Bonnie Gillespie, originally from Atlanta,
Georgia, holds a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia.
Her thesis, "Broadcasting in
the Elementary School," is an ethnographic study of live television
news
broadcasts developed and produced entirely by students. Bonnie has
worked
as Instructional Technology Coordinator for Athens Academy
and developed extensive staff enrichment courses in the integration of
media and technology in education. As graduate advisor to WUOG, 90.5fm,
Bonnie was named College Radio Advisor of the Year, 1997, by the
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Her pursuit of acting brought her to Los Angeles, where Bonnie soon
began working as a freelance writer for several publications. Freelance
clients have included Reel Noir, Back Stage West, the Sundance Institute, Roxbury Publishing
Company, Hey Anita,
and several online publications including The Actor's Bone, Actor Point, WildOgre.com, and EverythingElse.net,
home of her column "It's Like This..." the follow-up to her popular
humor column "Don't Get Me Started."
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Bonnie has retired from acting, preferring instead to
write and teach about the craft of casting and the
business of acting. Her first book Casting Qs:
A Collection of Casting Director Interviews is a top seller in
Los
Angeles and has been selected as a textbook for collegiate acting
programs nationwide. Her second book Self-Management
for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business had outsold Casting
Qs prior to its publication date! Bonnie now works as a personal
consultant to actors and is a frequent guest speaker at several acting
studios and regular free events in Los Angeles. She is co-founder
of both the Flickering
Image Short Film Festival and
Hollywood
Happy Hour; news, schmooze, reviews, and interviews.
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In 2003, Bonnie put her
expertise from interviewing over 200 casting directors to the test,
having cast
the features Perfect, A
Dull
House, and Consider As True as well as having worked as
casting coordinator for the Fox series Mr. Personality,
Paradise
Hotel, and Love
Again. She has provided casting consultant services on several
independent projects and is currently casting several
independent films. Bonnie lives in the Hollywood Hills with her
fiancé and two cats. To bring Bonnie
to your area, click
here.
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