Kelsey Egan

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Kelsey Egan
Born (1983-03-20) 20 March 1983 (age 41)
Wisconsin, U.S.
Nationality
  • American
  • South African
Alma materVassar College
Years active2003–present
OrganisationWriters Guild of South Africa[1]
Websitekelseyegan.com

Kelsey-Colin Kass Egan WGSA (born 20 March 1983) is an American-South African filmmaker, actress, and stunt performer. She founded the Cape Town-based production company Crave Pictures. Her short film Gargoyle (2009) and science fiction film Glasshouse (2021) were nominated for SAFTAs.

Early and personal life[edit]

Egan is from Wisconsin and attended Whitefish Bay High School. She took a course at the British American Drama Academy in London. She double majored in Drama and Neuroscience and Behavior at Vassar College, graduating in 2005. She briefly lived in New York City and Beijing before moving to Johannesburg in 2008.[2][3] She holds dual citizenship.[4][5]

Career[edit]

Filmmaking[edit]

To gain experience in the industry, Egan decided to begin her career working both in front of the camera and on sets behind the scenes. She was a production assistant for the documentary Trumbo (2007) and the films I Am Legend (2007), Stop-Loss (2008), and Deception (2008), and a production coordinator for the films Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008) and Gugu and Andile (2008) as well as the Sky One series Strike Back (2011). She was a script supervisor for Neill Blomkamp's District 9 (2009).

Egan's first short film Gargoyle, filmed in 2008, was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2010 South African Film and Television Awards.[6] Her other short films include 21th Street (2010), Red Herring (2014), The Bull (2018),[7] and The Fighter (2019).

Egan was a VFX producer for the 2014 adaptation of The Giver and cast assistant on the sets of the films Eye in the Sky (2015) and The Dark Tower (2017). She wrote on seven episodes of the 2018 children's animated series Munki and Trunk as well as on the 2019 M-Net crime thriller miniseries Trackers.

While The Fix was postponed, Egan began collaborating with screenwriter Emma Lungiswa de Wet on a slate of three "grounded" science fiction films for Local Motion Pictures.[8] The first of the slate Glasshouse was written over Zoom during the COVID-19 lockdown and filmed on location in the Eastern Cape in late 2020. The film premiered at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival, officially marking Egan's feature directorial debut,[9][10] followed by a wide release in 2022. Glasshouse received six nominations at the South African Film and Television Awards that year, including Best Feature Film, winning five of them.

Egan's upcoming titles include The Fix,[11] Outer Edges,[12] and the latter two films in her slate with Lungiswa de Wet.[13][14]

Acting and stunt work[edit]

Egan first did stunt work for Death Race 3: Inferno. She made her television debut in 2012 as a stunt performer in the Channel 4 historical miniseries Labyrinth. She played Nicole Weiss in the 2013 crime film Zulu. For Mad Max: Fury Road, Egan alongside the other stunt performers won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Stunt Ensemble. She was Claire Foy's stunt double in the first season of The Crown on Netflix and Jane de Wet's in the BBC America adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Watch. She played Honey in the dark comedy film Fried Barry and Siri in the Afrikaans romantic comedy Kaalgat Karel.[15]

Filmography[edit]

Filmmaking[edit]

Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2008 Waiting in Beijing Assistant
Homo Sapien 1AD Short film
2009 Flat Love 1AD Short film
District 9 Supervisor
Gargoyle Yes Yes Yes Short film
2010 Khuthala Bo! 2UD Yes Short film
2010 21th Street Yes Yes Yes Short film
2014 Red Herring Yes Yes Short film
The Giver VFX
2018 The Bull Yes Yes Yes Short film
2019 The Fighter Yes Short film
2021 Glasshouse Yes Yes Feature directorial debut
TBA The Fix Yes Yes Yes
Outer Edges Yes
I Carry You Always Yes Yes
Untitled third slate film
Television
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2018–2020 Munki and Trunk Yes 7 episodes
2019 Trackers Yes Miniseries; 5 episodes
Music videos
Year Song Artist Notes
2010 "My Baby Don't Love Me No More" The Death Valley Blues Band Director, writer, producer
2012 "Rum Trifle" Jakkals Director, writer
"Gunuza" Bongeziwe Mabandla Editor, producer

Acting and stunt work[edit]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Making Revolution Activist
2005 Discover Me Rachel
2013 Death Race 3: Inferno Stunts
Zulu Nicole Weiss
2014 Red Herring Rider Short film
2015 Destination Short film
Mad Max: Fury Road Stunts
2016 Forever (Afrikaans: Vir Altyd) Cat
2020 Fried Barry Honey
2021 Kaalgat Karel Siri
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Labyrinth Stunts Miniseries; 2 episodes
2013 Kids Rule Stunts (Tommy Wiebeck) Television film
Striving for Freedom Stunts (Gräfin Cecilie von Hohenberg) Television film
2014 Shark Week Lindsay Episode: "Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine"
2015 Clan of the Cave Bear Stunts (Ayla) Television film
2016 Of Kings and Prophets Servant Episode: "Offerings of Blood"
The Crown Stunts (Elizabeth II) Episode: "Pride & Joy"
2020 Raised by Wolves Soldier Episode: "Virtual Faith"
Warrior Mrs. Kellerman Episode: "Warrior"
2021 The Watch Stunts (Alice Band) Episode: "Better to Light a Candle"
Music videos
Year Song Artist Notes
2014 "Lights Out" (ft JungFreud) PHFAT

Other credits[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Trumbo Production assistant Documentary
I Am Legend
2008 Stop-Loss
Deception
Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past Coordinator
Gugu and Andile Production coordinator Television film
2011 Strike Back Assistant production coordinator 6 episodes
2015 Eye in the Sky Cast assistant
2017 The Dark Tower

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015/2016 WGSA Council" (PDF). Writers Guild of South Africa. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ Africa, Keshia (10 August 2021). "Woman director speaks about the challenges of male-dominate film industry". IOL. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Kelsey Egan". Tongue Twisters. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ Sorrento, Matthew (21 August 2021). "Inside the Memory Box: Kelsey Egan and Emma Lungiswa De Wet on Glasshouse (Fantasia 2021)". FilmInt. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ "The Bull". B-Sharp Entertainment. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ^ "SAFTAs Season 4". TVSA. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. ^ "The Bull by Kelsey Egan - Short Narrative Film". Queens Film Festival. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (29 July 2021). "South Africa's Local Motion Inks Three-Pic Pact With SVOD Showmax, Drops Trailer for Fantasia Premiere 'Glasshouse' (EXCLUSIVE)". Deadline. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ^ Kermode, Jennie (11 August 2021). "Unforgettable: Kelsey Egan on memory, fairy tales, pandemics and Glasshouse". Eye for Film. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ Paskevich, Hayley (18 August 2021). "FANTASIA 2021 INTERVIEW: 'Glasshouse' – Kelsey Egan". Flipscreened. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  11. ^ "The Fix". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  12. ^ Bałaga, Marta (21 July 2022). "Spier Films Boards Kelsey Egan's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Outer Edges' Ahead of Frontieres (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  13. ^ Benson, Tracy (17 February 2022). "Glasshouse: Exclusive interview with filmmaker Kelsey Egan". Pfangirl. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  14. ^ Derckson, Daniel (9 February 2022). "Glasshouse – A Dystopian Fairytale Challenging Female-Driven Stories". The Writing Studio. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Kelsey Egan". Film Fatales. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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