Shelley Gillen
- Redação
- Produção
- Gerente de produção
Shelley Gillen is a Canadian producer, screenwriter and songwriter.
She studied music at Interlochen Arts Academy, journalism at Ryerson University and drama at University of Toronto. She is represented by The Jennifer Hollyer Agency.
From 1994-2007, she was a senior pay-TV executive and helped other Canadian screenwriters, directors and producers bring their product to the screen. As Head of Creative Affairs for Movie Central, Corus Entertainment, she commissioned the network's first original drama series, serving as executive-in-charge-of production on ground-breakers such as ReGenesis (2004), Terminal City (2005), Durham County (2007) and Slings and Arrows (2003).
She played an integral role in the development and financing of more than a hundred feature films, including two Oscar nominees, Deepa Mehta's Às Margens do Rio Sagrado (2005) and Sarah Polley's Longe Dela (2006), and was credited as an executive producer on Andrew Currie's Fido - O Mascote (2006).
In 2003, she was awarded with a Wayne Black Service Award from Women in Film and Television Vancouver and a Leo Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement.
She studied music at Interlochen Arts Academy, journalism at Ryerson University and drama at University of Toronto. She is represented by The Jennifer Hollyer Agency.
From 1994-2007, she was a senior pay-TV executive and helped other Canadian screenwriters, directors and producers bring their product to the screen. As Head of Creative Affairs for Movie Central, Corus Entertainment, she commissioned the network's first original drama series, serving as executive-in-charge-of production on ground-breakers such as ReGenesis (2004), Terminal City (2005), Durham County (2007) and Slings and Arrows (2003).
She played an integral role in the development and financing of more than a hundred feature films, including two Oscar nominees, Deepa Mehta's Às Margens do Rio Sagrado (2005) and Sarah Polley's Longe Dela (2006), and was credited as an executive producer on Andrew Currie's Fido - O Mascote (2006).
In 2003, she was awarded with a Wayne Black Service Award from Women in Film and Television Vancouver and a Leo Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement.
