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Kelley Baker

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Kelley is a storyteller in both print and film.

A native of Portland, Oregon, and graduate of USC’s film school, Kelley has a BA and an MFA in film production.

He is an author, (Dennis Barton Is A Bastard and Other Stories, From Arrah Wanna To Muleshoe, Road Dog, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide: Part One & Part Two) and an Independent Filmmaker.

He has written and directed three full length features (Birddog, The Gas Café, & Kicking Bird), eight short films, and quite a few documentaries.

His films have aired on PBS, Canadian and Australian television, and have been shown at Film Festivals including London, Sydney, Annecy, Sao Paulo, Sundance, Chicago, Aspen, Mill Valley, and Edinburgh.

In addition to his own films he was the sound design
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My First Documentary, My First Subpoena

I’m not sure when I first got the idea for my film, Criminal Justice. I believe it was around 1983-84. I was finishing up the audio on Will Vinton’s film, The Adventures Of Mark Twain. He and I had a lunch meeting to discuss my future with his company.

One of the things he was insistent on was, if I stayed I couldn’t work on my own films. I could only work on films through the studio. I thought t

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