 onwards catch Mark Cousins’ portrait of acclaimed UK producer Jeremy Thomas across the US, including New York and LA.

With thanks to Cohen Media Group and Visit Films.

Details of film, cinemas and tickets

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas poster

For decades, legendary film producer Jeremy Thomas has driven from England to the Cannes Film Festival. This time, he’s joined by acclaimed filmmaker Mark Cousins.

On their intimate, visual five-day road movie through rural France, they remember some of the most acclaimed and controversial films ever made: The Last Emperor, which won nine Oscars for Thomas when he was still in his 30s, including Best Picture; David Cronenberg’s Crash and its Cannes scandal; the masterpiece of sexual obsession, Bad Timing. Thomas introduces us to his remarkable world of movie stars–Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, David Bowie–and daring international cinema, influenced by punk and counter-culture. The journey is intercut with acclaimed actors Tilda Swinton and Debra Winger, who give exclusive insights into the man and his work.

Illustrated with a dazzling range of film clips and rich insights about creativity and survival, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas is a road movie portrait of France, a film school, and–in the era of streaming and corporatization–a passionate call to arms for movies that get to the heart of life.

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas: Cohen Media Group
cohenmedia.net • 1 min read

The film was chosen in official selection for Cannes 2021

It was shown at the London film festival and now it is to have a UK-wide release with Curzon

The film has been sold to both Curzon UK and Cohen media group-USA, as announced in DEADLINE

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/stormsofjtfilm

Official website: www.thestormsofjeremythomas.com

Company Members of BAFTA, EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY & PACT

BAFTA logo   EFA logo   Pact logo

Media

FILMS IN CINEMAS

New feature documentary by Mark Cousins on the UK’s Jeremy Thomas

The Guardian review of The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

The Times review of The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Curzon article on The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

London Film Festival interview with Jeremy Thomas

Curzon Home Cinema news on the Jeremy Thomas collection

OTHER PROJECTS

Guardian – 3* Review

Radio Times – 3* Review

Times Online – 2* Review

Telegraph – RF interview on homepage and Film page

Evening Standard – RF interview

Telegraph – Exclusive trailer on homepage, Culture and Film page

Russian Embassy – Trailer and release news

Film London – Q&A listing

RadioTimes – Film Programme Listing

Telegraph – RF interview on homepage and Film page

Evening Standard – RF interview

Rezo Takes on ‘Two Women’ with Ralph Fiennes

Submissions Policy

We regret that we can no longer accept unsolicited material. For administrative reasons we do not respond to individual submissions.