| Bonnie
Gillespie is living her dreams by helping
others figure out how to live theirs. She sometimes
casts SAG indie feature films and webseries,
and has been named in the Back Stage "Best of Los Angeles"
Issue multiple times for her casting and writing.
Founder and producer of Get A-Listed, Somebody's Basement,
and Hollywood
Happy Hour, Bonnie's weekly column, "The
Actors Voice," is available at Actors Access
and her podcast, "The Work," is available on iTunes.
Her books include Casting
Qs:
A Collection of Casting Director Interviews,
Acting Qs:
Conversations with Working Actors, and Self-Management for
Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business,
which was recently named one of The Top Ten Best Books
on Acting Ever Written. Bonnie regularly facilitates seminars based on this top-selling book and has traveled internationally -- to demystify the casting process and the business side of pursuing an artistic career -- as a guest instructor at colleges, universities, and private acting studios. Bonnie has been interviewed on Good Morning America, BBC Breakfast, UTV-Ireland, CBC Radio One, E! Online, and in The LA Times. For a ridiculously more detailed bio, visit CricketFeet.com and please visit BonnieGillespie.com to get on Bonnie's mailing list. |
| Bonnie's super support team at Cricket Feet includes Keith Johnson and Ryan Basham, who will facilitate some portions of the seminar topics, along with our host and multiple award-winning filmmaker Kathi Carey. |
| Keith Johnson is a true jack-of-all-trades. Getting his start in the entertainment industry a little late in life, he spent his formative years in the US Marines where he traveled the world in the infantry, followed by a stint at the University of Wisconsin where he studied astronautical engineering and Japanese. Keith worked as a lifeguard and security guard, a truck driver and a truck assembly-line worker. He also got a degree in criminal justice and then became a computer network infrastructure architect. He's been in Los Angeles since 2001, moving to the city in yet another incarnation of his ever-expanding life. Keith has been pursuing a career in Hollywood as a true hyphenate--actor, writer, casting professional, crew--whatever it takes to move the projects he cares about forward. |
| Ryan Basham is a native of the mountain south where he grew up with the families of Dolly Parton and Johnny and June Carter Cash as neighbors (yes, really). His career began early in high school when he began producing record-breaking cultural festivals in the southeast. His producing career includes several independent films such as The Wraith: Eyes of Judgment (an action feature based on the Australian comic book of the same name), an untitled big-budget documentary for one of America's leading pharmaceutical companies, and Getting Away (a short shot in the high desert of southern California; currently in post production). His production company, The Basham Company, currently has several series and features in various stages of production and development. Ryan also has several years of experience in entertainment and strategic public relations, including a year spent working directly under the chief creative officer of one of the world's top ten PR firms. |
| Kathi Carey was a child prodigy in music, performing classical piano throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, winning awards and accolades for her work. As an adult, Kathi realized film and television were her passion and was drawn to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Soon, she became fascinated with the elements that go into the creation of the projects she worked to create as an actor. This led her to learn the crafts of writing, producing, and directing in a unique mentoring program from a successful filmmaker, often on a working set. Both of Kathi's short films--Reflections of a Life and Worth--have screened at many film festivals, received critical praise, and won numerous awards. Kathi is currently developing two feature films and a webseries. |
