Festival Year: 2018

Keely Shaye Brosnan

Roles: Director, Producer

Keely Shaye Brosnan is an award-winning broadcast journalist turned award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has nurtured a diverse career covering a wide range of topics, from environmental journalism and animal advocacy to celebrity journalism and apprehending fugitives. In 2016, Keely made her directorial debut with Poisoning Paradise, which opened at the Hawaii International Film Festival and has since garnered 11 awards and continues to screen at film festivals across the country and abroad. Formerly an entertainment correspondent for NBC’s weekend edition of the “Today Show,” and CBS’s “Entertainment Tonight,” Keely wrote, produced, and hosted the eco-friendly series “Home Green Home” for PBS. Previously, Keely was a correspondent on NBC’s “Unsolved Mysteries,” ABC’s “The Home Show” and “Good Morning America.”

Festival Year: 2018

76:00

Poisoning Paradise

(US, 2017, 76min)