Chris Kelly (born November 29, 1982) is a Canadian podcast producer and film composer/musician based in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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. He is also co-founder of the production company Kelly&Kelly.

Career

Kelly started his podcasting career at CBC, where he produced the corporation’s first podcast, the CBC Radio 3 Podcast with Grant Lawrence. He then went on to co-create, with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring, CBC Radio One's

This Is That ''This is That'' was a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio, which aired comedic news stories presented in the style of a real CBC Radio public affairs program.Natasha LedermanCBC Radio satirical show 'This Is That' sparks as much outrage ...

, a satirical current affairs show that has won multiple

Canadian Comedy Award The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) is an annual ceremony that awards the Beaver for achievements in Canadian comedy in live performance, radio, film, television, and Internet media. The awards were founded and produced by Tim Progosh in 2000. The ...

s. Also while at the CBC he worked for Spark, As It Happens, and DNTO. After CBC, he co-founded branded podcast company Pacific Content. In 2016, he left Pacific Content to start Kelly&Kelly with Pat Kelly. With that company they have created such podcasts as This Sounds Serious, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, Celeste & Her Best, and created a number of viral videos. Kelly's musician career includes being a member of the bands Analog Bell Service, The Choir Practice, Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars and Rob Butterfield, as well as playing at major music festivals, such as

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in Texas. Kelly's film composition debut was the

Brent Hodge Brent Hodge (born July 9, 1985) is a Canadian-New Zealander documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known for his documentaries '' I Am Chris Farley'', ''A Brony Tale'', ''The Pistol Shrimps'', ''Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary'','' ...

directed documentary ''

A Brony Tale ''A Brony Tale'' (originally titled ''Brony'') is a 2014 Canadian-American documentary film directed by Brent Hodge. The film explores the brony phenomenon, the adult fan base of the children's animated show '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Ma ...

'', a film about the

bronies ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' is an animated television series produced by Hasbro as part of the ''My Little Pony'' toy franchise, which is tied in with the My Little Pony (2010 toyline), 2010 relaunch of dolls and play sets and orig ...

, teenage and adult fans of the television show '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''.

Personal life

Kelly is married to Lauren Bercovitch.

Discography

* ''Chris Kelly - Company Man'' *The Comet - The Comet is Coming *''Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars - Fall Paths'' * ''A Brony Tale: Music from the Motion Picture''

Podcast Credits

Film and Video

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Chris 1982 births Canadian indie rock musicians Canadian radio producers Canadian film score composers Place of birth missing (living people) Male film score composers Musicians from Vancouver Living people