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JOHN J. CONDNE III, President/Producer, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Condne Films, Inc. He received his bachelor's degree in communications with honors from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He also holds a master's degree in film/video from Columbia College in Chicago and a master’s degree in secondary education in speech and theatre from Concordia University. During his graduate studies at Columbia College, he served as president of the Columbia College filmmaking organization. Mr. Condne has written, produced, and directed numerous films and videos. He was the executive producer on the award-winning film “Baptism by Fire.” In April 1994, Mr. Condne produced the musical theatrical production “Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know.” The show ran for 10 weeks in Chicago and received rave reviews from major Chicago newspapers and audiences. In 1995, Mr. Condne wrote, produced, and directed the dramatic film “Diamond in the Rough,” which was shown at several film festivals. Mr. Condne has also produced the feature films, “Windy City Romance” and “Tio’s Game.” Both films are being distributed domestically and internationally. Most recently, he produced a pilot television show. “Gen Y TV” will be televised on WTTW Channel 11 beginning in July 2007. |
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MATT MITCHENER, Writer/Co-Director/Editor, is a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School and has been involved in the creative filmmaking program. Next year, Matt will be attending New York University and is one of the few to get accepted into NYU’s screenwriting program. Two summers ago he completed a 16 mm film class at Columbia College where he learned how to work with real film. While in high school, Matt has made several movies including, “Why God Hates Me.” He has also made various short projects, including a music video to the song “Black” by Pearl Jam. This video was shown in various festivals and student production screenings, and won second in state at the 13th Annual Chicagoland High School Video Festival. Matt is currently working on a new script. |
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KRISTOPHER REY-TALLEY, Co-Director, is responsible for the creation and operation of Kibber Films and Offset Productions. He is currently a film production student at New York University. Kristopher has written, produced, and directed many short films over the past several years. He wrote and directed the 35-minute short entitled “Gus,” which headlined at a school film festival. “Gus” was created with the aid of film teacher John Condne and an excerpt of this film won the Platinum Award at the Chicagoland High School Video Festival. Additionally, Kristopher has created numerous school-related projects including an adaptation of James Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” which has since been incorporated into the curriculum of several honor-level English classes. Kristopher has experimented with other film mediums such as music videos and clay animation. One of his claymations, “The Fall of Constantinople,” created with longtime friend and film collaborator, Sam Wootton, won the gold and third place awards at the Chicagoland High School Video Festival. |
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JP Erickson, Behind-The-Scenes, is the founder of This Side Up productions and has been in charge of the behind the scenes Kryptonite Tapes. JP was on set everyday of production and shot hours and hours of footage. Besides work on the film, JP has done various videos himself, including music videos and narratives. |
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