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South Of Sanity

Lacy is determined to escape the chaos of her hard-partying lifestyle, but her only option is to return to the place where all her problems started: back home with her dysfunctional family

  • Shy Pilgreen
    Director
  • Robert Peters
    Director
    Half Empty, The Bus Stops Here, Project Redlight, Mutual Love LIfe
  • Shy Pilgreen
    Writer
  • Jason White
    Writer
    The Ghosts of Leap Castle, Scarecrow
  • Hannah Culwell
    Writer
  • Shy Pilgreen
    Producer
    Bigfoot County, Thank You for Your Service
  • David Kallaway
    Producer
    Bad Stepmother
  • Boyd Vico
    Producer
    The Joel McHale Show, The Great Indoors, Web Soup, The Soup, E! True Hollywood Story, The Anna Nicole Show
  • Shy Pilgreen
    Key Cast
    "Lacy Hilgreen"
    CSI, NCIS New Orleans, Dixieland, Rag Doll
  • Robert Peters
    Key Cast
    "Mike Hilgreen"
    Lincoln, Mutual Love Life, In the Line of Fire, Supernatural, Invasion
  • Jennifer Pierce Mathus
    Key Cast
    "Ila Hilgreen"
    Good Girls, Nashville, True Detective, Forced Move
  • Hannah Culwell
    Key Cast
    "Tori Stallings"
    Ozark, The Resident, 24: Legacy, Lore
  • David Kallaway
    Key Cast
    "Chad Brady"
    Logan, NCIS New Orleans, Hidden Figures, The Magnificent Seven, Green Book
  • Carter Pilgreen
    Key Cast
    "Rowdy Hilgreen"
  • Project Type:
    Television, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 28, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Shy Pilgreen, Robert Peters

Shy Pilgreen

Shy was raised in a small town in rural Alabama. Without access to theater or performing arts in her hometown she escaped into the world of film. Since theater was nonexistent Shy gravitated towards sports. Shy excelled at Gymnastics, dance, karate, swimming, horseback riding, and diving, a sport in which she was a gold medalist in statewide competitions.

Initially Shy’s major at Auburn University was sports medicine. After her first formal acting class, she took to the stage even more naturally than she had taken to the water as a young girl.

Shy traveled to San Francisco that summer and enrolled in theater courses while working at a day camp as a swimming instructor. She returned to Auburn as a theater major. The following summer Shy was accepted into the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.).

After attending A.C.T. she transferred to the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and graduated the following year. Upon graduation she moved to Los Angeles and has resided there working in film & television as an actor and producer ever since.

She holds a B.A. in Theatre from UCSB, has completed graduate level courses at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, as well as classes at the Howard Fine Acting Studio. Shy has also worked with the famed comedy troupe, “The Groundlings.” Producing multiple stage productions during this time.

Shy’s currently pitching her pilot/proof of concept “South of Sanity” to cable networks as well as an edited format to streaming media platforms. Final post production wrapped May 2019, (Shy Pilgreen -Creator, Writer, Producer, Co-Director, Actor). In October of 2018 Shy was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and has been fighting it throughout this process.

Her production slate now consists of the feature film “Blue Bayou”, written by Barry Schneider.

Recent credits include the film Dixieland starring Faith Hill, & RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), Nocturna (Estella Warren & Jonathan Schaech), and NCIS New Orleans (Scott Bakula & CCH Pounder). Shy was the Lead Actor & Producer in the feature "Bigfoot County" which was distributed in the US through Lionsgate and has received overseas distribution as well.

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Director Statement

'South Of Sanity' has been a labor of love, stress and tears. 'SOS' makes a damn good statement. I believe there is something in our show for everyone. When watching a show, whether you know it or not, you look for a character who is relatable to you, or whom you think you recognize. In 'SOS', we have the dysfunctional family that so many can understand, yet are happy they aren't quite that bad. Our characters are flawed and innately human.

As I've been producing 'SOS' I've also been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and been fighting it the past year. I'm now one year Cancer free, so you can be sure that has found it's way into Lacy's story as well.

Filming this was an incredible highlight of my life, and I look forward to giving audiences years of Hilgreen's roller coaster shenanigans in the future.