J.P. Kelly’s 2nd Emmy
By Bob McGovern
On
September 18, 2005 Irish production designer John Paul Kelly won an Emmy
in the “Outstanding Art Director for a Miniseries, or Movie”
category for his work on the PBS production, The Lost Prince, written
by Stephen Poliakoff for Masterpiece Theater. Kelly and his art director
colleague Emma MacDevitt were on hand at the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angles to pick up the award.
The Lost Prince tells a story of John, the child of George V and Queen
Mary, who suffered from epilepsy and was kept a secret from society. It
also provides vivid images of pre-World War I Europe through the eyes
of European royalty.
The Emmy was the second award Kelly received for The Lost Prince. At the
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards), Kelly again
won for Best Production Design. He has been nominated for his talents
before; RTS (Royal Television Society) gave Kelly the nod for his work
on the television drama Byron about the life of poet Lord Byron.
Kelly, who lives in Dublin and London, has worked on 13 different television
productions and movies during his 12-year career, is currently involved
with post-production on the movie, Lassie, which was filmed primarily
in Dublin.
Brought up in Rosslare, County Wexford where his family is well known
for the famous Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Kelly went to school locally
at Rosslare primary school and went on to graduate from Clongowes Wood
College in County Kildare. He received his B.A. in architecture at Kingston
University in London and his M.A. for Film and Television at London’s
Royal College of Art in 1993.
Kelly has also worked in advertising and was an integral part in the Guinness
“Not Everything in Black and White” ad series. He also worked
on commercials for Virgin Megastore, Galaxy, Capital, Brylcream, Woolworths,
McCains, and Boots.
The Lost Prince beat out Empire Falls, Faith of My Fathers, The Life and
Death of Peter Sellers, and Warm Springs. The Emmy was the most recent
award nomination for the film. It has scored rave reviews over the
past year and won Best Single Drama at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
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