Henry Alexander Kelly
Actor - Writer - Director
Henry Alexander Kelly is a venti-caramel (cause he’s chubby and brown), Nicaraguan, Afro-Latino comedic writer and director born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and based out of Los Angeles. Recently, he was selected to be a Circle Member for Dan Lin’s Rideback Rise Fellowship 2023 - 2025. He was an Artist Development Consultant for the Sundance Institute's 2022 Uprise Grant Program as well as a recipient of the Uprise Grant in 2021. He was a 2022 Film Independent Project Involve Writing Fellow, 2022 Sundance BIPOC Mentorship Recipient, and in 2020 graduated from the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Series Script Writers Program sponsored by ABC and NBC. His half-hour adult-animated, mockumentary, comedy, “NOW-WHAT?!” is in development with Casa Duhamel, a Spanglish Production House for Artistas, founded by Magdiela Hermida Duhamel (Inside Out 2) and Davin B. Duhamel (La Canción Del Lago). His short film, “Chuck & Fern”, a fantasy video game comedy, won Best Film at the E-Sports Insider Film Festival Lisbon 2024. He creates zany, larger-than-life, genre-blending worlds exploring the intersection of cultural identity, interpersonal struggles, and the comedic-absurdity yet heart of society. He is repped by M88.
Original Pilots
Theme Perk (TV-MA Dark Comedy)
A naïve tour guide at the World’s #1 Theme Park navigates grumpy guests, cutthroat coworkers, and Rated-X activities, realizing that his “magical” job is very different from its public-facing façade.
Sheltered (YA Dramedy)
Follow a Nicaraguan-American teen, his awkward friends and his dysfunctional family as they come into their own through the nerdy suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area
Now-What?! (Nahuatl) (Adult Animated Mockumentary)
Follow a delusionally optimistic Aztec prince in 1500s Meso-America as he tries to “co-exist” with the daily culture shocks of his Mayan, African, and Spanish frenemies.
Capy & Toucs (Kid Animated Adventure Comedy)
A peppy capybara and a disgruntled toucan must travel through different gaming genres to save their 3D platforming world from being destroyed by evil game data.
Short Films
Chuck and Fern
Within a fantasy videogame, a heroic swordsman and a D-List villain, face an existential crisis but must push past it when a greater purpose calls.
"Chuck and Fern" is complete. Screener link avail upon request. Contact here.
I Remember One Christmas
Old familial drama reignites when the abuelos of Ana and Marcos forgot they were coming home for the holidays.
Spec Scripts________________________________________
One Day at a Time (Multi-Cam Sitcom)
Schneider, Elena and Alex go on the road trip of a lifetime. When Lydia goes missing, Penelope's "self-care Sunday" isn't as relaxing as she'd hoped.
Girls5Eva (Comedy)
With Girls5Eva on tour, the ladies hatch up a plan to grow their fanbase and create tour hype!