Dr. Patrick Kelly
Senior Lecturer
Details
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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patrick.kelly@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Patrick Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Media in RMIT University’s School of Media & Communication. He is a creative screen practitioner, and has served as a Co-Director of Critical Animals creative research symposium and exhibition, as part of This Is Not Art festival. His creative works have been exhibited by The Lock Up Gallery, MARS Gallery, Midsumma Festival, Cinemq (Shanghai), the Tropical Alternative Film Festival, Sightlines: Screen Production and the Academy, Canada International Film Festival, Queensland New Filmmakers Awards, and the International iPod Film Festival. He is the recipient of the M&C Dean's Awards for Leadership (2019) and Integrated Scholarship (2017).
Industry experience
Patrick has worked as a digital producer within the film, television, and online media industry since 2006. He has worked for Network Ten, Jonathan M Schiff Productions, and his clients have included the Queensland Department of State Development, Leading Aged Services Australia, and Body Electric Dance Studios.
He has collaborated with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation.
Patrick was a Co-Director of the Critical Animals creative arts festival (2014-2016).
His writing can be found at ABC’s The Drum, Fairfax, The Conversation, Mumbrella, The Lifted Brow and M/C Reviews.
Industry experience
Patrick has worked as a digital producer within the film, television, and online media industry since 2006. He has worked for Network Ten, Jonathan M Schiff Productions, and his clients have included the Queensland Department of State Development, Leading Aged Services Australia, and Body Electric Dance Studios.
He has collaborated with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation.
Patrick was a Co-Director of the Critical Animals creative arts festival (2014-2016).
His writing can be found at ABC’s The Drum, Fairfax, The Conversation, Mumbrella, The Lifted Brow and M/C Reviews.
Research fields
- 3605 Screen and digital media
- 4701 Communication and media studies
- 4702 Cultural studies
UN sustainable development goals
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 13 Climate Action
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Supervisor projects
- Trade Secret: the undocumented history of the illegal hormone trades that took place between trans and gender diverse people in St Kilda in the 1980s
- 13 Feb 2025
- Reclaiming Chinese Indonesian History through Non-fiction Animation
- 17 Nov 2023
- Baghdadi Street Life ( ﺑﻐﺪادي ﺷﺎرع ﺣﯿﺎة ): Using I-Doc Practice to Challenge Stereotypes of Iraq and Iraqis in Hollywood Cinema
- 17 Jul 2023
- Queer community and new internet technologies
- 8 Jun 2023
- Not for Us: Trans and Gender Diverse Experiences with Digital Hostilities on X
- 7 Jul 2022
- Queering the Home Movie: Reframing the Family in Australian Home Movies
- 16 Apr 2019
- From Repetition To Remaking: An Autistic Filmmaker's Exploration Of Repetitious Cinematic Practices
- 5 Mar 2019
- Yulendj Boonwurrung: A Journey of Old Knowledge and Innovative Forms for Assisting Urban Indigenous Youth to Engage in Contemporary Indigenous Knowledge
- 2 Jan 2019
- The Call of the Tūī(a): Writing ‘Becoming-With’ Animals as a Challenge to Rationalist Veganism
- 17 Dec 2018
- Who Writes a Generative Text? An Investigation into the Mechanisms of Projecting a Distinct Authorial Voice when using Generative Text Processes
- 25 Sep 2018
- The Making of the Nick: Designing a Systematic Approach for the Chaotic Practice of Micro-Budget Short Filmmaking
- 1 May 2018
- "the moment of shooting": Embracing Improvisation Towards Efficiency in the Creation of Micro-Budget Interactive Short Films
- 1 Feb 2018
Teaching interests
Course Coordinator and Educator for post-graduate and undergraduate offerings
Supervisor of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) projects
Program Director, Media:
Master of Media and Graduate Diploma of Media (2020-24),
and Bachelor of Communication (Media) (2024).
Deputy Program Manager, Master of Media (2017-2019).
Courses taught/coordinated:
- Media Career Development
- Research Methods for Media
- Professional Research Project
- Collaborative Media Project
- Contemporary Media Work Practices
- Post Industrial Media
- Media 6
Research interests
Supervisor interests
• Creative practice research
• Screen production
• Documentary
• Smartphone Filmmaking & Mobile Media
• Digital storytelling
• Queer creative practice
• Creative practice ethnography
• Autoethnography
