{"id":16248,"date":"2015-10-23T12:07:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/?page_id=16248"},"modified":"2015-11-03T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:19:11","slug":"vern-gillum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/highlights\/vern-gillum\/","title":{"rendered":"Vern Gillum"},"content":{"rendered":"

BSR Guest Director – Vern Gillum\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

MOTION PICTURE AND NETWORK FILM DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Mann discovered my work in the commercial world after I shot additional footage for him on \u201cRed Dragon.\u201d Michael selected me as the first commercial director to direct MIAMI VICE for Universal Studios. Universal executives booked me for a second show after seeing my first day \u2018s dailies. I\u2019ve worked with Universal and Dick Wolf ever since.<\/p>\n

Most of my credits appear on IMDb. Here\u2019s a sample of the 100 plus network shows I\u2019ve directed and or produced.<\/p>\n

ER \u2013 MIAMI VICE \u2013 BAYWATCH \u2013 LAW & ORDER – MANCUSO FBI \u2013 NASTY BOYS H.E.L.P \u2013 UNDERCOVER \u2013 GABRIELS\u2019 FIRE \u2013 PROS & CONS \u2013HUMAN FACTOR \u2013 RAVEN \u2013 MANN & MACHINE \u2013 HAT SQUAT \u2013 COMMISH \u2013 UNTOUCHABLES \u2013 WALKER TEXAS RANGER \u2013 UNDER SUSPICION \u2013 SLIDERS \u2013 ANGEL \u2013 LIVE SHOT \u2013 DARK ANGEL \u2013 THE WATCHER \u2013 MONROES \u2013 PRISON BREAK \u2013 THE MARSHALL \u2013 THE CLIENT \u2013 NASH BRIDGES \u2013 THE BIG EASY \u2013 THE PRETENDER \u2013 THE PROFILER \u2013 7 DAYS \u2013BRIMSTONE \u2013STRANGE WORLD \u2013 BULL \u2013 WITCHBLADE \u2013 TWILIGHT ZONE and FIREFLY<\/p>\n

MAJOR TALENT filmed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mel Torme, B B King, Cheap Trick, Bobby Troop, Ray Brown, Chicago\/Bobby Lamb, Issac Hayes, Hoyt Axton, Shelly Mann, Shelley Duvall, Julie Harris, Carl Malden, , Burt Lancaster, Vincent Price, James Brolin, Edgar Bergen\/Charlie McCarthy, Senor Wences, Rich Little, Broderick Crawford, Arte Johnson, James Earl Jones, Orsen Wells, Randy Quaid, William Devane, Don Johnson, Ving Rhames, Bum Phillips, Terry Bradshaw, Kenny Stablier, Bruce Jenner, Mary Lou Retton, Richard Crenna, Richard Chamberlain, John Cleese, Ryan O\u2019Neal, Debbie Reynolds, Brian Kieth, Billy Curtis, Slim Pickens, David Carradine, David Hasselhoff , Ronald Regan, Lee Majors, Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, The Burger King, Mayor McCheese, and Ronald McDonald.<\/p>\n

AWARDS <\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Directors Gold Medal Film Awards in each of the following cities, New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas. Additionally I\u2019ve won the US Film Festival, Lulu, International Film Festival Award, Telly Media Award, Clio nominations (10) Clios (2) Emmy nominations(3)<\/p>\n

ACCOMPLISHMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Made Nixon\u2019s List with my commercials against the war in Viet Nam.<\/p>\n

Designed and wrote a Film School Program for Gov Richardson that transformed a working television production company into a student Mentor program.<\/p>\n

Given my experience on MIAMI VICE, LAW AND ORDER, and THE UNTOUCHABLES I was successful in convincing Gov. Richardson and the legislators that rebates on Television Series would be more lucrative for the state than Feature Film Production. We went on to rewrite the rebate program to include television production.<\/p>\n

PROJECTS PENDING<\/strong><\/p>\n

APACHE – Supernatural thriller about a pair of Santa Fe detectives, one Mexican the other Apache, who have a stunning arrest record. But their methods are clouded in mystery because the Apache cop is a shape-shifter.<\/p>\n

OLD COOTS IN COWBOY BOOTS \u2013 Aged cowboy actors in Santa Fe who attempt to stay relevant in a film world that worships youth. Seth MacFarlane has asked to work with me on this project.<\/p>\n

WILDE WEST \u2013 Feature film about Oscar Wilde\u2019s lecture tour through the west where he crosses paths with Doc Holiday and a serial killer.<\/p>\n

BLOSSOM DARLING \u2013 The story of the New York waterfront riots when Pres. Ronald Reagan broke America\u2019s first and oldest Union, Local #333 Long Shoremen\u2019s Union. New York harbor became a war zone for years and changed blue water shipping the world over.<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gillum\u00a0received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Advertising from the Art Center College of Design,\u00a0served as a faculty member at UCLA and the Art Center and lectured at LBJ Middle School.<\/p>\n

WORK IN ADVERTISING<\/strong><\/p>\n

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (while in college) \u2013 Wakeford Orloff Prods – Cascade Films, Los Angeles. The term\u2019 Technical Director\u2019 was created so as not to conflict with any guild or union on the set. I was hired to create a \u2018look\u2019 or shots for a show that would ultimately be filmed by union cinematographers .<\/p>\n

McCANN ERICKSON INC, Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Creative Director – Senior Art Director – Director of West Coast Production \u2013<\/p>\n

McCANN ERICKSON – PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lexington Ave, New York, NY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Special Projects Art Director – Asst. to Marion Harper. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Four to eight top creative team members were selected from McCann Erickson offices across the US were assembled to service troubled accounts, worldwide.<\/p>\n

CARSON\/ROBERTS INC. \/ OGILVY & MATHER \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Creative Director- Producer\/ Director<\/p>\n

VERN GILLUM & FRIENDS INC. \u2013 Commercial Production Company ,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood CA \u2013 3rd<\/sup> Street, New York, NY.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Produced over 1000 commercials and short subjects.<\/p>\n

Clients include Shell, ESSO, American Express, Procter & Gamble, Hunt Wesson, Coke, Pepsi, General Mills , General Foods, McDonalds, Jack-in-the-Box, Burger King, Whataburger, Domino Pizza, KFC, Delta Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, Heilman Beer, Coors, Valvoline, Clorox Corp, Purex Corp, Manville, Montgomery Ward, Broadway Stores, Wilson Foods, Hormel Foods, Underwood Foods, Kraft Foods, La Choy, Hamburger Helper, Golden Grahams, Crispy Wheats \u2018N Raisins, Nature Valley Granola, Wheaties, Raisin Bran, Parkay, Land O Lakes Butter, Chicago Tribune, Houston Post, Texas Instruments, Hot Wheels, Barbie, Ideal Toys, Parker Brothers, Hershey Foods, Keebler, La-Z-Boy, Salem Cigarettes, Milk Advisory Board, Grape Board, ABC, Better Homes, Knotts Berry Farm, 6 Flages, Opryland, SeaWorld, Marineland, Texise Corp, John Hughes, 2nd unit \u201cShe\u2019s Having a Baby, Michael Mann\/\u201dRed Dragon\u201d<\/p>\n

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