Geretta Geretta
Geretta Geretta (also known as Geretta/Geretta, Geretta Giancarlo, Janna Ryann) is an American actress, director, screenwriter and producer, who has worked in Ireland, South Africa, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. Geretta has completed the MFA program in screenwriting at the American Film Institute.
In 1996, Northern Ireland Film and Television Collective ; Northern Visions published her writing under a collection of 100 poems and verse titled Pardon Me While I Eat My Young out of Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] She is currently in pre production on a horror feature film being co-Produced by Lambeto Bava and Kansas Bowling, of which she will direct. While living in New Orleans she has been writing her first novel, tentatively titled: I Was Young and Needed Money, which chronicles her early years as a horror scream queen in Europe.
Geretta also acted as the creative director of the non-profit "TheWriteRoom.org" The group cites its motivation as "to advance the impact of women in the media via the literary creative arts and allied fields by educating, advocating and housing."[2] The Write Room sponsors an annual screenwriting competition, open to all submissions either written by women or having a strong female lead in a non-stereotypical portrayal. In addition, the group maintains property in Costa Rica's Guanacaste Region and offers a residency program to female writers seeking a space of their own in which to carry out their art.[3]
She has directed the 2001 Swiss feature film film Sweetiecakes, starring Stephanie Berger[4] and Urs Althaus, was writer and coproducer the 2006 film project (in turn around) Whitepaddy, to star: Sherilyn Fenn, Lisa Bonet, Hill Harper, Karen Black and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[5]
She has starred in Italian horror films such as Lucio Fulci's Murder Rock, Bruno Mattei's Rats: Night of Terror, and Lamberto Bava's Demoni. Geretta was awarded as Best Female Director in the Melbourne Underground Film Festival and Action On Film Festival 2008 and appeared in the music video Get Close for the band CRXMusic co starring Christina Marie Masterson directed by Kansas Bowling.
Selected filmography
- Get Close (Music Video) (2019)
- Bloody Christmas (2012)
- Smithereens (1982)
- Murder Rock (1984)
- Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
- Demons (1985)
- Buy & Cell (1987)
- Domino (1988)
- Shocking Dark (1989)
References
- "GERETTA GERETTA | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- "TheWriteRoom screenplay, contests, t education writing wom". TheWriteRoom screenplay, contests, t education writing wom. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- "TheWriteRoom screenplay, contests, t education writing wom". TheWriteRoom.Org screenplay, contests, education writing wom. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- Sweetiecakes Official site
- Whitepaddy Official site