Inez Lewis Photo Blog

Okay headshots are not my favorite thing to shoot but when the opportunity comes I will usually take it.  In this case I’m very happy I did.  My shoot with entertainer Gary Sturgis went better than I expected.  We did several looks but this series I have posted below is my favorite look.  I loved working with Gary and crew.  Everyone had great energy and no big egos to get in the way of the fun.  What did I enjoy about this shoot?  Gary did more than stand there.  He gave me something to work with.  As a photographer I strive for more than pretty lighting, good makeup and phat gear.  I want to show something real of the person I’m shooting.  Fun or serious it doesn’t really matter.  I want to see something of there soul.  I think we were able to capture some of that here.

Gary Anthony Sturgis Bio

Gary Anthony Sturgis is a New Orleans born

actor/writer/director best known for his portrayal of the

villain in two of Tyler Perry’s biggest hit films, “Diary of A

Mad Black Woman” (as Jamison Jackson) and “Daddy’s

Little Girls” (as Joseph Woods). He also co-starred

opposite Terrence Howard in “Pride”, as the charming yet

sinister pimp/drug dealer Franklin Washington. Recently,

he has broken the mold of bad guy to co-star in the

comedy “Chicago Pulaski Jones” with Kel Mitchell and

Cedric the Entertainer.

Also a professional voice artist, Sturgis has voiced

network promos for UPN, CBS, PBS and ABC, cartoons

and video games (Static Shock, Batman, Scooby Doo

and The Cyber Chase, Fairly Odd Parents, Spiderman)

and is heard on countless commercials for radio and

television. His raspy bass-baritone voice that the women

find hard to resist has even been heard on national movie

trailers and promotions for; BONES, TWO CAN PLAY

THAT GAME, THE OTHERS, THE BROTHERS and THE

WOOD to name a select few. For another surprise, Gary

also produces and writes rap music and has a successful

recording under the moniker Illuminati called Fahrenheit,

which is still available on iTunes.

As a writer/producer, Gary is currently producing some of

his feature-length screenplays (he has written more than

ten), and has packaged his works into three and four picture deals and commenced to shopping them

around town for financing and distribution. We have only scratched the surface of this multi-faceted

creative soul.

Since Sturgis has been writing for years, the next natural progression was to direct. After directing LEND

A HAND, a 90-second short film for the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), Gary realized that directing

was yet another feather he could stick in his talented cap. “I see directing as a place of creativity far

different than creating a character as an actor. I am drawn to the amount of focus that goes into telling an

entire story visually, and how I have to balance creativity with efficiency and time when I direct” he says

of his directing experience.

Gary will be directing two of his own films, a comedy, THE INHERITANCE and an action drama, LE BON

TEMPS ROULER, in the near future as the first two films from his production company, GEMFilmworks.

The multi hyphenated talent is already respected as an actor and plans to make an even bigger mark in

the entertainment business while he perpetually broadens his horizons.

When asked what area of the business he likes best, Gary says simply, “It really doesn’t matter, as long

as it’s the business of entertainment”.