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WHO WE ARE
Girl Crush Films was founded when five industry changemakers got together on a Tequila Tuesday…or Wednesday…or Friday…and recognized their collective artistic experiences were plagued by a similar moral issue: gender parity. So they decided to do something about it. Combining their 30+ years onstage and on set as producers, directors, administrators, and actors in the TV/Film, Broadway, and Commercial industries, GCF has a penchant for stories that push buttons and boundaries, developed in an environment where women are sitting at the heads of the table and where greater equity and inclusion will be the most impactful.
The GCF Mission
Girl Crush Films was formed with a deep respect not only for the art itself, but for the environment in which art gets made, where all genders and backgrounds are seen, heard, and valued. Every GCF project has at least 50% women in our creative and crew (this includes trans, nonbinary, women of color, women with disabilities and all other marginalized genders), with a portion of the proceeds going to organizations committed to eliminating the gender gap entirely.
We’ve all got crushes on each other.
The GCF alchemy is real. Each teammate brings a unique skill set and powerful POV to the party-that’s what makes Girl Crush Films so awesome.
JENNIFER
Jennifer is a Los Angeles based director: Upcoming: the Los Angeles premiere of POTUS: Or Behind Every Dumbass Are the Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger at The Geffen Playhouse. She developed and directed the world premiere of The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter at Echo Theatre Company with subsequent productions at Geffen Playhouse and Barrington Stage Company, The Enigmatist by David Kwong(Geffen Playhouse and The Kennedy Center) If I Forget by Steven Levinson (Barrington Stage Company), A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle (IAMA) The Feast by Deborah Stein(Cal Arts), Sheila Callaghan’s Bed (Echo), Jessica Goldberg’s Better (Echo), the world premiere of Stephen Belber’s The Muscles in Our Toes (El Portal), The Pain and The Itch by Bruce Norris (Zephyr), Playdates by Sam Wolfson (Theatre Asylum, Elephant Theatre), and the world premiere of Complete by Andrea Kuchlewska. She has worked with acclaimed playwrights Paula Vogel and Bess Wohl and has directed workshops and readings for South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, The Geffen, Center Theatre Group and The McCarter Theater, as well as the short film, See You Soon by Meredith Bishop http://www.jennifergchambers.com/
AMANDA
An avid reader, Amanda’s passion for stories led her to study the greatest storytelling in the world as a Religion scholar at Princeton University. She then earned an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater. After working many years as an actress, director, and teacher, with a focus on collaborating with other artists in the early stages of development, Amanda was awarded a Master of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine School of Law. She serves as the Business & Finance Manager for Phillips ADR, the preeminent boutique mediation practice in the country. Amanda turned to producing as a way to combine her love of storytelling, her business experience, and her dispute resolution background. She recently returned to acting opposite Aaron Eckhart in the film, Rumble Through the Dark. More on her IMDB
MEREDITH
An LA native, Meredith Bishop’s 30+ years acting career has garnered her a Drama Critics’ Circle Best Actress Award and two Ovation nominations for theater, a series regular on an iconic 90’s Nickelodeon series, and numerous other television and commercial appearances. Throughout the years she has also exec-produced and starred in multiple award-winning projects, notably purchased and distributed by Magnolia Pictures as well as recommended by The New York Times. Meredith is currently working towards a degree in Clinical Psychology. She looks forward to bringing a deeper psychological perspective to the stories and characters she helps bring to life.
TARA
As an actress, Tara Karsian has guest starred and/or recurred on over fifty television shows you have definitely heard of (including a Screen Actors Guild Awards Nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for The Morning Show). As a producer, she’s won awards for The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter and Bed by Sheila Callaghan at the Echo Theater Company where she was the Co-Associate Artistic Director (alongside Jennifer, above). As a combination of all these, she co-wrote/produced and starred (with Andrea, below) in the award-winning independent feature film, BFFs, currently * on Amazon and various other platforms. More on her Wiki Page.
ANDREA
Andrea Grano graduated from Boston College with a double major in English/Pre-Law and Sociology. She started her acting career in NYC, working in theater and on independent features (including Homecoming which she also produced). She has since executive produced the features Wilde Salome (directed by Al Pacino) and The Winning Season (as CFO of Sneaky Pete Productions). She co-produced/wrote the award-winning feature BFFs (with Tara, above). As an actress, Andrea has appeared in numerous independent feature films as well as guest starred/recurred on various television shows. After editing the book Hyena (Simon and Schuster), she was brought on as a consultant for the pilot, optioned by HBO. Andrea has a passion for discovering new voices in fiction as well as rediscovering forgotten gems by established writers. She is also fighting her lifelong addiction to horror films. More on her IMDB