Speaker Profile

Anne Marie Gillen

Founder Gillen Group LLC. Fried Green Tomatoes, Under Suspicion, The Man in the White Van

Latest film The Man in the White Van starring Sean Aston and Ali Larter will be theatrically released December 2024 by Relativity; just locked picture on Unholy Communion starring Adam Bartley and Vincent Kartheiser; currently in production on the feature documentary The Eagle Obsession with Zero Point Zero (Anthony Bourdain, I’ll Have What Phil Is Having); currently packaging The 7th a coming-of-age, sci-fi, action-adventure that addresses the climate crisis (The 7th was an Official Selection at The Redford Center/NBCUniversal Hollywood Climate Summit Pitchfest 2024); and the sci-fi action adventure Persephone starring Ming-Na Wen, Esai Morales and Brianna Hildebrand with partners Highland Film Group.

Past Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Freeman’s company, Revelations Entertainment. She led the company in the strategic financing and distribution of Revelations’ projects. During her tenure, Revelations Entertainment produced Along Came a Spider for Paramount; developed and produced Port Chicago Mutiny for NBC Network; and developed, independently financed and Ms. Gillen produced Under Suspicion starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman for Sony/Lions Gate.

Other notable projects include: produced and won an Emmy for the documentary Charlie’s Place; produced Parallel Man animated sci-fi (starring John Cho, Ming-Na Wen and Lance Reddick) and 12 episode limited TV series modern opera Vireo with the Kronos Quartet which was nominated for 2 Emmys.

Past CEO of Electric Shadow Productions, and financed and was the Executive Producer of its first feature, Fried Green Tomatoes released by Universal starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. Nominated for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes.