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Kerry O’Neill

writer + director





films:







interloper

short film / 2024

how far will sixteen year old foster girl ruby go to get the family she’s always wanted?

a pitch black comedy thriller starring ryan simpkins, chloe east, and rich sommer. written and directed by kerry o’neill as a part of the afi directing workshop for women.


















walk out nice and smooth

short film / 2023


thirteen-year-old dani and their mother anne embark on an all-day odyssey to flip a stolen laptop. things get weird.


a dark comedy drama starring riley st. john and kate adams in their second collaboration with writer/director kerry o’neill. featuring susan berger, demorge brown, david brown, kendra uncut, and jayson cuevas. premiered at the 2023 palm springs shortfest.















bea at rehab

short film / 2021


after being abandoned at a rehab by her mother, young bea is forced to evade authority figures and fend for herself.

a social realist drama starring riley st. john and kate adams written and directed by kerry o’neill. recipient of the panavision new filmmakers grant, the vanishing angle post production grant, selected for the 2021 short to feature lab, where the short was developed into the coming of age feature, bea.



















television


kerry’s recent television work includes writing for netflix’s murderville and amazon/freevee’s emmy nominated comedy jury duty. here’s a picture of her talking about it with her hands ︎︎︎








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Mark
Kerry O’Neill is a TV writer and filmmaker from New York City now living in Los Angeles. After a decade writing and performing live comedy at The UCB Theatre in LA, Kerry turned her focus to narrative writing and directing. Her television writing credits include Murderville (Netflix) and the upcoming genre-bending hybrid comedy Jury Duty (Amazon/Freevee), from the producers of Borat, The Office, and White Lotus. In addition to her position on the writing staff, Kerry was also a series regular on Jury Duty. Kerry’s directorial debut, social realist drama Bea at Rehab (2020), screened at festivals worldwide and was awarded the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant and the Vanishing Angle Post Grant. In 2021, Kerry was selected as a fellow in the Short Feature Lab, where she developed the coming of age feature, BEA, based on her short. Kerry is a current finalist for the 2023 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab with the script for BEA. She recently completed post on her second film, Walk Out Nice and Smooth, a dark comedy starring the same lead actors from Bea at Rehab.


In 2023, Kerry was named a 2023-2024 fellow of the prestigious AFI DIRECTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN+, where she will direct her third film, dark comedy thriller interloper. Kerry is repped at 3 Arts Entertainment, contact knewman@3arts.com

Katie Newman at 3 Arts Entertainment: knewman@3arts.com
 
heykerryoneill@gmail.com