Gayle Dickie
Gayle is a current Member of the Academy of International Television Arts & Sciences. She is consistent top performer and well respected entertainment executive with solid relationships having 25 years in the business of sales/distribution of television, film, syndication, music, animation, toy licensing, marketing, packaging, producing, as well as raising private equity providing exclusive services to various clients and independent studios worldwide. A former syndicator, Gayle was the first female Vice President for Blair Entertainment, holding executive positions at Viacom, Mattel Television Syndication, a division of Mattel Toys, Inc., Television Program Enterprises, Fries Entertainment and Orion Television Syndication. She regularly syndicated, packaged and distributed movie and television programs to over 200 television stations domestically, working with top broadcast O&O stations (U.S.) managing $20M in advertising and $25M in revenues with some of the most recognizable programs in television.
In the 90’s she effectively pitched and packaged, “DRAGONBALL Z” to Saban Entertainment, supervising all domestic syndication and marketing efforts. The show became one of the most successful ‘Japanimation’ programs in the world with global revenues estimated over $2 Billion. In 1997, her independent movie, “THE GIFTED,” went to Cannes Film Festival with sales over $8M.
The following two years, Gayle was recruited as a Managing Director/Business Development of Entertainment and Media for Covansys, Inc. She was responsible for $14M in sales of business intelligence for studio/film/television/music companies providing end-to-end solutions and custom development software applications increasing brand visibility to Warner Bros., Fox Filmed Entertainment, Universal, DreamWorks, MGM, Sony, Paramount, E Networks, Disney and DirecTV.
Continuing her independent spirit, she produced and raised $20 Million in private equity/financing for a feature film in 2009-10, hiring all above the line talent, (Cloris Leachman, Toni Braxton, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes, and Jamie Presley) successfully recouping Michigan’s 42% of tax credit/spend back to investors.
Considered an expert in her field, Gayle consults with numerous entertainment companies, is a member of NATPE & FAME. A former competitive athlete, Gayle set (and still holds) the WORLD RECORD of 13,104 Bent-Knee Sit Ups in 12 Hours on ABC-TV in 1980. It was a World Wide Television Event Program entitled, “The New and Spectacular Guinness Book of World Records.”
Gayle's vast entertainment experience in TV, media and entertainment allowed her to see the need for a best of breed global entertainment platform dedicated to the explosive and multi-billion dollar esports and gamer industry. Creating "GAMER WORLD NEWS" [GWNe] with a dedicated and award winning team of professionals, her network launched late April 2018, becoming the go-to experts for FOX Business News reporting on esports and the videogame industry. She and her hosts report regularly on FOX Business News programs, Varney&Co, Mornings With Maria and Cavuto Coast to Coast. GWNe is currently negotiating worldwide license and syndication partners in an effort to reach up to 1Billion eyeballs globally. GWNe is the first in the world to use cutting edge gamer technology and motion tracking for esports, gamer news and entertainment. Offering the global gamer audience a premiere, sleek and authoritative news choice, it is the most unique operated and owned global media and entertainment platform for today's savvy, smart and loyal audience of esports professional, competitive and casual gamers.
Currently Gayle is producing and directing “Fearless”, the Life Story of Cloris Leachman. Her next project documentary, entitled “From Gangster to Gladiator” about the life of Lynn “Red” Williams begins production November 2023 through March 2024.