Jill Gray Savarese
Jill Gray Savarase (born 1969) is an American actress best known for her role of "Faith" in the cult film Metamorphosis: Beyond the Screen Door,[1] the first American feature film adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story The Metamorphosis.
Gray Savarese grew up in Pickerington, Ohio. After a career as an actress and fortune teller, she attended Yale University through a program for non-traditional students[2] and completed her bachelor's degree in linguistics in 2003. She founded a business designing and selling women's handbags, which she sold in 2004.[3][4] Additionally, she opened up an agency for American Sign Language interpreters.[5][6] In this capacity, she interpreted for such notable people as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Sonia Sotomayor.
Gray Savarese is vice president of a film distribution company.[7] She is also a film producer and her production company Gray Savarese Films[8] has produced several films, including Catching Up at IMDb , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[9][10]
Gray Savarese was producer[11] on the feature film Tango Shalom at IMDb the production of which was blessed by Pope Francis and quoted in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, "I was pleased to learn of the film, Tango Shalom, which is intended to foster the values of fraternal solidarity and peace on a global level... Upon all involved in the production of the film, I invoke abundant divine blessings".[12]
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- ^ Metamorphosis reborn reaches cult status: http://www.indiegogo.com/KAFKAS-METAMORPHOSIS
- ^ Wolff, Alexis. "Special students face aid plight", Yale Daily News, 19 April 2001.
- ^ "Love My Bag Takes Unique Approach to Marketing Designer Handbags". 2005-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ^ MouseTrap Films http://www.mousetrapfilms.com/About.html
- ^ Tan, Caroline. "Hearing impaired face unique obstacles" Archived 2011-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, Yale Daily News, 20 January 2011.
- ^ Monahan, Kaely (25 January 2016). "'Catching Up' with Jill Gray Savarese". eastvalleytribune.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ MouseTrap Films http://www.mousetrapfilms.com/About.html
- ^ Chalat Noaker, Nan. "Sundance short "Catching Up," tackles tough subject", Park Record, 23 January 2016.
- ^ Rinderle, Tom. "Pickerington native lands film at Sundance Film Festival", Columbus Dispatch, 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Yale affiliates shine at the annual Sundance Film Festival", Yale News, 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Tango Shalom", Miami New Times, 2021.
- ^ "Tango Shalom", L'Osservatore Romano, 2016.