Kacy Andrews
Encyclopedia
Kacy Andrews is an American film producer
and CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment
.
in 1991 with a degree in telecommunications and continuing studies at the American Film Institute
. In 2000, she was awarded Ball States University's Graduate of the Last Decade.
Kacy spent nine years in production and project development at Hyperion
. She moved from position of production assistant to operations manager, assistant to the co-owner, writer, director and associate producer. She has worked on various feature films, television series, theater and animation, including as associate producer on Miramax’s Playing by Heart
starring Sean Connery
and Angelina Jolie
. Her impressive list of projects also includes handling films and shows that starred such actors as Louie Anderson
(Life with Louie
), Linda Cardellini
(Bone Chillers
), and other projects like HBO’s Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(with stars like Denzel Washington
and Whoopi Goldberg
) and the Oz Kids (with Jonathan Taylor Thomas
).
Bigfoot Entertainment
In 2003 her consulting work at Bigfoot Productions in Asia
led to the creation of the Bigfoot Entertainment
and the International Academy of Film and Television
with founder Michael Gleissner
. The company is located in Cebu, Philippines with offices and additional schools in Hong Kong
and Los Angeles. In October 2010, they purchased the facilities of Majestic Crest Theatre
in West Wood, California
as a venue to showcase their films. In November 2010, Kacy leads the launching of Bigfoot Ascendant Distribution (formerly Ascendant Pictures) which will be the foreign and domestic sales arm of Bigfoot.
As CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment
Kacy has produced films such as The Curiosity of Chance
, Irreversi (Estella Warren
), Midnight Movie, Within
, Hui Lu, The Girl With No Number and Deep Gold
(Bebe Pham
). She has also produced documentaries, 9000 Needles
and USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay
as well as reality series' Hollywood Boot Camp.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent company of Bigfoot Films, Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, Bigfoot Partners, the International Academy of Film and Television, and New Cebu Films...
.
Education
Kacy graduated Cum Laude from Ball State UniversityBall State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
in 1991 with a degree in telecommunications and continuing studies at the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
. In 2000, she was awarded Ball States University's Graduate of the Last Decade.
Career
HyperionKacy spent nine years in production and project development at Hyperion
Hyperion
-Computing:* Hyperion , an early portable computer* Hyperion Entertainment, a computer game producer* Hyperion Solutions, a business software company owned by Oracle* Hyperion, an IRC daemon previously used by the Freenode IRC network-In fiction:...
. She moved from position of production assistant to operations manager, assistant to the co-owner, writer, director and associate producer. She has worked on various feature films, television series, theater and animation, including as associate producer on Miramax’s Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart is a 1998 comedy-drama film, which tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters.-Plot:Among the characters are a mature couple about to renew their vows ; a woman who accepts a date offer from a stranger ; a gay man dying of AIDS and his mother who has...
starring Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
and Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
. Her impressive list of projects also includes handling films and shows that starred such actors as Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson
Louie Perry Anderson is an American stand-up comedian. Anderson created the cartoon series Life with Louie, has written three books, and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show Family Feud, from 1999 to 2002....
(Life with Louie
Life with Louie
Life with Louie is an American animated series. The show is based on the childhood of stand-up comedian Louie Anderson, growing up with his family in Wisconsin.The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox....
), Linda Cardellini
Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardellini is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles as high school student Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, as Velma Dinkley in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, and as Samantha Taggart on ER.- Early life :Cardellini was born in Redwood City,...
(Bone Chillers
Bone Chillers
Bone Chillers is a formerly popular series of children's horror fiction novels and TV show created and authored by Betsy Haynes.-Synopsis:...
), and other projects like HBO’s Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American animated television series that premiered March 26, 1995, on HBO. Narrated by Robert Guillaume, the series aired 39 episodes from 1995 to 2000, and is currently airing on the HBO Family digital cable television channel in the United...
(with stars like Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
and Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...
) and the Oz Kids (with Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
).
Bigfoot Entertainment
In 2003 her consulting work at Bigfoot Productions in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
led to the creation of the Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent company of Bigfoot Films, Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, Bigfoot Partners, the International Academy of Film and Television, and New Cebu Films...
and the International Academy of Film and Television
International Academy of Film and Television
International Academy of Film and Television is an international film school owned by Bigfoot Entertainment. Its campus is located in Mactan Island, Cebu Philippines with offices in Los Angeles and Hong Kong. -History:...
with founder Michael Gleissner
Michael Gleissner
Michael J. G. Gleissner is an entepreneur, film producer, director, screenwriter, actor, photographer, and musician.-Germany/USA:...
. The company is located in Cebu, Philippines with offices and additional schools in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Los Angeles. In October 2010, they purchased the facilities of Majestic Crest Theatre
Majestic Crest Theatre
The Majestic Crest Theatre is a movie theater located in Westwood near Hollywood, California, United States. Originally founded as the Westwood Theatre in 1940, was built for live performances but switched to a newsreel cinema during World War II...
in West Wood, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
as a venue to showcase their films. In November 2010, Kacy leads the launching of Bigfoot Ascendant Distribution (formerly Ascendant Pictures) which will be the foreign and domestic sales arm of Bigfoot.
As CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment
Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent company of Bigfoot Films, Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, Bigfoot Partners, the International Academy of Film and Television, and New Cebu Films...
Kacy has produced films such as The Curiosity of Chance
The Curiosity of Chance
The Curiosity of Chance is a 2006 film directed by Russell P. Marleau, produced by Bigfoot Entertainment and starring Tad Hilgenbrink.-Plot:...
, Irreversi (Estella Warren
Estella Warren
Estella Dawn Warren is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer. Her swimming career includes time on the National Canadian Team including 3 national titles. Her work in modeling is known through publications such as Sports Illustrated as well as working for...
), Midnight Movie, Within
Within
Within is the first full-length album by Danish band Wuthering Heights.-Track listing:#"Enter the Cave" – 3:08#"Hunter in the Dark" – 5:59#"Too Great Thy Gift" – 7:09#"Sorrow in Memoriam" – 8:31#"Dreamwalker" – 13:42#"The Bird" – 3:46...
, Hui Lu, The Girl With No Number and Deep Gold
Deep Gold
-External links:*...
(Bebe Pham
Bebe Pham
Bebe Phạm, born Phạm Thị Thúy, is a Vietnamese model and actress. Pham was born in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, in 1985. She became interested in modeling at the age of 17 and by the age of 19 she started her modeling ambitions at informal gatherings of would-be models near her home, where she learned the...
). She has also produced documentaries, 9000 Needles
9000 Needles
9000 Needles is a 2009 documentary film about the story of a young husband and father and his family as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of a devastating stroke.-Background:...
and USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay
USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay
USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay is a 2001 Philippine documentary film produced by Bigfoot Entertainment and directed by Daniel Foster. The film documents the fate of an American destroyer that was torpedoed during World War II.- Synopsis :...
as well as reality series' Hollywood Boot Camp.
Filmography
- The Girl with No Number (producer) (2011)
- Deep GoldDeep Gold-External links:*...
(executive producer) (2011) - 9000 Needles9000 Needles9000 Needles is a 2009 documentary film about the story of a young husband and father and his family as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of a devastating stroke.-Background:...
(executive producer) (2011) - IrreversiIrreversiIrreversi is a 2010 dramatic film directed by Michael Gleissner and shot in Hong Kong as the English language version of Gleissner's Mandarin language film Hui lu, which he filmed and directed at the same time in the same locations but with an entirely different cast...
(producer) (2010) - WithinWithinWithin is the first full-length album by Danish band Wuthering Heights.-Track listing:#"Enter the Cave" – 3:08#"Hunter in the Dark" – 5:59#"Too Great Thy Gift" – 7:09#"Sorrow in Memoriam" – 8:31#"Dreamwalker" – 13:42#"The Bird" – 3:46...
(executive producer)(2009) - Midnight Movie (producer) (2008)
- You Me and Captain LongbridgeYou Me and Captain LongbridgeYou Me and Captain Longbridge is a 15 min short film directed by Kenny Doughty and written & produced by Caroline Carver. The film stars Callum Williams as the 11 year old Luke, Chris Larkin as Captain Longbridge and Joseph Fiennes as the voice of Luke as an adult...
(executive producer) (2008) - Hollywood Boot Camp (TV) (executive producer) (2007)
- Hui Lu (producer) (2007)
- The Curiosity of ChanceThe Curiosity of ChanceThe Curiosity of Chance is a 2006 film directed by Russell P. Marleau, produced by Bigfoot Entertainment and starring Tad Hilgenbrink.-Plot:...
(executive producer) (2006) - USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc BayUSS Cooper: Return to Ormoc BayUSS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay is a 2001 Philippine documentary film produced by Bigfoot Entertainment and directed by Daniel Foster. The film documents the fate of an American destroyer that was torpedoed during World War II.- Synopsis :...
(executive producer)(2006) - Playing by HeartPlaying by HeartPlaying by Heart is a 1998 comedy-drama film, which tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters.-Plot:Among the characters are a mature couple about to renew their vows ; a woman who accepts a date offer from a stranger ; a gay man dying of AIDS and his mother who has...
(associate producer) (1998) - Journey Beneath the Sea (associate producer) (1997)
- Underground Adventure (associate producer) (1997)
- The Return of Mombi (associate producer) (1997)
- The Monkey Prince (associate producer) (1997)
- Toto Lost in New York (associate producer) (1996)
- The Oz Kids (producer and as writer) (1996)
- The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt (producer) (1996)
- Life with LouieLife with LouieLife with Louie is an American animated series. The show is based on the childhood of stand-up comedian Louie Anderson, growing up with his family in Wisconsin.The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox....
(TV series) (1995)