Bronwyn Cornelius
PRODUCER / ACTRESS / WRITER
Established in the entertainment and finance communities for over a decade, Bronwyn is a talented actress, producer and writer.
The feature film Made In China, which Bronwyn produced and acted in, won the 2009 Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW as well as numerous other accolades and continues to screen at numerous film festivals throughout the US and internationally. (watch the trailer at www.MICthemovie.com and see NEWS page for festival dates)
A determined young woman and an unstoppable force, she recently played a supporting role in the feature version of Shadow Play directed by Nick Simon and starring Oz Perkins, Billy Burke and Elliot Gould, as well as in the sci-fi feature film Prototype with Mark Kelly and Steve Zissis.
Bronwyn is currently in development on several projects including Fate, which she is producing with Traction Media (Half Nelson), Under The Pink Orange Sky (acting & producing), and Working Assets, a TV pilot she created and co-wrote.
Bronwyn’s began acting in local English theater and her passion for the craft and entertainment industry eventually led her back to Los Angeles and film production where she worked directly with veteran Line Producer John D. Schofield on such films as Jerry Maguire and As Good As It Gets. Bronwyn’s work includes projects with Gracie Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Brothers, as well as a number of independents.
Determined to learn more about the financial side of the business, Bronwyn accepted a Vice President position at a firm on Wall Street in 2002. Her goal was to establish a knowledge of finance and strong contacts in the investment community that would allow her to combine business, acting, and production into a successful career in film and television. Bronwyn returned to Los Angeles in mid-2006 and has consistently acted in and produced independent features and short projects ever since.
Upon returning to Hollywood, Bronwyn first produced Lily and Grant, a short film that was selected as a top 50 finalist by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett for their reality show On the Lot, soon followed by the award-winning comedy feature Made In China, shot in Shanghai and Texas (which had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2009 in the Narrative Competition). In addition to Made In China, she has acted in several other features and award-winning shorts.
Bronwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, educated in England, lived in Hong Kong and has traveled around the world. She currently serves on the board of Breaking the Ice* (an international nonprofit based in Berlin, Germany that focuses on conflict resolution), volunteers for Hollywood Heart's Movie Team (filmmaking workshops that give at-risk children the opportunity to create their own short films), and is a founding partner of G21.com (a future consumer network for global change).
* A documentary of Breaking The Ice’s 2006 Sahara Journey ("The Journey of an Olive Tree") premiered at the Krakow Film Festival in June 2009. Watch The Trailer