Growing up in rural Indiana just north of Fort Wayne, Jill spent the majority of her childhood creating elaborate worlds for her Barbies and stuffed animals on her family’s sprawling 30 acre farm. It came as no surprise to anyone that she fell in love with acting after starring as Dracula in an 8th grade play.
By 18, she had won a state speech title and matriculated to Bradley University on a theater scholarship.
15 years of micro-budget producing culminated in the creation of Fair Play Films in the winter of 2023. Fair Play Films is a production and distribution initiative focused on crafting quality micro-budget content created for and by underrepresented filmmakers.
With a slate of a dozen narrative and unscripted projects, Fair Play prioritizes cost effectiveness, representation, and profitability while addressing the urgent need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the film industry.