Noelle Gentile: Performance and Producer
Noelle Gentile’s Broadway aspirations began at age 3 with endless
off pitch renditions of Annie’s “You’re never fully dressed,” and John
Denver’s “Sunshine on my shoulders.” Over the years her voice found its
way to the notes. She went onto a BFA musical theater program at Suny
Fredonia. After receiving a performance internship with the New York
State Theatre Institute under the direction of Pat Birch, Noelle
appeared in the Snow Queen in London’s West End. She finished her
undergraduate degree at the University at Albany where she was top of
her class. Noelle then moved to NYC to fulfill childhood dreams of
performing and working within the community. Soon after her arrival she
earned her equity card and began performing with theater companies in
and out of NYC. She also served as a teaching artist throughout the
city and is now an accomplished third grade Brooklyn public school
teacher just recently completing her master’s degree at Brooklyn
College. All the while however, Noelle continued to seek out
performance and creative opportunities. It was when Noelle began acting
in short films that she stumbled onto a new artistic path. Her work can
be seen in several short films including Sundance’s New Noir. But it is
with the latest project Push, that Noelle has truly found her voice and
her inspiration.
Director: Johanna Voutounou
Johanna spent half of her childhood in Bayside, New York before moving to
Cyprus where both her parents are from. During her sophomore year in high
school, she was hired as a feature writer for the Weekly Review, making her
the youngest published journalist on the island.
She then moved to London, UK where she accepted a scholarship at Richmond
University. There she studied Art History and Communications. However, two
years into the program she discovered her passion for film and decided to
move back to New York to pursue a Filmmaking degree at NYU.
Johanna graduated on the Deans list from TISCH, paving a path in freelance
Production Coordinating. She has worked at Granada Productions, developing
and producing shows for Discovery, A&E, Disney and MTV. She has recently
joined the team at 75 Films (Life of the Ledge and Particles of Truth) and is
currently working on their new docu-drama The Woods.
Johanna’s passion is still Directing and her new experimental short Push has
allowed her to get back to working on her own projects. She is currently
working on two short narrative projects and a short documentary that are in
various stages of production, one of them was a Jerome Foundation Grant
Finalist. She is also writing her first feature film.