My name is Garrett Gilchrist. I'm a filmmaker. I've written, directed and edited several features and over thirty shorts.

I was born in Connecticut, and moved to Los Angeles to attend the USC school of Cinema-Television, graduating in 2004. I've written fourteen screenplays. I've appeared on MTV, and on DVDs like the 3-disc version of Spider-man 3.

My current feature is Shamelessly, about a young woman who becomes a superheroine, and the effect that has on her personal life. I am now editing the film and creating its animation and effects. The budget was only 6 thousand dollars, and the crew was tiny - sometimes consisting of only me. I handled casting, lighting, camerawork, sound recording, editing, animation and effects. Much of the film was shot on greenscreen and there's also a great deal of CGI and rotoscope.

Before Shamelessly, I wrote, directed and edited the feature-length drama Gods of Los Angeles. This is now distributed for television and the web by Goliath Promotions.

Before that, I was known as a comedian, starring in films like The Phantom Movie, Indulgence, Gorilla, Interrupted, and Excaliburger. I still do stand-up comedy, having performed at the Comedy Store, Ice House, Laugh Factory, The Laguna Beach Brewing Company and USC's Groundzero.

Currently I write for the Editors Guild Magazine in Los Angeles, interviewing Hollywood's top film editors about their work with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Terry Gilliam, Paul W.S. Anderson, and animated films by Dreamworks and DIsney.

I've been a freelance graphic designer, artist and animator. I spent 2007-2009 animating scenes from lost 1960s episodes of Doctor Who, the legendary British science fiction series. This got a great deal of attention and was featured in The Guardian (UK newspaper), SFX Magazine and the WIRED Magazine blog, and screened on the big screen by the Kaleidoscope organization.

I've done paid work for Monty Python licensing, Python friend and music legend Neil Innes, The Raconteurs (band featuring The White Stripes' Jack White), the Spider-man 3 Target DVD, and Star Trek's Walter Koenig - interviewing popular sci-fi actors for the DVD documentaries promoting his films Inalienable and Star Trek: Of Gods and Men.

I became known as an animation scholar and film restorationist after creating an unofficial not-for-profit restoration of The Thief and the Cobbler, a legendary unfinished film by three-time Oscar winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). I was asked to be a guest animation lecturer at the Santa Monica City College and ASIFA-SF and became a private animation tutor to children.

My goal is to be a film director and creator of television series. I am very particular about dialogue, and creating rich and memorable characters. In some ways I prefer television writing to feature writing, because you can develop characters over time and get to know them, as long as you're on a good show where characters are allowed to develop to that degree.

I love what I do- writing, directing, doing artwork and animation, editing film and creating entertaining material that people can enjoy. 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 you.

Filmmaking Resume

Animation Resume

Acting Resume

Editing Resume

Graphic Design Resume

Graphic Design Portfolio

Voice Acting Demo Reel (MP3)