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Bonnie Gillespie

Hollywood, CA

currently: Here to network

Bonnie has 9 recommendations and 95 contacts.

Work history

Cricket Feet July 2002 to the present
Owner

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How would you describe your time at Cricket Feet?

Independent feature film casting director. Founder of the Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase. Co-founder and host of Hollywood Happy Hour networking and entertainment news event. Entertainment industry consultant and marketing strategist. Co-founder of the Flickering Image ShortsFest. Author of Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews (adopted as a business of acting textbook at major universities), editor of Acting Out: Your Personal Coach to a Money-Making Career in Television Commercials, and author of top-seller Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business (two editions). Co-author of Acting Qs: Conversations with Working Actors. Public speaker, panel moderator, and career consultant throughout the United States.... read more
Showfax.com April 2002 to the present
Freelance Columnist

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How would you describe your time at Showfax.com?

Weekly casting columnist for The Actors Voice, The Actors Voice: Your Turn, and The Actors Voice: POV; including co-hosting web-based video series for actors, actor Q&A, panel discussions, guest-lecturing, and career consultation services. (Note: I actually started in April 2004, but the only way to get this job to show up AFTER Cricket Feet, Inc., which is my primary job, was to change the start date to BEFORE Cricket Feet, Inc. Sorry for any confusion.)... read more
Sundance Institute April 2001 to April 2002
Archivist

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How would you describe your time at Sundance Institute?

Responsible for filmmaker contact to facilitate the preservation of Sundance films. Creator of in-house archive library. Box office manager for the Egyptian Theatre, screening locale of Institute films, at the Sundance Film Festival, 2002.
Back Stage West September 1999 to April 2003
Freelance Columnist

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How would you describe your time at Back Stage West?

Interviewer, researcher, and writer for online and print versions of national entertainment trade weekly. Weekly column, Casting Qs. In-office support for casting database including formatting, editing, and style-guide creation for print and online casting notices. Panel moderator and promotional representative for publication at local and national events. Contributor to The Actor's Handbook and Judy Kerr's Acting Is Everything.... read more
Left Bank Management September 1993 to September 1994
Assistant to the President

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How would you describe your time at Left Bank Management?

Assistant to the president of an entertainment management firm representing artists such as Meat Loaf, Tony Toni Tone, Luther Vandross, Bee Gees, Duran Duran, Stephanie Mills, Richard Marx, Joey Lawrence, and John Mellencamp.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles September 1999 to September 2001
Writers Program

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Journalism

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How would you describe your time at University of Georgia , Gra...?

My Master's Thesis, "Studio Whiz-Kids: Broadcasting in the Classroom," was an ethnographic study of in-school TV studios in which elementary school students produced their own daily newscasts (with a secondary focus on teacher technophobia levels).
Radio-TV-Film

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North Springs High School August 1983 to June 1988

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Recommendations

Carole Parker
Business Affairs Coordinator at Jaffe/Braunstein Films

Hey -- What a nice surprise to find you on here. Thanks again for casting A NEW TOMORROW. Hope all is well with you. Luv, Carole

Annie Wood
Living it at Life

Bonnie's endless amount of energy and guidance is impressive and truly exceptional. She cares about what she does and the people who she works with. She is a great source of information and I highly recommend as a casting director and producer. She knows her stuff.

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