---
name: "Kelly Marcel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelly-marcel"
fi1m_id: "kelly-marcel"
imdb_id: "nm0545150"
tmdb_id: 940376
wikidata_id: "Q6386180"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "10 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T15:58:40.390484+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 Marcel

## Identity

Kelly Marcel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kelly-marcel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kelly-marcel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0545150
- **TMDB ID:** 940376
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6386180
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Marcel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6386180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940376

Writer and producer. Born 10 January 1974 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 10 January 1974, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** کلی مارسل
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 directing, 6 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Matt Tolmach](https://film.one/person/matt-tolmach.md), [Tom Hardy](https://film.one/person/tom-hardy.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Michelle Williams](https://film.one/person/michelle-williams.md), [Reid Scott](https://film.one/person/reid-scott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 54 (3), 2020s 54 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 53 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,325m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Marcel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6386180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940376

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Saving Mr. Banks*](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md) (63), [*Venom: Let There Be Carnage*](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md) (56), [*Venom*](https://film.one/film/venom.md) (51), [*Venom: The Last Dance*](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md) (48)

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

## Fi1m on Kelly Marcel

> Kelly Marcel gives Tom Hardy good arguments to have with himself. We enjoy the bickering, but the alien plotting in *Venom: The Last Dance* and the courtship in *Fifty Shades of Grey* both become a chore.

In *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Venom wants to see the world and Eddie Brock wants to lie down. Kelly Marcel gives Tom Hardy a useful disagreement to play, with the actor supplying both sides and arguing with his own shoulder. We laughed at their bickering because Eddie's exhaustion makes the alien's appetite for an outing feel like a domestic nuisance. This is where Marcel's writing works: the characters have different wants, and each makes the other's day harder.

Her breakthrough screenplay was *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), followed by the E.L. James adaptation *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015). The turn towards franchise writing came with *Venom* (2018), then *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021). By the third film she was directing for the first time, working from a story developed with Hardy.

*Fifty Shades of Grey* shows how quickly Marcel's interest in relationships can run out of useful things to say. Sam Taylor-Johnson takes Anastasia Steele's curiosity seriously, and Dakota Johnson supplies wit that helps us understand it. Jamie Dornan's fixed seriousness gives Johnson little to provoke, leaving her to supply much of the couple's interest herself. Marcel gives the pair plenty to discuss about their proposed arrangement, but the dialogue grows less revealing as it accumulates. We need to feel why Anastasia wants this man; further negotiation does not do the job.

*Venom: The Last Dance* has a better central exchange and scarcely knows when to leave it alone. Marcel and Hardy find a workable comedy in Eddie's wish for peace and Venom's refusal to grant it, particularly when they are simply sitting in a car or at a bar. Then soldiers, scientists and explanations about a codex keep taking over. As director, Marcel gives the supporting plot too much time and the funny pair too little. A smaller comedy with Hardy would interest us more than another set of alien instructions.

## Biography

Kelly Marcel (born 10 January 1974) is an English filmmaker and former actress. She began her career in musical theatre in the United Kingdom before transitioning to screenwriting.

Marcel received her breakthrough with the screenplay for *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013). She went on to write *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), *Venom* (2018), *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), and *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), the last of which marked her directorial debut; she also received story and producer credits on the 2024 film. She created the television series *Terra Nova* (2011) and served as showrunner and writer on *The Changeling* (2023).

She is a co-artistic director of the Bad Dog Theater Company, founded in 2010 with actor Tom Hardy.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

### Directed (1)

- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Fi1m 48, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)

### Wrote (6) — the average rests on these

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Fi1m 66, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), Fi1m 56, Story, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *Venom* (2018), Fi1m 51, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/venom.md)
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), Fi1m 49, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)
- *The Changeling* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), Producer, Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Venom* (2018), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/venom.md)
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)
- *Terra Nova* (2011), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Creator
- *Strong Language* (2000), as Phillipa
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Rachel Hughes
- *Dangerfield* (1995), series, as Elaine Foster
- *Wild Justice* (1994), as Melissa Stride
- *A Dark Adapted Eye* (1994), series, as Vera (jeune)
- *Mainline Run* (1994), as Sarah
- *Love Hurts* (1992), series, as Louise
- *Turbulence* (1991), as Ruth
- *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), as Teenage Girl #2
- *Woof!* (1988), series, as Miranda
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Vicky Morris — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Bridget Dawson
- *Prey* (1977), as Enfant (uncredited)
- *Blood Mother*, Writer, Producer
- *Untitled Venom Animated Film*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Kelly Marcel](https://film.one/media/person/10678/gallery-54037c28e2df.jpg) Kelly Marcel — Image via TMDB
- ![Kelly Marcel](https://film.one/media/person/10678/gallery-d625d3b1ece7.jpg) Kelly Marcel — Image via TMDB

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