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Lillee Jean TALKS Upcoming Star: John Callas - Emmy-Nominated Director, Producer, Author


Lillee Jean TALKS Upcoming Star: John Callas - Emmy-nominated Director, Producer, Author

Lillee Jean is so ready for December with Season 4 of Lillee Jean TALKS! Live, welcoming on a fresh lineup including Emmy-nominated director, writer, producer, and author, John Callas. He was the Worldwide VP for The Walt Disney Company and is best known for Bobby's World, The Hills Have Eyes Part II, and Raging Bull. Callas will debut on December 1st, 2024, at 8:00 PM, the episode will premiere on her website, and channel.


Featuring celeb interviews, Jean's friends will be guesting along the season, with star-studded favorites soon returning!


About John Callas:

John Callas is a 50-year veteran writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from the worldwide release of feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, national and international commercials, live-action title sequences, a documentary shot on location in Russia, as well as having been the Worldwide VP for The Walt Disney

Company while working at a large post-production facility.


John wrote and directed the feature film “No Solicitors” starring Eric Roberts and has adapted the NY Times bestselling book, “Lightning Strikes Twice,” and “Ageless.” John is a published author, of SECRETS, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, CHRISTMAS VOICES, THE MYTH, NO SOLICITORS, AND FIRST TIME PARENTS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO UNNECESSARY AND WILD SPENDING.


John's prowess can be seen on live-action teasers for Ransom, Dennis The Menace, Body Of Evidence, The Golden Child, Spaceballs, The Glass Menagerie, Cocoon II, Poltergeist III, Betrayed, My Girl, Glengarry Glen Ross, title sequences For The Two Jakes and A Few Good Men and a promotional film for an amusement ride from Showscan.


John also directed an award-winning short film THE WHITE GORILLA. John worked with notable actors, including Mel Gibson, Walter Matthau, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, Eddie Murphy, Howie Mandel, and Mel Brooks. In addition to working on feature film teasers, his work can be seen in projects for HBO, The Disney Channel, Show Time, the Broadway Play Phantom of The Opera, and the 1993 redesigned TRISTAR LOGO. John's extensive background also includes over 200 commercials for such clients as Kellogg's, Dodge, Sunkist, Sprite, Toyota, Fuji, Volkswagen, Honda, McDonald's, Mazda, Minolta, Jedi Merchandising, Kraft, Jordache, Sea World, Givenchy, and Sonassage with celebrity George Burns and industrial projects for Corporations including Vidal Sassoon, Salomon North America, Nissan and The Kao Corporation of Japan.


John's television experience includes directing a 14-week series entitled Potentials, with guests Buckminster Fuller, Norman Cousins, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary, and others. He also directed 80 segments for Bobby's World, which has been rated the #1 show on Fox 11 Television in its time slot; garnering John an Emmy nomination.


A multi-faceted filmmaker, John's work can be seen in music videos for Glenn Frey Of The Eagles, Bill Wyman Of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Doobie Brothers, Styx, and more. John has been recognized with An EMMY nomination for Bobby’s World, THE NEW YORK CRITICS CHOICE AWARD for Lone Wolf, BEST FEATURE at Fright Night Festival & BEST DIRECTOR at Scar A Con Festival for No Solicitors - Several awards for his short THE WHITE GORILLA, A CLIO and BELDING for his work on the Sunkist campaign, BEST OF THE WEST for directorial work on a one-woman show, and an MTV AWARD FOR BEST CONCEPT for Glen Frey's Smuggler’s Blues.


About the Lillee Jean Talks Live Show

Created in 2020, Lillee Jean TALKS Live has produced dozens of epic nighttime entertainment webseries episodes centered around upcoming actress Lillee Jean.

The show is known for its celeb interviews, musical performances from hot new artists, and actors discussing new blockbuster films.


Last season, Don Most, Shelley Wade, Neil D'Monte, Staci Layne Wilson, Aaron Kai, Armand Peri, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, and so many more, just to name a few, stopped by on Lillee's show!



2020- | Talkshow Series | 4 Seasons / NEW SEASON THIS WINTER 2024

AWARDS & HONORS:

Award Winner/Best Web Series - Lillee Jean TALKS! Live With Don Most (2022) - Gothamite Monthly Film Awards (2024)

Logline

Lillee Jean TALKS Live is a celeb interview show, directed by actress Lillee Jean. Featuring interviews with Hollywood's most famous award-winning actors, singers, and directors.

DIRECTED BY

Lillee Jean Trueman

WRITTEN BY

Lillee Jean Trueman

 

PRODUCED BY

Lillee Jean Productions (Lillee Jean Trueman)

Laura Rene Marks-Trueman

 

CAST

Lillee Jean (series level), Don Most, Shelley Wade, Alan Swyer, Neil D'Monte, Mark Gantt, Staci Layne Wilson, Eric Schumacher, Paul Reeves, Aaron Kai, Armand Peri, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, Tyler Gallant, Kerry Benjamin, Tiana Ferrell, Ian Gregory Kay, Rocco Leo Gaglioti, Christy Curtis Buss, Shalini Vadhera, McKenzie Westmore, Laur Trueman, Stephen Voyce, Raquel Aurilia, Andrew Chang, Jen Eagle, Jamal Lyles (STRIZZO), Claudy Beats, Raissa Yame

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