Sunday, May 21, 2023

From Consultant To Producer

a paparazzi pic
of Shelley at a 1982 event
with Canadian producer Pierre David

Shelley had always been interested in not just acting in front of the camera but on the goings-on behind it. Although she was determined to grow as an actress, she was always open to learning more about what it was like to be on the other side of the camera. She said about her stint on Charlie's Angels, "The series was good for me because I learned a lot of technical stuff involving cameras and lights." In 1980, Canadian film producer and film financier Pierre David hired her as a consultant for one of his films. Check out: Consultant 1980 David is best known as executive producer of the films Scanners (1981) and Videodrome (1983). Shelley had been spotted by the paparazzi with David at several events during the 1980s. In fact, Pierre David was the executive producer of the film feature Blind Fear (1989) which starred Shelley. In 1997, Shelley formed Shelley Hack Media Consultancy (SHMC) a media consultancy firm that worked in pre- and post-conflict countries. Then she would eventually become a producer herself. In 2010, Shelley and her husband Harry Winer would become co-presidents at their very own production company called Smash Media Inc.

a paparazzi pic of Shelley at a 1982 event