My name is Garrett Gilchrist. I have a B.A. in Cinema-Television Production from USC ('04).

I am an independent filmmaker and writer/director/editor of eight features and over thirty shorts. I have 15 years of experience making films and television.

I have edited well over eight feature films and thirty short films and created dozens of DVDs. I am well known as a film preservationist and restoration editor, particularly for my restoration of the lost animated film The Thief and the Cobbler, and my documentary Deleted Magic.

As an actor I cowrote and starred in such low budget features as Jay Bauman's Indulgence and Mike Stoklasa's Gorilla Interrupted. I have been a radio and television host, and have performed standup at the Comedy Store, the Pasadena Ice House, the Laugh Factory, The Laguna Beach Brewing Company and USC's Groundzero.

It all started with "Dr. Fred's Amazing Exploding Cow Show." Which wasn't actually a show. It was a cheesy sketch comedy movie I made with my friends in my Connecticut basement from fall 1996 to spring 1998. I can still remember how insanely excited I was when I found out I'd run overlong on it, that it was feature-length. I hopped up and down screaming that I was a movie director now. Pity there was nobody in the house to care. Eventually, the 1 hour, 25 minute first Fred shocked and amazed almost a dozen people in Monroe, CT by taking sketch comedy to new levels of creativity and cheapness. It took twelve dollars to make. The sequel, "Dr. Fred Strikes Back," cost even more. Then we started trying to make movies which actually had a plot.

That was ten years ago.

I don't make movies for profit. I wish I had more money so I could sink it into making a great movie and never making back the costs. I make movies for the sheer joy of it, because it's something I love dearly. I hope that joy translates to the screen for the viewers. I want to be making movies for the rest of my life, and I will be, even if I have no money whatsoever to my name.



Garrett Gilchrist's Filmmaking Resume

Garrett Gilchrist's Animation Resume

Garrett Gilchrist's Acting Resume

Garrett Gilchrist's Editing Resume

Garrett Gilchrist's Graphic Design Resume

Garrett Gilchrist's Voice Acting Demo Reel (MP3)

Garrett Gilchrist's Comedic Acting Reel (Quicktime MP4)