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Darin Back has been a professional working photographer for over 15 years. He worked as first assistant to Annie Leibovitz at Vanity Fair for one year early in his career. Darin’s work in the industry has taken him around the country. He has shot and been published in New York, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. Some of his most recent local editorial/advertising photography has appeared in Mpls.St.Paul magazine, Minnesota Monthly, and Twin Cities Metro magazine. He has also instructed at the Mpls Photo Center.
Dan Beers has worked as an artist and commercial color and B&W printer for over 22 years, including three years as the manager of the Northlight Lab. He is widely known in art circles for his platinum print landscape photos. Dan was manager/master printer of the Curtis Centennial Project, creating gold-tone glass prints from antique negatives produced by Edward S. Curtis. As an independent artist, Dan blends 19th, 20th and 21st century photographic techniques. His work has been exhibited at the IFP MN Center for Media Arts and Minnesota Center for Photography.
Paul Bernhardt is an award-winning director of educational videos in the Digital Learning Group at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. As an independent producer/director, his films have screened at festivals and on public television. He has been teaching editing with Final Cut Pro at IFP Minnesota since 2002.
Alex Brown has been wading up to his neck in film for the past seven years. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a concentration in film, acting, and writing, seeking a future career producing and directing movie comedies. His work has been seen in numerous film festivals and Red Bull competitions. He directs and edits music videos for various local artists. Alex recently worked with Rhymesayers Entertainment on the documentary Behind I Self Divine’s “Sounds of Low Class America."
Joel Dickinson is recognized for his efforts in the advancement of multimedia design and development for educational programming. His design work with the University of Minnesota Extension Service has won several awards and received national attention in US News & World Report. Joel has a BS in Graphic Design and an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in multimedia design and development, both from the University of Minnesota. His work includes educational video production; curriculum design and development; and program identity, packaging, and graphic design. He is also an accomplished music producer with numerous productions that have been featured on the Billboard dance charts.
Richard Fleischman originally trained as an actor. He returned to school for photography in 2000 and has never looked back. After assisting some of the Twin Cities’ best photographers, he went out on his own in 2007 and has since shot for a variety of national and local clients including Time magazine, ESPN The Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Target Corporation, and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.
David Grant is a Twin Cities-based screenwriter and playwright. As a playwright, he has been commissioned to write new work for the Minnesota Science Museum, the Minnesota Historical Society, Mixed Blood Theater, VocalEssence, The Playwrights’ Center, and Great American History Theatre. As a screenwriter, he has written drama for Twin Cities Public Television, Russell Simmons’ Def Pictures, HBO New York, Davis Entertainment, and the Showtime Network. Grant has been a recipient of screenwriting fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the McKnight Foundation, and was a finalist for the 1999 Gordon Parks Award and the Heathcote Arts Foundation Fellowship at the Independent Feature Film Market in New York for his screenplay Trouble. His travel story, I Hold High My Beautiful, Luminous Q’uran, appears in the book, Best Travel Writing, 2009, published by Travelers’ Tales, Palo Alto. He has taught screenwriting at The Loft, Playwrights’ Center, and S.A.S.E., as well as basic writing skills for The Center for Non-Profit Management at the University of St. Thomas. Grant is a graduate of Antioch College and president emeritus of Screenwriters’ Workshop, member of The Loft board of directors, a core alumnus member of The Playwrights’ Center, and a member of the Writers’ Guild of America, West.
Sara Hurley is a front-end web developer for the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She has taught digital media production at St. Catherine University and (upcoming) at the University of Minnesota’s Summer Public Health Institute. A cofounder of the Minnesota Web Conference, Sara is actively involved in the higher education web community and has presented at numerous conferences. She holds an MFA in poetry, is currently pursuing a PhD in Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota, and has a background in editorial work and education. Her teaching experience includes composition and English literature courses at the University of Minnesota, Brooklyn College, and Kingsborough Community College.
Dean Lincoln Hyers was already showing feature films he wrote and directed at film festivals around the nation by the time he was 18 and launched his own interactive media company, Digital Café, as his entrée into the movie business. Through Digital Café, Dean directed and distributed electronic promotions for mainstream Hollywood blockbusters like Godzilla and Die Hard III. Upon selling Digital Café, Dean returned to the director’s chair with his debut feature, Bill’s Gun Shop, for which Dean took top honors at the SMMASH Film Festival and won Minnesota’s top directing prize, the D. L. Maberry Award. It was subsequently released through Warner Bros. Dean is also a rising star on the professional speaking circuit, with rave notices for talks in Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Dublin, Syndey, New York, Orlando, and the Twin Cities. Dean is two-time pitch trainer and pitching judge at the Great American PitchFest.
Dain Ingebretson has been writing and producing in the Twin Cities for ten years with many short films under his belt. He most recently edited for the TV show Kit on the SPEED network, while developing his narrative consulting and seminars for clients like Target Corporation and Waterbury Music and Sound.
Erika Johnson is founder of South Shore Productions (www.southshoreproductions.net), a video-production, development and management company based in Detroit Lakes, MN. Her documentaries and video productions have been adapted for multiple uses from broadcast (National Geographic’s Wild Chronicles program and public television) to international educational outreach tools for government agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations, including USAID, The World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, and Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Pete Machalek is co-founder, speaker, trainer, and resident communication expert of SagePresence, where he has worked with professionals and organizations to pitch themselves to decision-makers since 1999. He is also the founder and co-developer of the Chickadee Acting Workshop and the Authentic Screen Acting Workshops. Pete holds a Master's degree in a unique program he designed at the University of Iowa, combining Film Production and Communication Theory, as well as a Bachelor's in Speech and Communications from Gustavus Adolphus College. He wrote, produced, and directed an Academy Awards semifinalist in 1991 and is past Director of Communications for the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development.
Deborah Meyer has been an active participant in IFP MN since the 1980s, first as a student/member/volunteer, and as an instructor for the past ten years. Professionally, she works in advertising as both a photo stylist and co-designer. Her fine art photography has been exhibited locally and purchased for publication.
Dawn Mikkelson is an award-winning media producer and documentary filmmaker who was named to AV Multimedia Producer’s 2004 National Top Producers Showcase. From National PBS broadcasts to Featured Video Podcast by iTunes, Mikkelson’s work in film and video has received international acclaim across broad delivery platforms. She has completed four award-winning feature documentaries. Her most recent film, The Red Tail, directed with Melissa Koch, had its world premiere at the 2009 Galway International Film Fleadh. A former television news reporter at an ABC affiliate, Mikkelson has spoken about documentary filmmaking on numerous festival panels, and also about LGBT and environmental issues at colleges and universities around the world. She teaches documentary film as adjunct faculty at Ottawa University, Kansas and IFP Minnesota.
Dan Miller has worked as a freelance lighting technician for the past 16 years. He has worked in the grip and electric lighting departments on movies, commercials, sporting and special events. Dan worked at the local ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, IA, directing the morning and noon news during the day, and shooting and editing video at the local cable operations at night. After moving to the Twin Cities, Dan spent five years at small ad agency shooting broadcast spots, corporate video, and business theater work before going freelance.
Rhea Pappas (rheapappas.com) has worked as a freelance photographer in Minnesota for seven years. She shoots album covers and promos for record labels and photographs weddings, portraits, fine art projects, and editorial work in the Twin Cities. She has worked at West Photo and National Camera Exchange and was the 2005 recipient of the Scholastic Photographic Portfolio Award Scholarship at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where she recently graduated. In 2007 she discovered her passion for teaching high school students and spent the summer of 2008 teaching photography for the Duluth Public Schools Community Education Program. Rhea’s photography has been exhibited at the Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the Fallout Urban Art Center Gallery. Rhea won the Best of Student category in the 2008 Advertising Photographers of America national photo competition. As a result, Rhea’s photographs were exhibited at the Calumet Gallery in New York City.
Matt Peiken is former staff arts writer at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and managing editor of the Walker Art Center’s magazine. During 21 years on the staffs of daily newspapers, he won regional writing awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, California Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Minnesota Chapter of Associated Press and fellowships with the Poynter Institute and National Arts Journalism Program. In September 2008, Peiken launched 3-Minute Egg (3minuteegg.org), where he covers Twin Cities arts through daily video online and a weekly program on the Minnesota Channel of Twin Cities Public Television.
John Pennoyer is a freelance nature photographer whose love of the outdoors shines through the images he captures. Wildflowers, environmental scenes, birds, and other wildlife are of special interest to him, especially that which is native to Minnesota. Over the last ten years he has been conducting photography workshops at the American Bear Association (americanbear.org) in Orr, MN. He also teaches photography classes at various locations in the Twin Cities area. For the last five years he has been shooting totally digital using Nikon equipment. His photo credits include Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Lake Country Journal, Bowhunter, Outdoor Life, and many other national and regional publications. John has been a member of the Minnesota Nature Photography Club (minnesotanature.org) for 27 years and was recently awarded honorary status. Since retiring from General Motors, John has been working full-time in his own photography business, Impressions of Nature (impressionsofnature.net).
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Jesse Roesler has a storytelling addiction. From comedies, to documentaries, to robotic love stories – you’ll find him ever exploring the humor, lightness and depth of the human experience through the use of cinematic expression. His mini-movies have found homes in international film festivals, on national television, and in your Web browser.
Jasmine Reid has been a producer of feature films, commercials, and music videos for ten years. Her credits include the feature 13 Hours in a Warehouse (2008), which has grossed over three times its production budget. She subsequently line produced Patrick Coyle's Into Temptation, starring Kristen Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies and Four Christmases) and Jeremy Sisto (Law & Order and Clueless). Distributed by First Look on the heels of its theatrical release, the film has been racking up strong numbers on DVD. Other credits include Stuck Between Stations, starring Josh Hartnett (Lucky Number Slevin and Blawk Hawk Down) and Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), which is currently in post-production. Jasmine has long-established relationships with the Minnesota Film & TV Board, Screen Actors Guild, and talent agencies and is a respected member of the Minnesota film community. Her pitch to produce the upcoming Statue of David led the executive producers to relocate the movie from Los Angeles to Minneapolis.
Beth Smith has worked on feature films for over 16 years. As a script/continuity supervisor she works closely with directors and cinematographers on projects ranging from large-budget studio features (The Last Kiss, Grumpier Old Men, and Wag The Dog) to small independent films (Bill’s Gun Shop and Snow). Over the years she has also worked on numerous commercial and industrial projects. Beth has been a guest lecturer at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and Rosemount High School and is a judge for the Rosemount Film Festival.
Jon Springer is an award-winning indie film producer, director, and cinematographer with regional and national acclaim. His films have garnered rave reviews from some of the top film sites in the world, including Ain’t it Cool News, Film Threat, and Fangoria. Springer’s cinematography credits include a long list of feature films, narrative shorts, documentaries, and over 700 commercials. His latest feature film, The Hagstone Demon, starring indie film icon Mark Borchardt, premiered at the 2009 Tromadance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Along with numerous awards for his direction and cinematography, Springer won the IFP/McKnight Artist Fellowship for Filmmaking in 2007.
Justin Staggs is an independent, Minneapolis-based music video director with over three dozen music videos to his credit, most of which have received national and international broadcast promotion. Justin was the winner of the 2004 Kangaroo Project and was also chosen as one of the elite recipients of Twin Cities Metro magazine’s 2009 Keep Awards for excellence in filmmaking. Justin is a self-taught filmmaker and has an extensive creative background in advertising design, illustration, and screenwriting. In addition to being passionate about film directing, he enjoys teaching and sharing his unique insights into his craft and creative process with his students.
Greg Stevens has been working in the audio and video industry for 23 years. He has performed in touring bands, produced music in the studio using Logic Pro for Mac, written music for films and theater, and produced a commercial spot for Sketchers tennis shoes. He worked at The ADS Group and Copycats Media from 2004 to 2009 and did freelance work for Cine-O-Matic in Minneapolis, working with video conversion, video shoot bids, and Blu-ray video authoring consultation. In 2009 Greg worked with Stand Up! Records owner Dan Schlissel on an audio project for Maria Bamford at Studio 120 in Plymouth, Minnesota. He has been coordinating the August Schell's Make Your own Grain Belt or Schell’s Commercial Contest for six years running.
Jim Taylor is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker. He received an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California, where he studied with such well-known writers as Leonard Schrader, Sam Denoff, and Elias Davis. He received an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for his script Uranium, and his screenplay, Zen Turkey, was produced and aired on the CBC. Jim is best-known to local audiences as the director and star of Run Some Idiot, which premiered at the City Pages Documentary Film Festival, and which later played at the American Film Institute’s Silverdocs Festival. Jim’s company, Jim Taylor Media, produces ads and industrials for corporate and political clients.
Deacon Warner is the Youth Program Coordinator for IFP MN. During the school year he teaches documentary video production through residencies at high schools in Saint Paul. He is also the founder and director of the Polar Producers Documentary Team, an after school program for students in the Minneapolis Public Schools. His students’ work has been accepted into many festivals and screenings and won numerous awards, including a 2008 Award of Excellence from the Minneapolis School Board.
Eric Weidmann attended the Los Angeles Film Studies Center before receiving a BA in Philosophy of Creative Media from Greenville College in Illinois. He has spent the last seven years working in professional DVD production and freelance video editing. He currently is a freelance graphic designer and technical consultant. |
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