Here is the biography of Ms. Giroux:
Ms. Giroux is a co-founder and director of Global Universal Film Group, Inc., leveraging her expertise in film financing, worldwide business, and film relationships. Prior to this, she served as President of public company FoneFriend Inc. (OTC: BB) from 1993 to 2003, as well as a founder and director.
Ms. Giroux is a multifaceted individual with a career spanning film, television, and theater. She is a writer, producer, and director of feature films, and has appeared in numerous off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Her film career was launched with a lead role in "The Cross and the Switchblade," starring Pat Boone and Eric Estrada.
Notably, Ms. Giroux single-handedly promoted the film by touring, lecturing, and selling advance tickets to various organizations, including The Kiwanis Clubs, The Masons, Church Groups, Colleges, Family Oriented Groups, and drug rehabilitation centers. This effort earned her keys to several cities and distinguished achievement awards.
Throughout her career, Ms. Giroux has appeared in fifteen feature films and several TV series, including the hit film "To Live and Die in LA," directed by Billy Friedkin for MGM in 1985. She has written and produced ten feature films and two "Movies of the Week," including "Damsel of Death," the only true story, as dictated by Aileen Wuornos and her family and friends.
Ms. Giroux has extensive experience in structuring financing and co-production deals, having successfully arranged for co-productions between Canada, France, and Germany, as well as Canada, France, and Australia. In 2000, she wrote and directed "Coo Coo Café," a satire on the media networks, filmed at Millbrook Studios in New Brunswick, Canada.
"Coo Coo Café" was a nominee in the New York Film and Video Film Festival and later invited to participate in the Sundance Film Festival. Ms. Giroux was instrumental in securing the spokeswoman services of bi-lingual actress/artist Barbara Carrera for FoneFriend Promotional Videos/Commercials and created the test market commercials, "Nobody takes MY FoneFriend!"
Recently, Ms. Giroux completed the television pilot "You've Got the Part!" an online casting show, which will soon debut on You Tube and MySpace. She created the entire show, plus contracted fourteen television sponsors to assist in the production. Additionally, Ms. Giroux has been recently contracted to assist director Ryan Fleck ("Half Nelson") on his next feature film, "Sugar," in the Dominican Republic, utilizing Global's "below the line" service agreement with Santo Domingo Film/Serie 23 Productions.
As a bondable producer via Film Finances, Ms. Giroux has line produced ten films on time and budget.
