Who we are
Our core team is made up of father/daughter team Birdie and Paul Gilreath.
BIRDIE GILREATH
Birdie Gilreath is an emerging writer/director based in New York City. Birdie’s career in film began when she was an extra in Paul’s “96 Minutes”. She found her passion for horror at a young age, and enjoys creating spine-tingling atmospheres and stories through the camera. Birdie is currently a senior studying at New York University, and plans on receiving a BFA in Film and TV next May. Through What Say You? Productions, she has already been an Executive and Associate Producer on several projects including the award winning SOMM.TV.
She wrote and directed “The Painter”, her first horror short in 2025, and it is currently on the festival circuit. Birdie is workshopping several ideas for the slate of upcoming film projects with WSY.
PAUL GILREATH
Paul Gilreath is a Film Producer and Composer for Film and Media. He has composed full scores for 4 features, several shorts, video games and TV shows. His album “Eyes of the Morrow” was on the Billboard New Age charts for 9 months. Paul has Produced several film projects including the award winning “96 Minutes” featuring David Oyelowo, Britany Snow and Evan Ross. He is a Producer for the award winning SOMM.TV | SOMM FILMS.
He is featured in the new documentary about the making of No Retreat No Surrender, a 1980’s cult classic. His song “Stand on your own” from NRNS was featured in the 2024 season finale of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. And songs from his albums have been featured on The Masters Golf Competition on CBS. He has written music for Cartoon Network’s video games.
He Produced WSY’s “The Painter” and composed the score for the film. He is working with Birdie to produce ideas for their slate of films.
