Kelly J. Kitchens
Auxiliary /Media Member
As an editor and feature writer, Kelly J. Kitchens found herself immersed in North Texas’ arts, entertainment, leisure/hospitality and fund-raising events scene in the early and mid-’90s where she was a feature writer, critic and editor for The Met, a weekly arts and entertainment magazine in Dallas. Her love of film, music, art, theater and worthy causes drove her to then pursue the publicity side of the media business in 1995. Kelly has been honored by being named a “master publicist” in the Fort Worth Business Press and an “ace media maven” in The Dallas Morning News.
For more than 25 years, Kelly has had her hand in much of the Dallas film world. For instance, she publicized Angelika Film Centers openings in Dallas and Plano and the revitalization of Houston’s Angelika. She is the director of press and publicity for several area film festivals and independent films playing at other film festivals, including Dallas VideoFest, Dallas International Film Festival, and Frame4Frame Film Festival. During the pandemic, Kelly wasn’t sure where her career would take her. Fortunately, she was able to help save Thin Line Film Festival, Dallas VideoFest’s DocuFest and AltFiction Fest, Pegasus Film Festival, among other film festivals as they turned to go virtual instead of canceling.
As the world emerged from the pandemic, Kelly worked on publicity for Pegasus Media Project, as well as several films making their ways into the festival circuit, like CAT DADDIES, and an Amazon series nominated for a Daytime Emmy, #WASHED. One of Kelly’s specialties is her Media Roundtables. RTs are modified press conferences that turn into conversations and virtual film schools with filmmakers, festival directors and anyone else she happens to be working with at the time. Get a feel for these media roundtables at this YouTube playlist: https://tinyurl.com/KJKPRMediaRoundtables
CONTACT KELLY J. KITCHENS
214-684-1378
https://linktr.ee/KellyKitchensPR
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