Karl Keely

Karl has been writing for several years now despite his youth, and has produced material for a variety of sources.

His largest recent project was a feature length script compiled for the United Kingdom National Lottery fund, which is currently in production. Other short film scripts include work for graduates of the renowned Bristol School of Animation, and several of his own projects. Several of his shorts have appeared on Sky Television in Britain, to a good reception.

Karl's university degree provided him with the chance to write extensively on film comedy, and this research is reflected in his writing and filmmaking. Particular favourites are Woody Allen, the Marx Brothers, Wes Anderson and anything that involves Monty Python to even the smallest, insignificant degree.

He also has produced several first-class essays on twentieth-century US politics at Canterbury Christ Church University, one of the country's leading History departments. His main fields of focus have been on the Cold War, and in particular the Vietnam wars.

Karl's time with C4 Radio (now CSR Radio) saw him nominated for a record eleven Media Awards, and achieve the status of one of the station's most popular shows. As Head of Programming he was also responsible for the musical content of the station, and did his utmost to promote a balance between the cutting-edge and the best that the past has to offer. He also took a very firm stance on the banning of James Blunt from the airwaves. Karl was also part of the team which set up CSR Radio, the first university station to be broadcast on FM in the United Kingdom.

If asked for his musical favourites, Karl will first say Stevie Wonder, then Brian Wilson and Herbie Hancock, and then spend the next hour telling you a list of numerous others. Then he will probably ask you what you are listening to, and then make a note of all the bands he has not heard off, run home, find out about them, and if he likes them, then he will devour their entire back catalogue.

He continues with all these interests, as well as finishing his first novel, and look forward to increasing his knowledge and expanding his back catalogue, both in writing terms and his record collection.