Gren Wells
Born
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, screenwriter, actor
Known forA Little Bit of Heaven, The Road Within

Gren Wells is a Kentucky-born filmmaker, screenwriter, and actress who works and resides in Los Angeles.

Early life

Wells was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.[1] After attending Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, Wells moved to New York City, where she starred in six indie films over a two-year span, one of which, Man About Town, won Best Short Film at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.[2] After moving to Los Angeles, Wells became a stand-up comic and wrote her first feature script, A Little Bit of Heaven.

Career

Her first script, A Little Bit of Heaven, was sold to 20th Century Fox.[3] This script later found a home at The Film Department and starred Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lucy Punch, Romany Malco, and Peter Dinklage.[4]

Her second film, The Road Within, was Wells' directorial debut.[5] After premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival[5] it was acquired by Well Go USA. It stars Zoë Kravitz, Dev Patel, Robert Sheehan, Robert Patrick, and Kyra Sedgwick and was released on April 17, 2015.[6]

Wells directed the 2022 film, Dear Zoe.[7]

Awards

Wells was chosen as one of Variety's Top 10 Directors to Watch for 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Plyer, Will (1 October 2004). "Gren Wells". Done Deal Professional. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Man About Town". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Executive Profiles: John Davis". Variety. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (3 May 2012). "Dancing on Her Own Grave With a Spring in Her Step: 'A Little Bit of Heaven,' With Kate Hudson". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 Silverstein, Melissa (18 June 2014). "LAFF Women Directors: Meet Gren Wells (The Road Within)". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Punter, Jennie (4 September 2014). "Well Go USA Nabs Rights to Gren Wells' 'The Road Within'". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Dear Zoe at IMDb
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