Based in London, Emer Gillespie is currently EP and showrunner on a returning geopolitical thriller, set in the global north, working with MGM and Escape Artists. Its award-winning director and star to be announced, imminently.
Emer is also currently writing a supernatural feature thriller with Matt Jackson, Lena Dunham and Chockstone Pictures.
Prior to this Emer worked extensively on UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN with Lance Black and Gina Welch for FX/Disney, an Emmy and Critics Choice nominated show. FX also then hired Emer as EP and showrunner to adapt Julie Mayhew’s novel, IMPOSSIBLE CAUSES as a limited series. She was also part of the team creating the third season of the Netflix series, MARCELLA.
Emer wrote the feature SALT 2 for Angelina Jolie, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sony Pictures. She also wrote UNDERCARD, a feature based on Deirdre Gogarty, the world- champion female featherweight boxer, for eOne with Philippa Lowthorpe directing.
Emer has written the thriller feature GIRLS WEEKEND, based on the novel by Jody Gehrman, adapting this for Rudy Langlais and Suzann Ellis at Beacon Pictures. Also the feature, JOAN, for Josh Varney and Erica Steinberg at 42, the sweeping medieval tale of Joan of Arc.
Before writing for the screen, Emer was a novelist. VIRTUAL STRANGER and FIVE DEAD MEN were both published by Headline. She began as an actor, appearing on the BBC at the age of 16, with Stephen Rae and Liam Neeson, then working extensively in film and television, such as CHIMERA for ITV, ULTRAVIOLET with Idris Elba, TROUBLES with Ian Charleson and Ian Richardson, and Greenaway’s THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER.
