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Video work during Omicron means smaller crews and emptier sets, but it's good to be working. Directing this week (through double-masks) with some amazing Chicago actors on college campuses in the midwest.

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Lakeview Pantry's Giving Tuesday Can you help provide 1 million meals this ? Lakeview Pantry continues to see record numbers of individuals seeking food and other social services. Give $1, give 8 meals!

I was the location producer for this Art Institute of Chicago video with Blair Holmes Productions for Bank of America. Nothing like having the world’s greatest museum close its doors to the public so you can spend the whole day taking it all in. My alma mater is an amazing place!

“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – 1884” by Georges Seurat “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – 1884” by Georges Seurat is considered to be one of the most important 19th century paintings. It made ...

We all need this right now. Go freakin' Desi!

Badass Babalu Desi Arnaz at his badass best!

Me and Bob Medich go way back, and I've been happy to call him a friend and collaborator for over 20 years. Bob left the earth a better, smarter and more beautiful place for us all. Here's a quick little video that I shot and he edited. Thank for the poetry, friend.

How We Dance: Old Town School of Folk Music Promotional Video Produced in 2007 to renew interest in the Old Town School's dance programs among the members of it board of directors. Videography by Marc Wellin/Mothlight…

Today’s shoot: San Antonio

Liz Phair - "Never Said" (Remastered Video & Audio) From Liz Phair's Girly-Sound To Guyville: the 25th Anniversary Box Set, released May 4th, 2018 from Matador Records. Available now: http://mat-r.co/GirlySoun...

Spots I'd Have Shot, #237: I love Liz Phair, and I love these videos from the Golden Age of Music Videos, when Chicago was alive with talent-laden indy production companies doing their thing (eMotion Pictures and Blackball shout-out). And I live across the street from both of these shoot locations: Lincoln Park Conservatory and Fullerton Ave. Beach. Bravo (and a tip o' the hat to Grace Welln for this memory).

Liz Phair - "Never Said" (Remastered Video & Audio) From Liz Phair's Girly-Sound To Guyville: the 25th Anniversary Box Set, released May 4th, 2018 from Matador Records. Available now: http://mat-r.co/GirlySoun...

When the DP forgets to book the 2nd camera operator, you gotta pinch hit.

I had to share this podcast: it’s a sweeping history of music, advertising and popular culture from the early 1960s. A nice listen, and beautifully produced.

"Re:sound #267 Kintsugi Whipped Cream" from Re:sound by WBEZ on Apple Podcasts This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising

Shooting in Las Vegas, where even the view from your hotel room looks like a background plate for a Ridley Scott film.