Kelly Crean
Ms. Crean is a Managing Partner at Karerra Capital. Ms. Crean founded and has run the Creanspeak family of companies including: Creanspeak Productions, Falcon Partners International, and Creanspeak Funding, LLC. She is the managing member of three funds, one of which is based and traded internationally. Ms. Crean is in production on “HI Tide”, a surfing and lifestyle show for teen and tween girls to encourage sports and education. Ms. Crean partnered with “b in Tune” for Edutainment to create two hours of weekly educational programming for kids in over 100 Million homes in the US. She also executive produced “The Screaming Cocktail Hour,” and is now producing “There's a God on the Mic”, based on Kool Mo Dee’s highly acclaimed book of the same name.
Ms. Crean is also an executive producer of “Gagsters!” the first hybrid reality/scripted TV show for children, now sold in over fifty countries. She co-created and executive produced “Doctors of Rock” for HDnet, that aired in over 100 countries, and produced “Speed Shift” and “Just as Fast.” On the feature side, Ms. Crean produced Black Irish, winner of 7 International film festivals and 14 awards, starring Brendan Gleeson, Michael Angarano, Tom Guiry, and Emily VanCamp. She has a multitude of films in development.
Additional Creanspeak films include Cover, which premiered in January 2008 with Fox, directed by Bill Duke and starring Aunjanue Ellis, Raz Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Lou Gossett Jr., Paula Jai Parker, Mya Harrison, Heavy D, Glenn Plummer and Clifton Powell, and the 2003 Sundance Film Festival's Prey for Rock & Roll, starring Gina Gershon, Drea De Matteo and Lori Petty.
Early in her career, Ms. Crean served as an associate producer on “Emeril Live!” and worked as an assistant to producer Cary Woods at Miramax on Swingers, Scream, Citizen Ruth, Gummo and Copland. Ms. Crean began her career in production at MGM, CBS News and Engel Brothers Productions.
A former member of the U.S. Ski Team, Ms. Crean earned a degree in English Literature from Columbia University, studied film production at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Ms. Crean is a voting member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her affiliations include AFI, AFTRA, IFP, EO, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Women in Film.