Gia Franzia

Acting

Gia Franzia

Santa Monica, California, USA

Gia Franzia was born in Santa Monica and grew up in Orange County, CA. She graduated from Long Beach State University with a degree in Theatre Arts. Immediately upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles and studied at Playhouse West (one of L.A.'s top acting schools) for many years. She acted in several plays while there and also worked behind the scenes working as sound operator, lighting, and stage crew for multiple shows. From 2002 to present, Gia has co-produced and produced all of her films beginning with Peace of Heart, Special Dead, Rattle Basket, Condo Hell, The Writer's Ghost and Miss Nobody. Gia solely produced, starred, and co-wrote the controversial film Baby of Mine. She produced for director Tracy Pellegrino and actor Mark Pellegrino's short films shot in Cannes, Paris, Rome, London, Rio, Auckland, Brooklyn, Dusseldorf, Vancouver and Los Angeles. The shorts will come together as a feature length film titled, Strangers in a Strange Land. Gia has consistently appeared in leading and supporting roles in numerous indie films such as Wild Sunflowers, Night of the Flesh Eaters, Trick of the Witch, Heavy Makeup, Condo Hell, Fashion Murder Groove, The Writer's Ghost, L.A. I Hate You, and Miss Nobody. Most recently, Gia has appeared on Leah Remini's, It's All Relative as Leah's dog walker.

Acting credits

Rock Star poster
6.7

A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.

Rock Star

2001

Running Mates poster
5.2

A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

Running Mates

2000

No artwork available
0.5

After a series of brutal murders occur in their Hollywood neighborhood, two women search for clues to uncover the identity of a serial killer who is targeting struggling young actresses.

Heavy Makeup

2016

L.A., I Hate You poster
2.8

The lives of an action star wannabe, a frustrated family man, and a guilt-ridden boyfriend, intertwine in three tales of sex, violence, redemption, murder, and unthinkable twists all taking place in the City of Angels; Los Angeles, California.

L.A., I Hate You

2011

Night of the Flesh Eaters poster
2.0

On the most evil night of the year, a beautiful blond woman and ruggedly handsome archeologist hitman find themselves trapped in a forest haunted by bizarre flesh eating Native American demon zombies. As they flee the woman's crime boss husband, who seeks to murder them for their illicit love affair, their car is destroyed in a head-on collision with one of the demons, a Stone Man. The blond woman and assassin must escape the perils of the dark and evil forest, on foot, without becoming demon food or getting themselves slaughtered by the woman's vengeful, fat cat husband.

Night of the Flesh Eaters

2008

The Writer's Ghost poster
5.0

A woman discovers that she is sharing her new home with a ghost that become increasingly belligerent.

The Writer's Ghost

2015

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium poster
3.0

In 1968, in the Ravenside Military Hospital in a military facility in Pennsylvania, the army loses control of an experiment of a lethal bacteriologic weapon that changes the DNA and transforms human beings into zombies. A group of soldiers is sent to the hospital to eliminate the infected staff and interns but private DeLuca steals a test tube with the virus and hides it inside a vacuum flask. He is transformed into a zombie and killed but the vacuum flask falls in the grass. In the present days, a group of patients in the mental institution Ravenside Memorial Hospital finds the vacuum flask and later when one of them opens the vessel, the culture tube drops on the floor of a bathroom contaminating the group and their Dr. Donwynn.

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium

2005

No artwork available
NR

A serial killer stalks guests during an open house weekend at a giant secluded luxury condominium estate.

Condo Hell

2016

No artwork available
8.0

An actress starts working at a fashion magazine to investigate the death of a famous model.

Fashion Murder Groove

2005

Special Dead poster
4.3

When a zombie plague infects a camp for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggles to survive the night. The unlikely heroes fight their way off the mountain as, one by one, they're picked off and join the ranks of the walking dead. It's a campy stampede of blood, boobs and gore as some "very special" people show that they can kick some serious undead ass.

Special Dead

2006

Peace of Heart poster
10.0

Rural romance

Peace of Heart

2002

No artwork available
5.0

Trick of the Witch is about a group of fashion models fighting a witchcraft curse while stranded at a secluded mansion.

Trick of the Witch

2010

Behind the camera