Richard T. Kelly is an English novelist, broadcaster, and author of several biographical studies of filmmakers, including the authorised Sean Penn: His Life and Times. He has recently edited Ten Bad Dates With De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists, in which writers and filmmakers (including the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Mike Figgis and Kevin Macdonald) present offbeat 'top tens' that celebrate their abiding movie-going passions.