Terry Gross has Dave Davies cover for her. Johnny Carson had Joan Rivers, Gary Shandling, and scores others guest host when he was away. Fun Fact, when Lennon and McCartney were on the Tonight Show in 1968 to talk about
Military Experience & The Arts, Dan Buckman
A great show this week, Dan Buckman, Vice President and Managing Fiction Editor of the website Military Experience & the Arts is my guest on a special Veteran’s Day episode of Teaching in the Arts. This is a fascinating conversation, and
Rene Roy from the Museum of Science and Industry
This week on Teaching in the Arts, Rene Roy, Senior Co0ordinator of Guest-Facing Volunteer Programs at the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago. We had a great discussion about Rene’s career and journey from being an actor and
WJE at 50
I have done a lot of work for Wiss Janney Elstner, but in 2006 I was able to produce a film for their 50th anniversary. It screened at the Museum of Science and Industry in May 2006. Here is a
My Nurse 24/7
This was my one and only foray into Infomercials. It was a lot of fun- and a lot of work. I wrote and directed and co-produced. There was a lot of narrative work so that was fine. I guess that’s
Denny Dent Films
Denny Dent, and his wife Ali, were key players in my development as a filmmaker. Ultimately I filmed him 4 times, all with my Northwestern pal and DP on Victimess Crimes, Stephan Fopeano shooting. You can read more here.
Victimless Crimes
If I was to trace where my film career came from, I go to three projects. 1) The Niteskool Project music videos I did while a student at Northwestern. 2) The Denny Dent films-the longer and the shorter version, and
From the Farmstand
This is a pilot for a cooking show I made for my friend Janine MacLachlan. It didn’t go anywhere, but I always thought it was a nice piece of filmmaking. Janine did great. Again I was working with my friends
Wiss Janney Elstner- Janney Technical Center
For 20 years I have done work for WJE, the Northbrook, IL based engineer, architect, and material science firm. Over that time a made a film for their 50th anniversary, their 60th anniversary, several promotional films, and this during the
Psychodots Music Video
I directed this music video in 2007. It was part of Production in Action. The band, psychodots, is from Cincinnati. It was a blast.
