Today we’d like to introduce you to Carl Gilliard
Hi Carl, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
Carl Gilliard
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Educator, Entertainment Consultant
Carl Rousseau Gilliard is the President/CEO of the Gilliard Media Group, LLC
(GMG), based in Atlanta, Georgia. GMG provides consulting, casting, media
content creation, publishing, coaching and entertainment production services.
His wife, Latonya Gilliard, serves as Vice President of Operations.
Carl is also the Co-Creator of the Bill Duke Media Foundation’s Youth Media
Camp, a non-profit organization with a distinct emphasis on offering new media
arts and financial literacy to inner-city youth, ages 15 thru 18, in South Los
Angeles, California.
Gilliard is a graduate of Michigan State University, and a native of Detroit,
Michigan, by way of Chicago, Illinois. Moving to California, he dove into acting
and landed many television and film roles, which facilitated his masterful skills
in networking and forming relationships that catapulted him into becoming
extremely well-respected in the industry.
His numerous film credits, include Inception (Warner Bros),
Red Eye (DreamWorks), Coach Carter (Paramount), the upcoming “Naked Gun”
remake, “The Law Of Toughness” (Paramount) the independent drama “Keyz”
and “The Queens Of Christmas” for BET+.
His television credits, include:
“Shameless”
,“Greys Anatomy”, Amazon’s “The Last Tycoon”
, “Bigger” “
FBI: Most
Wanted”
.
Mr Gilliard is presently recurring on the hit action/drama,
The Family Business” now streaming on NETFLIX & BET+.
Carl is the Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and Star of the HIT digital series,
“Two Degrees”, currently known as “Black Famous”
NOW streaming on The BrickTV.
Lastly, Carl is an accomplished NAACP Theater Award nominated Producer
and Director. He produced and directed, “Section 8”
,“Power Couple Struggle”
“Peace Be Still” & Ain’t No Family Like The One I Got” in Los Angeles. Carl co-
produced and developed the highly successful, Things That Make Men Cry and
“STEEL MAGNOLIAS; the latter with the FCBC Repertory Company, the drama &
media ministry he founded (2006) and led at Faithful Central Bible Church for 10
years.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The Road of the artist is one ‘less travelled’ because of it’s work instability/unpredictability & unreliability It’s imperative that artists have unwavering confidence and patience…..but also build a supportive professional and personal network of likeminded souls.
The road hasn’t been always smooth, but my confidence is undeterred. I’ve learned to maintain an even keel. No super highs or lows.
The toughest struggle has been financial consistency.
I am a ‘man of faith’ and as such, have total faith in God’s provision, which in spite of the challenges, has never failed.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I am a professional actor. I see myself as a Producer who also acts. My specialty is that of a connector. My superpower is that I connect people. My network is diverse and large and I empathically discern who would likely work well together in an artistic or business environment.
I am proud of a couple things.
1.). My 12 episode independently Produced TV Series now called “Black Famous” (formerly titled “Two Degrees”). I shot this series with several of my ‘tribe’. It’s fresh, funny, quirky and entertaining.
2.). I am an acting coach/teacher in Atlanta. I have a growing in-person class On Wednesday and a virtual class on Tuesday nights.
What does success mean to you?
I define success by the impact I have on others
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.gilliardmedia.tv
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlgilliard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlgilliard
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlgilliard/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarlGilliard
