---
name: "Kelly Candaele"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelly-candaele"
fi1m_id: "kelly-candaele"
imdb_id: "nm0133676"
tmdb_id: 2687160
wikidata_id: "Q6385970"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:53:03.142569+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kelly Candaele

## Identity

Kelly Candaele

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kelly-candaele
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kelly-candaele
- **IMDb ID:** nm0133676
- **TMDB ID:** 2687160
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6385970
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Candaele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6385970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2687160

Writer. Born in Vancouver.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Candaele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6385970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2687160

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A League of Their Own*](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kelly Candaele is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and politician. He wrote the story for the 1992 feature film *A League of Their Own*, directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. The film was based on his 1987 documentary of the same name, which he produced and which received an Emmy Award.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1954, Candaele is the son of Helen Callaghan, who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. His brother Casey Candaele played Major League Baseball. Candaele has also written and produced other documentaries, including *When Hope & History Rhymed* (2011) and *El Clásico: More Than a Game* (2011). He has served on the board of trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A League of Their Own* (2022), series, Original Film Writer
- *A League of Their Own* (1992), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-league-of-their-own.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kelly-candaele