Kerri Randles

Kerri Randles has spent several years acting, writing, and developing projects for film, stage, and television. She began her career as an actress in Chicago, Illinois. Her first film roles were in *Heaven and Earth*, directed by Oliver Stone, and *Jailbreakers*, directed by William Friedkin. Later roles included portraying Marilyn Monroe in *Introducing Dorothy Dandridge* for HBO, directed by Martha Coolidge, as well as parts in *Poor White Trash* and *Scenes of the Crime*. She also appeared in *Changeling*, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie. In June 2010, Randles performed her one-woman show *Can't You Hear Me Knockin?* at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival, which received strong critical response. The show later had a limited engagement in New York and was scheduled to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2011. A memoir of the same name was set to be published in 2012.

In 2005, Randles founded her production company, Littlecommando Productions. In 2007, she helped bring Alison Eastwood's directorial debut, *Rails & Ties*, to the screen, overseeing its festival tour. She also played a key role in the debut of *Exit Through the Gift Shop* at Sundance and in the film's 2011 Oscar campaign and L.A. premiere. Randles currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is an avid art collector and produces shows for artists. She collaborated on Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition *Barely Legal*, and also produced *The Sex Lives of Mannequins* in Chicago and Los Angeles for producer Charles Evans Jr. (Aviator).