Kelli Gillam holds degrees in accounting and business taxation from Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California, respectively. Since 1993, she has worked as a freelance production accountant in Culver City, California. In that time, Kelli Gillam has functioned in an accounting role for various Hollywood productions, including Crash.
Crash is a 2004 film directed by Paul Haggis and written by Haggis and Bobby Moresco. The film, which chronicles the interweaving lives of a diverse cast of characters in a socially tense Los Angeles, received a number of award nominations and victories, most notably at the 78th Academy Awards. Haggis and Moresco won the award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, while Hughes Winborne was recognized with the award for Best Achievement in Film Editing. Furthermore, Crash beat out the likes of Brokeback Mountain and Capote for the ceremony’s most prestigious award, Best Picture.
Additional nominations included Matt Dillon for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Haggis for Best Achievement in Directing. Crash also received a nomination in the Original Song category for “In the Deep” by Michael Becker and Kathleen York.
