We had a great conversation with Actress Gillie Jones on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, producing, acting, sacrifices, she told some really great stories especially how they used their wedding money to fund their current project to a whole lot more!
Not content to remain idle, Gillie has a slate of upcoming projects on the way including the horror comedy short “Pandemic Princess,” which she wrote, produced, and starred in. Filmed in March 2020 and a product of the COVID pandemic, “Pandemic Princess” follows what happens when a lone wander stumbles upon the first person he has seen in eight months. Currently in post-production is “Curiosity,” the sketch skit series that Gillie co-wrote, produced and starred in, alongside Hamid Reza, Benjamin Thompson and Alexey Del Castillo. Based on three humans who have been abducted by aliens in order to study how best to take over the human race, each sketch episode of “Curiosity” explores a different question the aliens have such as “What Is A Period?”
Gillie will soon announce her next major role in a SciFi thriller that begins filming in December. Additional credits include a role in Fox’s “Welcome to Flatch,” and producing the short film “Thursday.” “Thursday” follows the story of a mother and daughter forced to face the emotional breaches of their relationship and an unknowing need to rebuild it. The film was made by a collaboration between Atlanta based organizations Film It 4 Fun and Nova House, with the goal of bringing together filmmakers in the city to demonstrate that Hollywood quality films, which are 100% written, produced, and edited in Atlanta, are in fact possible. Directed by Erica Arvold, “Thursday” premiered at the Columbia Film Festival in 2020.
MORE ABOUT GILLIE
Gillie became captivated with storytelling after watching a production of “Les Misérables” as a child. She began dancing and singing lessons to foster her creative side before she went on to perform in productions of “Wizard of Oz” and “Annie” as part of a professional theater company. Jones later attended the University of Delaware where she majored in Communication and fell in love with the producing aspects of the industry. After an internship in London and Los Angeles, Gillie landed her first industry job with Wayne Brady. While acting as his assistant, Gillie received a piece of life changing advice and set out to pursue her true passion: acting. Following Brady’s advice to hone her natural talent and get any experience she could in front of live audiences, Jones began working for the second largest theater company in the United States, American Immersion Theater, where she was quickly promoted to the National Regional Manager and a top actress for the company. For more than five years, Gillie played a large variety of characters as well as performed improv in front of thousands of audience members.
Jones currently splits her time between Atlanta and Los Angeles, where she enjoys incorporating both creativity and business into her life and career. She is co-owner of the feature film production company Renegade Creative and was co-founder of Nova House, which helped solve the large problem of financial inequality in the entertainment industry by offering a membership-based taping service and communal home for actors in Atlanta. Alongside her husband and sister, Gillie is hoping to relaunch Nova House as a 501c3 nationwide in the near future, focusing on this issue.
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