Kim Gelvin/Gish Guardian
About Me
I was born Texan but have been a dual citizen to Australia since 2003. I have years of work as a Director, Ghostwriter, Actress, Drama Teaching Artist, and Wardrobe Designer and standby. I have worked in both theatre and film for most of my life. I possess a passion for all things Historical which is my most favorite genre to work in but I have been praised for my work in the surreal genre as well. I have multiple award winning films I cast. And acclaimed theatre pieces. Assistant Director for Remember Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickens, Casting Assistant and Musicians casting for feature film, Born On the Fourth of July in 1988 for Oliver Stone. Script Judge and Director for the Short and Sweet Theatre Festival and Fringe Festivals. I enjoyed volunteering as an event coordinator for the ADG and WIFT of Victoria back in 2007-2012. My Melbourne highlights include being a judge for the AFI in the Best New Young Talent Category, 2006, and my very first Melbourne production, Miss Julia, by August Strindberg, at Mietta's on Collins Street in 1994.
Height: 5"5
Eye Color: Blue/Green
Hair Color: Currently brunette with slight gray
Location: Melbourne, Australia
2010 - present
2010 - present
Film
Production Company | Project Name | 2023
Lead Actor
Production Company | Project Name | 2023
Lead Actor
K.G. Shine Productions | Waif | 1993-present
Film Credits
Majestic Movies: The Paper Wall a loose adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's the Yellow Wallpaper 2013- 2018
Writer/Director/Producer/DOP for Animation/ Set Design/Costume Coordinator/Animation of three lead roles and Voice of Jenny
K.G. Shine Productions: Through the Mist (short film)
Director/ Creative Producer/DOP
Grace 101: Grace
Navarantha Productions: An Art Form is Born
Concept writer and Lead Boy and three Females
Television
Blonde -Marilyn Monroe Mini Series- Featured role Paula Strasberg/ Wardrobe Standby Artist and Stylist
The Really Desperate Housewives of Beaver Ridge, lead role Beulah Follsum Sweeney Breckenridge (an animated improvisational version of the famous television show for virtual television)
Guardian 11:11-Pilot-Host-Writer
Stage
KG Shine Productions -Animated-Wizard of the North-|
Narrator-Mrs. Chaney- Fox Sister-Elizabeth McNeil etc.
KG Shine Productions| Autumn Moon |Writer
Countess/Princess Grace
Beacon Theater New York | Fahrenheit 451 |
Millie Montag
Writer
Feature films:The Paper Wall, Black Ribbons and Blue Stockings, D.D. Home and several historical biopics in development, Road to the Sun. Waif, Civil State, and My Life with Ghosts
Theater playwright: Autumn Moon, To Be or Not to Be, Fantastic Mr. Fox adaptation for theatre in the round by Roald Dahl, and Wizard of the North Part I and Part II for virtual theatre
Television Pilots: Guardian 11:11, 2 Be Witched, Foreign Exchange, Unconditional Love, A Story about Christmas the Cat
Theatre Ghost Assistant Writer: Seneca by Enzo Condelllo, an adaptation for a musical version of Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, and Remember Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickens
Producer
Head of Theatre and Film Companies
Majestic Machinima| Animation Film Company | 2013-Present
KG Shine Productions | Theatre Company | 2000-2012
All Seasons Productions | Theatre Company | 1993-1997
KGM Casting and Acting Studio | Drama School and Freelance Casting | 1993-1999
Training & Workshops
Jane Campion Master Class in Writing and Directing AFTRS, Sydney March 2010
Introduction to Financing Your Feature Film, AFTRS (The Australian Film, Television, and Radio School), May 2006
SBSi with Carole Sklan, Commissioning Editor discusses what SBSi is looking for in writing, March 2006
Fireside chat with Geoffrey Wright, AFTRS, Melbourne, 2006
Contracts for Actors, SPAA (Screen Producers Association of Australia), Federation Square, Melbourne, 2006
Perfecting the Pitch
AFTRS (The Australian Film, Television, and Radio School) Melbourne, 2004
Tax Laws for Feature Films, Short Films, and Television, SPAA, Melbourne 2004
Directors Night with 2002 AFI Winning Film Directors discussing
Their relationships with their Director of Photography including Phillip Noyce
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, 2003
Film Forum with International film Maker Roberto Guerra, Robyn Healy, James Hewison,
Karen Webster and Susie Stenmark. “Has film influenced fashion or fashion influenced film?”
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Film Festival, Como Cinema, 2003
Producing, Directing, Script Writing, and Cinematography
VCA (Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television), Melbourne, 2002
New York Theatre Critic discussing the industry
Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 2002
Industry Screenings and Question and Answer Sessions with
Famous directors plus many others including Baz Lehman, The Curry Brothers, SBS, BMW
And their Promotional short films
Popcorn Taxi, Treasury Theatre, Melbourne, 2002
Scene Study with David Myles
The Acting Shop, Prahran, July 2001
Directing with Richard Murphet (Head of Theatre Making)
Victorian College of the Arts School of Drama, Melbourne, 2000
Monologues with Kim Durban (Head of Company)
The National School of Drama, St. Kilda, 2000
Scene work with Pat Benevittacola from The Actors Workshop, School of Drama in New York
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1999
Writing The Low Budget Feature, Weekend Workshop with Michael Brindley and Elisa Argenzio
The Australian Film, Television, and Radio School (AFTRS), South Melbourne, 1995
Television Acting with Richard Sarrell (Prominent Television Director)
South Melbourne, 1994
On Camera Personality Workshop, Cold Reading Workshop, Industrial Film Workshop,
Film Acting Seminar and Commercial Acting Course (Various Professionals)
Margo Manning Casting and Acting Studio, Las Colinas, Texas, 1988
Diploma’s of Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts (emphasis in directing and acting) Stephens College
Honours: Dean's List, President of Fine Arts House, Award for Recognizing Talent in Others
Columbia, Missouri, 1984 to 1987
Oxford Overseas Study Program, Oxford University
Dramatic Literature (Shakespeare and Poetical Playwrights from Restoration to present)
Italian Renaissance Art (private tutoring and group lectures)
Oxford, England, 1987
High School Diploma Highland Park High School
Achievement Award in Advertising (state competition) from Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
Treasurer, Member – Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
Dallas, Texas, 1984
Mission Statement
My mission is to make honest drama about real people, telling fascinating, truthful stories about historical events while acknowledging the adversities and flaws that we still face today by addressing social and humanitarian issues.
I wish to share with charities aimed at helping those without a voice both human and animal. And to make environmentally friendly films using sustainable energy, and pre-loved goods and costumes to protect our beautiful planet from over production.
As Lillian Gish once said, I want to make an outstanding “contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life.”
Kimberly Gelvin