Kelrick is a Ngarluma/Bunuba man from Broome Western Australia (WA). Moving to Sydney in 1998, he presented ABC Radio National's Awaye! and was the inaugural presenter of ABC TV's Message Stick.

In 2002 he completed his Masters in Documentary Writing and Directing at AFTRS, and in 2007 returned to WA to become National Indigenous Television’s (NITV) Commissioning Editor.

He formed Spear Point Productions in 2010 – credits include Prison Songs (Banff Rockie Award 2015) and short drama, Karroyul (AACTA Award nominee 2015).

As ABC’s Head of Indigenous he has been Executive Producer on Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty (Series Mania Short Forms Award 2017) and Total Control (TIFF 2019).