2021: Hollywood power couple Brianne Davis and Mark Gantt hang out with author and Emmy-honored casting director Bonnie Gillespie to discuss the hyph life, addiction, the value of a support system, and authentic authenticity.
2021: Here’s the chat from our live session!
2020: Power couple and producing partners Mark Gantt and Brianne Davis — both actors, writers, producers, and directors — jam with author and Emmy-honored casting director Bonnie Gillespie about staying present, leaning into your strengths, and doing what makes you happy.
2020: Here’s the chat from our live session!
What are your key takeaways from Mark and Brianne’s interviews from the SMFA Summit? Share below in the comments! 🙂
As one of the pioneers of the digital era, Mark is best known for co-creating, producing, and starring in Crackle’s groundbreaking, Streamy Award-winning series, The Bannen Way. As an actor, his credits include American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, The Arrangement, Ocean’s 11, and Dexter. Mark’s feature directorial debut, Murder in Mexico, was based on the actual events of Bruce Beresford-Redman and premiered on Lifetime. He’s recently directed two thrillers, Model Citizen and The Surrogate, which premiered on Lifetime. He’s directed Intricate Vengeance, a pilot for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s New Form Digital and numerous commercials and promos for Fox, Kohl’s, Freeform, Capital One, ESPN, Nissan, and GMC. Mark’s upcoming Audible Original True Crime books, Injustice Collector and Contra Costa, will be released in the summer of 2021. Also as a writer, Mark was hired to script two features for The Cartel premiering in 2021. He is currently pitching two TV series with his wife — actress, writer, and director, Brianne Davis. The two produce the popular personal journals podcast, “Secret Life”.
From bringing compelling characters to life on screen as an actor to calling the shots behind the scenes as a director and producer, from lending her thoughts and opinions to the podcast airwaves to penning her debut literary work, Brianne Davis has emerged in the entertainment industry as a powerhouse female creative in 2021. In television, Brianne most recently starred on the History Channel’s drama series Six. In film, Brianne got her first big break with a small role in Remember the Titans opposite Denzel Washington. She went on to star in Jarhead opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Prom Night opposite Brittany Snow and Idris Elba. Under her production company Give & Take Productions, Brianne has produced three films, while also directing The Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story and Deadly Signal. With more than a decade of recovery as a sex and love addict, Brianne is the host of the popular mental health podcast “Secret Life.” The podcast launched in August 2020 and features inspiring true confessions from an eclectic group of guests, unpacking a plethora of taboo topics. Brianne’s next venture in the “Secret Life” brand is her best-selling novel, Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex & Love Addict which dropped earlier this year.
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Mark and Brianne are amazing individuals and an outstanding, inspiring couple! Thank you for opening up about self love, self value and fulfillment. It’s really motivating to hear you speak on loving and being happy in LIFE – and finding that balance in order to find your own success in this industry. You both show immeasurable strengths in how you talk about the lessons you’ve learned and how you apply them to your every day. I love how it all ties in with Bonnie’s Enoughness being part of your resting state. I’m learning more and more that if I believe and value myself, I can find the creative successes all the more.
I very much appreciate this conversation. Thank you for bringing your real life radiance to this event. Rock on! ❤️
Justine, thank you for the kind words. I’m so happy you got something out of this. We love what we do and the journey is really the big thing… not the destination!
Yesssssss! You’ve got this, Justine!
“Let’s fail at what we really want to do” WHAT A QUOTE!! Thank you for that!
Isn’t that FANTASTIC?!?
Thank you! Sometimes if we listen to our hearts (and quiet the chatter of the mind) those kinds of things will pop up.
“Staying out of the future, being in gratitude and dealing with what’s in front of me” YES!
Ryan Alex? I mean really though… what other choice do we have?! LOL!!! Well, I guess everything is a choice and we get to make them every day.
It’s true. It reminds me of what Bonnie says “Your brain is a phenomenal servant and a horrible master”. I think of my brain as my dog on a walk, she keeps stopping to sniff things and I keep bringing her back to the path. Bringing my brain back to present. Big muscle building!
You’re doing great muscle-building, girl!
“God is our employer.” I love that! I also appreciate you saying to have balance and take the time to rest because the job won’t fulfill anybody. Thank you for sharing so much wisdom!
Thank you Sarah, we’re grateful you connected with that!
So many points of value! Turn it over to God.. YES! You have to. It is really refreshing to hear real people speak about enoughness . STAND IN YOUR POWER INSTEAD OF BEGGING FOR A JOB…This is so good.
Thank you both. I wish you both much success in all these wonderful projects.
So many points of value! Turn it over to God.. YES! You have to. It is really refreshing to hear real people speak about enoughness . STAND IN YOUR POWER INSTEAD OF BEGGING FOR A JOB…This is so good.
Thank you both. I wish you both much success in all these wonderful projects.
Thank you so much, Irene. Wishing you much success as well!