Constance Tillotson

Constance Tillotson is an actor, writer, producer, personal manager & director who specializes in evolutionary material for children. As the CEO of Sterling Studio in Los Angeles, she mentors, trains and inspires up and coming child actors. In 2009, Tillotson was selected by the U.S. Embassy to bring her "On-the-Set" Film camp global, working in the Maldives with recovering heroin addicts and in Sri Lanka with the children coming from the countries 26-year civil war.

The BBC has reported that there are 30,000 children in the Maldives addicted to hard drugs. Heroin is the most frequently used drugs in the Maldives. For the Maldives film camp, the Raajje Foundation came on board as a partner. The Raajje Foundation is a non-profit agency supporting regional civil society initiatives. UNICEF and Maldives TV filmed the process of the camp.

Sri Lanka’s youth, who comprise 50 percent of the total population, have grown up knowing only war and division within their country. Consequently, to support the reconciliation process, the U.S. Embassy & Tillotson developed this unique, emotional healing program where the participants have the experience of expressing their thoughts, struggles and feelings through filmmaking. The Sri Lankan camp, based near the capital of Colombo, embraces the missions of advocating education and coexistence through the universal language of art.

In 2010, Tillotson was named the "cultural envoy" to Sri Lanka and will travel to Sri Lanka a month each the summer welcoming the next generation film makers.

Ms. Tillotson currently resides in Los Angeles California.

References

http://www.northridgemagazine.com/features/filmmakers

http://srilanka.usembassy.gov/pdfs/newsletter-september2009.pdf http://www.island.lk/2009/08/16/news17.html http://sundaytimes.lk/090830/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_00.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863441/