J.J. Kelley 4 pictures

Producer, Director, Cinematographer
J.J. Kelley is an Emmy-nominated National Geographic Director and Correspondent focusing on wildlife conservation, exploration, and wildlife crime. He's the 2014 recipient of the Blue Ocean Film Festival's Best Short Film for GYRE, a National Geographic documentary he directed on the mounting tragedy of ocean trash killing wildlife. He's also the ...

Known for: Paddle to Seattle: Journey Through the Inside Passage (2009), Go Ganges! (2012), Gyre: Creating Art from a Plastic Ocean (2013), Explorer: Warlords of Ivory (2015)
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For 45 days and 1,557-miles, J.J. Kelley, Josh Thomas, and cameraman Dave Costello attempt to make it to the Indian Ocean in the adventure documentary,
“We’re floating on a river of poo,” observes filmmaker J.J. Kelley during the making of Go Ganges. With more than 1/3 of India’s population of 1.2 billion people relying on The Ganges for water, it has also become one of the world’s most polluted rivers.
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JJ Kelley and Josh Thomas receive a