Michael Niederman, Chairperson. M.F.A., Radio, Television, Film, Northwestern University; certificate in Film Production, New York University; producer, director, editor of numerous award-winning television programs and films including "Presumed Guilty", "Shades of Grey" and "Voices from Northern Ireland", all of which aired on PBS. Host of the WYCC/Channel 20 series "Reel Time" that featured the work of student film and video makers. Writer/Consultant for various corporation and educational organizations.

Eric Scholl, Assistant Chairperson, MFA, Film & Video Production, Northwestern University; BA, Radio, TV, Fiilm, Northwestern University. Producer of many documentary videos, including "The End of the Nightstick: Confronting Police Brutality in Chicago," aired nationally on PBS1s independent showcase "P.O.V." Former editor and Editorial Director for IPA, a Chicago post-production house. Freelance producer for PBS, A&E and Other broadcast and cable outlets.

John S. Banks, Computer Graphics and New Media Specialist. Formerly a founding partner of Rising Star Graphics Ltd., a computer/video firm specializing in Avid & other non-linear solutions. B.F.A. Photography, University of Arizona, Mellon Fellowship recipient from the Center for Advanced Studies in Art & Technology at the Art Institute of Chicago Masters program. Computer still & digital media have been featured in numerous international exhibitions since 1984.

Joan Beaudoin, Cultural Diversity & Media Specialist. B.A., DePaul University, Music; B.S., Columbia College, Television; M.S., Chicago State University, Psychology/Counseling. Executive Producer of Columbia’s cable TV program, Music Alive. Nationally recognized speaker on issues of race, intercultural communications and stereotypes in the media; recipient of grants/awards from NEH and Ford Foundation for diversity research. The 1997 Columbia College Teacher of the Year.
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Frank Bianco, B.A., Education, State University of New York at Geneseo, Staff Director WLS-TV for 25 years, "Artist-in-Residence" Columbia College, Television Department. Director credits include all local programs for WLS-TV and National Shows for ABC-TV including Oprah Winfrey, Nightline, Good Morning America, and Wide World of Sports. Member of the Director Guild of America and elected delegate to the "Eastern Directors Council." Awards include: Emmy Award for individual achievement for directing the film documentary "The Battered Badge," Gold Award Chicago Film Festival.

Ronald Boyd, Computer Graphics, Field Production and DV Editing Specialist. Former Manager, Creative Services, Hysan Corporation of Illinois; independent producer and creative services specialist in print and marketing media; co-producer and director/videographer "Voices of Northern Ireland" and Shades of Gray"; Voices Award, Center for News Media, 1994.

Timothy J. Densmore, Studio and Field Production Specialist. B.A., Columbia College, Television; freelance producer, consultant and trainer for Palmer House Hilton and Hilton Corporation in corporate production; former Media Coordinator for Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and Northwestern University Law Clinic; freelance cameraperson for various corporations including Beltone Electronics, Chicago Urban League, McDonald’s Television, and Allstate Insurance. Instructor of Columbia College Electronic Newsletter.
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Laura S. Litten, Aesthetics, Field Production, and Editing Specialist. B.S., Connecticut College; M.A., Art History, University of Chicago; freelance art director and producer; assistant to the director, the Killing Floor and The Roommate for American Playhouse on PBS; former Artist –in-Residence Coordinator, Center for New Television and producer for Communications for Change; lecture and researcher for BBC2 series on Art History for the Open University.

Sara Livingston, Media Literacy, Producing and Writing Specialist. B.A., Communications, University of Illinois, M.A. Mass Media, Children’s Television, University of Illinois at Chicago. Areas of specialty are media literacy, social documentary and scriptwriting. Produced and directed "Turn Her White With Stones", "Puertas de Alma", and "Love Poems" all done in collaboration with Jan Erkert & Dancers. In progress is documentary, "Return to Vietnam." Wrote pilot script for children’s show, "Elliot and Friends" coming to Nickelodeon. In addition to television department courses teaches media literacy courses in the graduate program of Columbia’s Educational Studies Department.

Jeanine Mellinger, Post-Production, Computer Graphics and Video Arts Specialist. M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; B.A., University of California, San Diego; former Program Director, Center for New Television, taught video and computer animation at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Community TV Network; certified Avid Instructor; received numerous grants for video installations and videotape productions.
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Luke Palermo, B.A., Columbia College; graduate studies, Roosevelt University, Education;Lewis University, Leadership Studies, producer/director, training tapes for 1984 and 1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic compulsory routines, United States Gymnastic Federation; co-author of a book for classroom teachers on instructing students in the art of media production for the classroom; founder and current member of Chicagoland Media Educators’ Network sponsor of the Chicagoland High School Student Video Festival; certified instructor for Avid Composer and Express; member of Board of Governors, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Chicago Chapter.

Brian Read, Field and Studio Production Specialist. B.A. degree, Broadcasting & Film, University of Iowa 1979; formerly Public Access Director, Cablevision of Chicago and Director of Production, Warner-Amex Cable; cameraman for News & Sports: Chicago Bulls basketball, Cubs & White Sox baseball, Chicago Fire Soccer for WGN Channel 9, ESPN, ABC, CBS and Fox Sports Network; Producer/Director, cable and broadcast documentaries: "Sadie Dreikurs, Partner in History" for The Adler Institute, Chicago and "One Step Further: Luther Allison’s Blues in Europe."
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Barbara Sykes, Editing and Video Arts Specialist. M.F.A., School of the Art Institute; undergraduate studies in video and computers, University of Illinois, Chicago; since 1975 award winning videotapes have been shown extensively worldwide at major museums, galleries, broadcast and cable television and in exhibitions of various kinds, one of the featured artists in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago’s exhibition Art in Chicago: 1945 to 1995, and also the recipient of numerous grants and artists residencies for research and videotape production in Japan, China, Australia, Spain, New York and most recently in 1998 in India.

Mark Anderson, Freelance Editor & Comp.

Steve Apter, AVID Editor, Freelance

Richard Bernal, Director, WBBM-TV

Beth Berolzheimer, Media Activist & Editor

Kelley Daniels, FT Faculty, TV/Journalism

James Disch, Director, News Programming, CLTV

Tom Dowd, Senior Designer/Associate Producer

Dave Dvorak, Avid Editor

Ken Erdey, Editor & Photographer, Freelance

Gary Fox, Producer, Film/Video

Michael Fry, Screenwriter, Internet, Screen, & News

Bill Glader, Producer & Director Glader Production Company

Nadine Grant, President & Founder of Grant Cross Communication Group Inc.

Ron Gunther, Independent Producer, Director, Consultant in TV/Video

Wayne Kumingo, Video Editor, Vellis Knowledge, Inc.

Dan LaCloche, Writer, Freelance & Asst. Comp. Lab Mgr, TV Dept.

Laura Levitt-Gamis, Artist-In-Residence,

Sergio Lozano, Director of Scoreboard Oper., United Center

Lisa Lubin, Specials Producer, ABC-7 Prog. Dept.

Amy Ludwig,
Artist-In-Residence,

Michele Mahoney, Location Scout, Filmmaker, Educator & Producer

Dave Mason, Videographer, WGN & Chief Engineer, TV Dept.

Daphne McDonnell, Editor,Freelance

Ray Meinke, Production Engineer, WTTW-TV

Denis Mueller, Producer & Writer

Barry Murphy, Editor

Claudia Paraskiv, MFA program @ NW Univ.

Frank Partipilo, Cameraman, Lighting Director & Designer

Greg Petersen, Multimedia Artist & Designer

Annette Prijatel, TV Dept. Relations Coord.

Marcella Raymond, Reporter, WGN-TV
Dawn Robles, V.P. Prod., Digital Realm Entertainment Group

Suzanne Santos, Creative Producer, JHS Advertising

Roger Schatz, V.P., Cavalcade Commun. Group Chicago

Dave Smith, Engineer, TV Dept

Jeffrey Spitz, Pres., Jeff Spitz Prod., Independent Doc. Filmmaker

Melissa Sterne, Video Editor, Freelance

Phil Szczytowski, Tape Operator, Freelance

Tony Ward, Freelance Editor & Curriculum Support Tech.,TV

Tom Weinberg, Exec. Prod. Director, Fund for Innovative Television

Ron Weiner, TV Producer, Independent & Director, ROWE Prod., Inc.

Chris West, Station Operations Manager.

Jeff Wieck, Equipment Center Manager

Lillian Williams, Director of Broadcast Journalism, Columbia College

Paul Wozniak, Animator & Engineer, TV Department

Barbara Yanowski, Author, Artist, Public Speaker, Exec. Trainer, Producer

Julia Zay, Filmmaker & Independent Producer

Richard Zurawiec, Producer & Director FOX-TV