User:Jimmyaztec/sandbox/James Perez-Gillespie Bio

James Perez-Gillespie Bio

James Perez-Gillespie was born November 24, 1953 in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest child of Soledad Perez and James B. Gillespie. He spent his childhood in Harlem, NY and Washington, D.C. and his adolescence in Yeadon, PA (suburban Philadelphia). He graduated the College Prep course of studies at The Mitchell School (Haverford, PA), received his B.A. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and his M.S. in Radio, Television and Film from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

James began his career in the late 70's as a Page at NBC-TV and spent the next decade at that network's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center primarily in the Network Advertising & Promotion Department. He spent the next 30 years in a variety of positions in scripted and unscripted tv on both the creative and business sides of the business.

His one brother, Maj. John Gillespie, a physician, was killed in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. James has one daughter and currently resides in Las Vegas, NV.