Shelley Gillen is a

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producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

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and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

Biography

Shelley Gillen studied music at Interlochen Arts Academy, journalism at

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public university, public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Garden District, although i ...

and drama at

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. From 1994 to 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 Movie Central (occasionally abbreviated as "MC", mostly in program guides) was a Canadian English language Category A premium cable and satellite television channel that was owned by Corus Entertainment. Movie Central was designated to operate ...

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, she commissioned the network's first original drama series, serving as executive-in-charge-of production on ground-breakers such as ''

ReGenesis ''ReGenesis'' is a Canadian science-fiction television series produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons from 2004 to 2008, revolves around the scientists of No ...

'' (2004), '' Terminal City'' (2005), '' Durham County'' (2007) and ''

Slings & Arrows ''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared ...

'' (2003). She played an integral role in the development and financing of more than a hundred feature films, including two Oscar nominees,

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...

's ''

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'' (2005) and Sarah Polley's ''

Away from Her ''Away from Her'' is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, and Kristen Thomson are featured in sup ...

'' (2006), and was credited as an executive producer on Andrew Currie's '' Fido'' (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.

Filmography

Producer

Television

* 2010 : ''Paper Promises'' by Shane Harvey. * 2009 : ''

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'' by Cal Coons,

Maureen Jennings Maureen Jennings (born 1939) is a British Canadian writer, most well known for the ''Detective Murdoch Series'', the basis for the television series ''Murdoch Mysteries''. She is credited as a Creative Consultant and occasionally writer for the ...

and Alexandra Zarowny. * 2009 : '' The Listener'' by Michael Amo and Sam Egan. * 2009 : '' How to Boil a Frog'' by

Jon Cooksey Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".Fido'' by Andrew Currie. * 1991 : ''

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'' by Ryszard Bugajski.

Screenwriter

* 2018 : '' A Father's Nightmare'' by Vic Sarin. * 2014 : '' A Daughter's Nightmare'' by Vic Sarin. * 2013 : ''

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'' by Vic Sarin. * 2012 : '' A Mother's Nightmare'' by Vic Sarin. * 1997 : ''

Kleo the Misfit Unicorn ''Kleo the Misfit Unicorn'' is Canadian children's animated series. A television pilot episode for the series aired in 1997, and ''Kleo the Misfit Unicorn'' became a regular series in 1998. Plot The series takes place in the fictional world of ...

'' by Gordon Stanfield.

Songwriter

* 2014 : ''No Regrets'' (music by Shane Harvey), performed by Emily Osment in the movie ''A Daughter's Nightmare''. * 2012 : ''Love Me Til You Die'' (music by Alexandra Mihill), performed by

Jessica Lowndes Jessica Lowndes (; born November 8, 1988) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Adrianna Tate-Duncan on The CW teen drama series '' 90210,'' appearing in several Hallmark Channel movies, and the 2020 Lifetime Chan ...

in the movies ''A Mother's Nightmare'' and ''A Father's Nightmare''. * 2010 : ''She Was My Momma'' and ''Till I'm Dead And Gone'' (music by Shane Harvey), performed by

Larry Harvey Larry Harvey (January 11, 1948 – April 28, 2018) was an American artist, philanthropist and activist. He was the main co-founder of the Burning Man event, along with his friend Jerry James. Early life Born in San Francisco, Harvey grew up in ...

in the documentary ''Paper Promises''. * 1988 : ''Listen To The People'' (music by Shane Harvey), performed by Shane Harvey. * 1987 : ''Ricky'' (music by Shane Harvey), performed by Shane Harvey.

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