Jeremy Francis Gilley (born 1969) is an English actor, filmmaker and founder of the nonprofit organisation

Peace One Day Peace One Day is a non-profit organisation whose objective is to institutionalise the International Day of Peace. It was founded in 1999 by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley. History In 1999 Jeremy Gilley desired there be ...

Early life

Born in 1969, Gilley spent his early years in

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. Gilley was educated at St Mary's College, Southampton and

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, a boarding

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in the village of

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. He joined the

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at the age of 17.

Filmography

*'' The Storyteller'' (1991) -

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. *''Succubus'' (1987) TV film with Barry Foster,

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, and

Pamela Salem Pamela Fortunee Salem (born 22 January 1944) is a British film and television actress of Anglo-Indian descent. She was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Heidelberg University in Germany and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama i ...

Filmmaking

Peace One Day (2004). Gilley directed and produced his first feature-length documentary, telling the story of his attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace. In 2004, the Peace One Day documentary premiered at the

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, and the

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aired the documentary in September of the same year. In 2005,

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and

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hosted the film's North American premiere to highlight Peace Day. The Day After Peace (2008). Gilley directed and produced his second feature-length documentary, The Day After Peace, in association with the BBC. The film documents polio vaccinations on 21 September 2007 in Afghanistan. Peace One Day Part 3. Gilley's third feature-length documentary continuing the story of Peace Day, making it a day of peace that is self-sustaining around the world. Since 2019, Gilley has directed and produced films for Avon, telling stories of gender-based violence survivors.

Peace One Day

In 1994, following a decade of professional acting, Gilley started a film making company, P.U.R.E. Productions. In 1999, he set out to document his efforts to create an annual Peace Day. To this end he founded the non-profit organisation Peace One Day. In September 2001 as a result of Gilley's efforts, a General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states, establishing 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace – Peace Day. In 2007, Gilley and Peace One Day Ambassador

Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary Césa ...

travelled to Jalalabad and Kabul to meet with representatives from the

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, the Afghan government, and other organisations. They initiated a campaign alongside

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, and the Ministry of Public Health, which resulted in providing 1.4 million children with the monovalent P3

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in southern Afghanistan and selected areas in eastern Afghanistan. In 2008 there was a 70 per cent drop in violent incidents on Peace Day in Afghanistan following pledges by President

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

and UN forces for a day of non-violence, and by 2010 the campaign had resulted in the immunisation against polio of 4.5 million children in areas hitherto unreachable due to conflict. Since then, Gilley has been working to institutionalise Peace Day, 21 September across the world with Peace One Day.

Concerts

As part of their continuing plan to raise awareness of Peace Day, he has directed and produced numerous concerts and events with the support of celebrities and musicians like Dave Stewart,

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, Sir

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, Mudbone Cooper and the late

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. He organised two concerts at

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, London, on 21 September 2002 and 2003. In 2007, Peace One Day organised a third concert at the

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in London, headlining

with

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, James Morrison,

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, and

Marc Almond Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/ new wave duo Soft Cell where he became known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He ...

. The concert also included specially filmed pieces from Jude Law,

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, and Lord David Puttnam. A second concert was held at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008, and it was broadcast in 93 countries. In 2009 the Peace One Day 10th Anniversary Concert was held in Paris at Le Grand Rex, this concert included performances by

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, and Keziah Jones. The 2011 concert at the

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announced a new Peace One Day initiative Global Truce 2012,

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and Eliza Doolittle headlined. On 21 June 2012 a Peace One Day concert at Derry, in the spirit of the

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marked the start of the

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and was also a three-month countdown to Global Truce 2012, some of the musicians that performed were Pixie Lott,

Newton Faulkner Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born 11 January 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey. He is known for his percussive style of guitar playing. In 2007 Faulkner's debut studio album ''Hand Built by Robots'' was ce ...

and Imelda May. The Peace One Day Celebration annual concert on Peace Day 21 September 2012, the day of Global Truce was held at

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in London, with musicians

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, James Morrison and

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, introductions were made by Jude Law,

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and other special guests. The results of the Global Truce 2012 were announced. Peace One Day brought its 2013 celebration to

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to mark the first hundred years of the Peace Palace. This historic concert formed part of the 24-hour Global Broadcast on Peace Day Saturday 21 September 2013. The show contained performances from renowned international artists including Paul van Dyk,

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, Carlinhos Brown, The Feeling,

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and

Jahméne Douglas Jahméne Aaron Douglas (born 1991) is a British soul/gospel singer who records under the mononym Jahméne. He was the runner-up to James Arthur on the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. In December 2012, he signed a record deal with Son ...

. The 24-hour Global Broadcast included a series of interviews with some of the world's leading actors, talking about peace and the theme for Peace Day: "Who will you make peace with?" Each interview included a speech chosen and performed by the actor, relating to peace. Actors who took part included: Dominic Cooper, Eddie Izzard,

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, Gillian Anderson, Gael García Bernal,

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, Michael Caine and Jude Law. In 2014, Peace One Day made history by taking over Goma Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hold a major concert, produced by Jude Law and Gilley, headlined by five-time Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Akon with regional artists Lexxus Legal, Detty Darba and Sango’A, and Congolese traditional drummers and dancers. In an historic first, the airport hosted this major event that united more than 50,000 people, celebrating the hope for peace on Peace Day, 21 September. In 2015, Peace One Day held a celebration in Rwanda on Peace Day 21 September, produced by Jude Law and Gilley. On the day they were joined by the African Children’s Choir, Knowless, Innoss'B, Urban Boys, KREST CREW, Jabba Junior, as well as artists who contributed to One, th
#PeaceDay Anthem by Coke Studio Africa
Zwai Bala,

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, Ice Prince,

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, Wangechi and Dama do Bling. On Peace Day 21 September 2016, Peace One Day hosted 17 live broadcasts on their Facebook page. Produced by Jude Law and Gilley, and hosted by

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, including contributions from Maher Nasser and Melissa Fleming. In 2016 it is estimated that 2.2 billion people were exposed to the Peace Day message, 940 million were fully aware of the day, resulting in around 16 million behaving more peacefully ( McKinsey & Co). In 2018, Peace One Day teamed up with

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and

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, to raise awareness of Peace Day 21 September at the

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, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Performers included

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, 5SOS,

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, as well as Nick Jonas,

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and more, who lent their voices to an original Peace Day piece – written by American singer-songwriter, poet and record producer Mike Posner – urging others to make peace and put their differences aside on Peace Day. In 2019, Gilley and Jude Law produced the Peace One Day 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London. With music from

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, Emeli Sandé,

Jack Savoretti Giovanni Edgar Charles Galletto-Savoretti (born 10 October 1983), known professionally as Jack Savoretti, is an English acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician. He has released seven studio albums to date: ''Between the Minds'' (2007), ''Harde ...

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and Citizens of the World Choir, and dramatic performances from Jude Law, Sir Mark Rylance and

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. A report by Digitalis, Social 360 and Signal-AI measured the following results: Over 2.2 billion people potentially exposed to the Peace Day message in 24 hours. Users from 116 countries visited the Peace One Day website on Peace Day. #PeaceDay circulated by 19 million Twitter users at midday, representing an estimated 13% of entire active Twitter users. At its height #Peaceday was tweeted 20x per minute. On Peace Day 21 September 2020, Gilley and Law produced the Peace One Day Live Global Digital Experience, sponsored by Avon,

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and

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. It was 12 hours of online broadcast, featuring speakers, actors, musicians and live action from around the world. With music from, Yusuf/Cat Stevens,

, Emeli Sandé,

and

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. With readings from Jude Law,

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, Sir Mark Rylance,

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and

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. A report by Digitalis, Social 360 and Signal-AI measured the following results: Media statistics show that Peace One Day received 2.1 times more coverage compared to 2019. Articles mentioning Peace One Day could have been read 9 billion times in total. This is 4.5 times higher than last year's figure. The biggest spike in coverage was during the day of the event, with 2,658 articles published worldwide. The Peace One Day website received 6,751 unique users from 141 Countries this is up from 1,300 unique users from 116 countries across the globe in 2019. Peace One Day founder was mentioned and/or quoted in 287 articles, 17.9 times more than 2019 (16 articles). On 21 March 2021, Peace One Day in association with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights produced the Anti-Racism Live Global Digital Experience on 21 March 2021, on the

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. Produced and Directed by Gilley. The event featured speakers, actors, musicians and live interviews from around the world. With music from,

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, Mica Paris,

, Zwai Bala,

Emmanuel Jal Emmanuel Jal (born Jal Jok 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, ''War Child: A Child Soldier's Story'', was published in 2009. Childhood Jal was born to ...

, Izzy Bizu,

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. With readings from,

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and Nathalie Emmanuel. A report by Digitalis, Social 360 and Signal-AI measured the following results: The Anti-Racism Live Global Digital Experience on Twitter saw fantastic engagement with a total of 310,566 views. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was mentioned in 6,302 articles from 14 to 28 March 2021 - volume of coverage is 10.9 times bigger compared to the coverage received last year during the same time period. On 21 March 2021, there were 2,566 articles mentioning the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - 2,106 of these were neutral and 460 were positive. The hashtag #FightRacismsaw the largest engagement on Twitter, appearing in 65,736 tweets followed by #Standup4humanrights (15,377 tweets) and #GlobalGoals (13,571 tweets) (data for the date range 14–28 March 2021). On 21 June 2021, Peace One Day are producing the Climate Action Live Global Digital Experience. Produced and Directed by Gilley.

Campaigns

Gilley has led the following campaigns for Peace One Day: In 2008, Peace One Day launched the One Day One Goal initiative – aiming to host football matches in all member states of the United Nations on the International Day of Peace. The campaign quickly garnered attention, gaining support from figures such as

, Gary Lineker, and

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. Peace One Day launched a campaign, Try For Peace, that saw thousands of people playing all different forms of rugby in countries across the globe in the spirit of peace and reconciliation on 21 September. Supporters included

Sir Clive Woodward Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lion ...

and

Maggie Alphonsi Margaret Alphonsi (born 20 December 1983) is an English former women's rugby union, rugby union player who played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker for Saracens W.R.F.C. and England women's national rugby union team, England before retiring i ...

. Highlights of the campaign included matches in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. The Set For Peace campaign saw DJs such as Idris Elba, Paul van Dyk,

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, Capital FM's Andi Durrant and thousands of others around the world play sets for peace to bring people together on 21 September. Notable Set for Peace events took place in the DRC, Japan, Spain and The Maldives. One Day One Dance has seen thousands of people all over the world dancing on or around Peace Day, 21 September. From flash mobs in Lithuania and Cayman Islands, to school performances in Russia and Kenya, amateurs and professionals came together to stand for peace, with hundreds of dances taking place every year around world in the name of peace. The campaign encompasses all forms of dance at every level and has seen activation by organisations as diverse as Hong Kong Ballet and Zumba. In 2009,

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for the first time in its history launched a special-edition charity can on behalf of the non-profit organisation, Peace One Day. In 2009, Peace One Day led an initiative that brought together

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and

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for the first time in decades on Peace Day 21 September. The sportswear companies symbolically ended their feud with a handshake and a football match on the day. For Peace Day 2012, Peace One Day coordinated action between

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, Denny's,

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, Giraffas to create a single burger from five brands on Peace Day. The pop-up shop distributed 1,500 Peace Day Burgers to raise money for the Peace One Day. In 2012,

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sponsored Peace One Day’s Global Truce 2012 initiative. In 2013, Peace One Day launched a three-year campaign in African Great Lakes to promote the International Day of Peace, and to manifest community action. The project raised awareness of Peace Day in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2014,

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partnered with Peace One Day to launch the campaign ‘Make Love Not War’ with their new product ‘Axe Peace’. In 2018, Peace One Day teamed up with Alliance for Peacebuilding to establish a network of organisations committed to peace, promoting Goal 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, Peace One Day launched a new campaign focussed on the reduction of cyber violence, seeking to decrease online hate speech, racism, bullying and ridicule on Peace Day 21 September. The campaign utilises the hashtags #CyberNonViolence #OnlineNonViolence #PeaceDay21". In 2020, Peace One Day partnered with

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for the Peace One Day Live Global Digital Experience on Peace Day 21 September. Alongside the broadcast,

and Peace One Day launched a campaign called ‘Make Tea Time Peace Time’. To share the message,

and Peace One Day took over iconic clock towers and landmarks around the world, including Australia, Malaysia, UAE, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil. Radio presenter and host

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, supported the unveiling of the light installation at King’s Cross St Pancras. The call to action ‘Tea Time. Peace Time.’ illuminated buildings and billboards crossing six time zones, in countdown to support Peace One Day reaching a potential audience of more than 4 billion people in just 24 hours. In 2020, Peace One Day collaborated with the

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to launch the Digital Peace Dove, a celebration of #PeaceDay 21 September and United Nations Global

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for Peace and Justice.

Publications

Gilley is the author of a children’s book The Making Of World Peace Day, illustrated by Pulitzer Prize-winner

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, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.

Speeches

In 2011, Gilley presented ‘One Day of Peace’ at TEDGlobal. In 2013, Gilley presented at

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Honours and awards

Gilley was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to global peace. • Africa Peace Award - Africa regional body of the United Religions Initiative (URI) 2015 • Lennon-Ono Grant for Peace in Reyjkavik 2014 • Champion of Peace Award at the Sahara Balkan Peace Festival - 4 October 2013 • IVCA Fellowship - 19 October 2011 • Carnegie-Wateler Peace Prize 2010 in The Hague - 1 December 2010 • Cinema for Peace 2009 – Most Inspirational Movie of the Year (The Day After Peace) • Geneva Cinema Vérité – Cinema Vérité Award (The Day After Peace) • Zimbabwe International Film Festival – Best Documentary Award (The Day After Peace) • Britain’s Best Award 2008 (Campaigner of the Year) • IVCA Clarion Award Winner 2008 – Champion Award • James Hammerstein Award 2006

Olympic Torch Relays

In 2012, Gilley ran in the London 2012 Olympics Torch Relay. In 2014, Gilley ran in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay. In 2020, Gilley was selected to run in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay which will take place in May 2021.

Personal life

Gilley was in a relationship with actress

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with whom he has a daughter, Rose.

References

External links

Peace One Day
official site *
Jeremy Gilley's work
at ''lookthestars.com'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilley, Jeremy 1969 births Living people 20th-century English male actors British anti-war activists English film directors English male stage actors People educated at Millfield Male actors from Southampton Royal Shakespeare Company members Mass media people from Southampton Members of the Order of the British Empire