PURPLE RIOT STUDIO
Film + Animation by Experimental Filmmaker Kelly Gallagher
PURPLE RIOT STUDIO
Film + Animation by Experimental Filmmaker Kelly Gallagher
About Purple Riot Studio & Kelly Gallagher
Hello!
Welcome to Purple Riot Studio, the film and animation production house of award-winning experimental animator and filmmaker Kelly Gallagher. Kelly has been producing original and colorful handcrafted films and animations for over a decade that explore overlooked histories and movements of resistance. She also creates commissioned animations for activist media, documentary filmmakers, and music video clients ranging from The W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition, to Planned Parenthood, to Hurray for the Riff Raff and beyond.
Kelly Gallagher is a filmmaker, animator, and Associate Professor of Film at Syracuse University. She is the recipient of a 2024 Creative Capital award for her forthcoming feature documentary, By All Your Memories. Her handcrafted films and commissioned animations have screened at venues including: the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and the Smithsonian Institution. Recent commissioned animations have screened on Netflix and PBS. She’s presented solo programs of her work at institutions including: SFMOMA, Close-Up Cinema London, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Kelly enthusiastically organizes and facilitates fun and inclusive film workshops and camps for communities of all ages, from Kentucky to California, from New York to Iowa and beyond.
Personal work (in chronological order)
