As Head of Creative Affairs for Movie Central, Gillen is responsible for the pay-TV services, development and pre-licensing activities including the evaluation of all submissions, the selection of both film and television projects, and the creative supervision of selected projects through production. Gillen is the Executive in Charge of Production for Movie Central’s Original Canadian programs Terminal City, G-Spot, ReGenesis and Slings & Arrows. In addition to Movie Central’s financial support for projects, Gillen actively helps producers put together funding partners to bring projects to fruition on the screen. Examples of Movie Central projects developed and/or pre-licensed by Gillen recently include: Fido, Water, A Simple Curve, Eve & the Firehorse and These Girls. Others include Flower and Garnet, Emile, The Snow Walker, Bollywood Hollywood, Falling Angels and Mambo Italiano. In 2003, Gillen received a Leo Award for Individual Outstanding Achievement and was awarded the WIFVV Wayne Black Service Award. Gillen began her career as a newspaper reporter for The Toronto Sun, The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. She was Executive Story Editor on the 26-episode Kleo, the Misfit Unicorn, and has written screenplays and acted as an Associate Producer and Story Editor on a number of successful Canadian features.
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