Nancy Gilliam

Nancy Gilliam's literary and media career spans over 40 years beginning with her first television appearance on "Wonderama", Metromedia Television's (now FOX TV) most successful children's television show hosted by Bob McAllister. She made her professional stage debut in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of "The Wedding Band" with Ruby Dee, Robert Loggia & Polly Holliday. She appeared in the MGM motion picture "Fame" and sang on the motion picture soundtrack of "The Wiz". She co-authored the hit records "Take A Chance" and "Stop Playing on Me", which was picked up by NBC TV as the theme song for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled "The Gloating Place". Her literary credits include contributions to three titles in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, "The Hustler's Ten Commandments" by Hotep, and "Blacks Behind the Scenes in Film and Television" by Dr. Eleanor Earl and veteran producer, Monty Ross. She served as script consultant & production manager on "VI Degrees: The Movie", in which she also portrayed the role of Sharon. Other credits include Assistant Director for the television pilot, "Flagrant Fouls", script consultant on Unchained Entertainment's "The Plot" (in which she also played the role of Margie Palmer). She is one of the producers on "King Dog" (2013),based on the true life story of Terrell Johnson,the former leader of the Gangster Disciples and first convicted felon in America to become a law enforcement officer. She has shared her wealth of experience as both a speaker and a planner at conferences and festivals across the country including The African American Literary & Media Conference in Reno, Nevada, The Philadelphia Black Film & Media Conference, The SOL Film Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, The South Florida Youth in Film Festival, The Boynton Beach Arts Explosion, and the Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium. She returned to her alma mater to conduct a writing workshop and as a guest speaker for the Drama Department's Senior Seminar in 2005 and 2006 at The Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of the Arts.