JACK C. NEWELL

• Director of episodic web-based programs, short films, feature films, commercials, and industrials.
• Films have screened nationally and internationally, including the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival, the Boston Film Festival, and 2007 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner.

EXPERIENCE (Selected List)

• 2010: Director & Producer
  Strange Attractors (feature film)
  Starring Dave Pasquesi, TJ Jagodowski, Gregory Holliman, Susan Messing, and Tim Kazurinsky. The film is set for completion in summer 2011.
• 2010: Writer, Director, Producer
  Geneca: Your Destination (industrial)
  Recruitment video for Downers Grove based software company, Geneca.
• 2010: Director & Producer
  Typing (short)
  Starring Tim Kazurinsky and Francis Guinan, 35mm.
• 2010: Director
  Quilty (web series/industrial)
  Internet TV series for Quilters News Network (QNNTV.com) and popular PBS series, Love of Quilting. The show focuses on basic quilting instruction with experienced quilting educators.
• 2009: Director & Producer
  Stages of Emily (short)
  Starring SNL’s Vanessa Bayer and Danielle Uhlarik.
• 2008: Director & Producer
  ‘Halpern’s Yes & Productions’ (commercial)
  Developed, wrote, budgeted, produced, and delivered content for the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee’s online promotional campaign.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Columbia College Chicago, BA in Film/Video, 2004
• Second City Writing Program, 2006
• Second City Conservatory Graduate, 2005
• Improv Olympic Graduate, 2005

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

• Board Member Cinema/Chicago Education Committee, Chicago International Film Festival, 2008 - present
• Panelist 2009 National Communication Association
• My Lover’s Moods - Nominated Best Short, Best Actress, & Best Editing at the Midwest Independent Film Festival, 2007
• Stages of Emily - Official selection of the YouTube Screening Room