Mary Pat Kelly

Mary Pat Kelly is the author of two books about Martin Scorcese, Martin Scorcese: The First Decade and Martine Scorcese: A Journey . She has worked as a screenwriter for Paramount and Columbia Pictures, and as an associate producer with Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live . She also wrote and directed the dramatic feature film Proud , starring Ossie Davis and Stephen Rea, and three award-winning PBS documentaries: To Live for Ireland , Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland , and...See more

Mary Pat Kelly is the author of two books about Martin Scorcese, Martin Scorcese: The First Decade and Martine Scorcese: A Journey . She has worked as a screenwriter for Paramount and Columbia Pictures, and as an associate producer with Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live . She also wrote and directed the dramatic feature film Proud , starring Ossie Davis and Stephen Rea, and three award-winning PBS documentaries: To Live for Ireland , Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland , and Proudly We Served: The Men of the U.S.S. Mason , the last two based on her books. She is also the author several novels, include the bestselling Galway Bay . A graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, she received her PhD. in English from the CUNY Graduate Center, New York. Born and raised in Chicago, she lives on New York's Upper West Side with her husband. See less