KELLY SHEEHAN
Vice President & Executive Producer
kelly@rainlake.com
 
  Kelly Sheehan has produced nonfiction programming in television and film for two decades. At Rainlake, she guides the development, production, distribution and marketing efforts for independent feature documentaries that are televised and screened around the world. Recent films include FOUR SEASONS LODGE, released theatrically and on DVD by First Run Features in 2009 and broadcast on PBS stations, CROSSING ARIZONA, which premiered in competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on Sundance Channel, and FOLLOW MY VOICE produced in association with Sundance Channel and featuring John Cameron Mitchell, Yoko Ono, Rufus Wainwright and many others.

Previously, Sheehan served as head of production for the Emmy Award-winning media company Globalvision where she supervised documentaries for television including COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY (2002 ITVS presentation for PBS), NKOSI: A VOICE FOR AFRICA'S AIDS ORPHANS narrated by Danny Glover (2001 public television broadcasts) and WE ARE FAMILY featuring an all-star cast with Spike Lee, Diana Ross and many others (2002 Sundance Film Festival premiere, New York theatrical release, Trio Channel broadcast). She has also served as supervising producer on ABC CHILDREN FIRST, a series of broadcast specials for ABC-TV hosted by Diane Sawyer, Elizabeth Vargas and other network personalities. She was senior producer for the CNBC primetime series USHUAIA: THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE, and creator and series producer for 86 episodes of the human interest magazine series TILT 23 1⁄2, which was telecast in over 70 countries worldwide. Working with director Nathaniel Kahn, she also developed the Academy Award-nominated feature documentary MY ARCHITECT, released by New Yorker Films and HBO.
 
 

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TELEVISION WORK SAMPLES

ABC-TV CHILDREN FIRST
Broadcast Specials & PSAs

USHUAIA: ADVENTURE
CNBC Prime Time Series

TILT 23 1/2
International Television Series

DOCUMENTARY WORK SAMPLES

MARIACHI HIGH
Latino Public Broadcasting / PBS

FOUR SEASONS LODGE
First Run Features / PBS
CROSSING ARIZONA
Sundance Channel

WE ARE FAMILY
Tommy Boy Films/Trio Channel

FOLLOW MY VOICE
Sundance Channel

NON BROADCAST WORK SAMPLES

AT&T SPECIAL EVENT FILM
20th Anniversary Earth Day

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Keynote Video

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Shareholders Meeting Video