Jack C. Newell

My films have screened across the United States and abroad, including the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner.

Teacher of Directing and Production at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Filmmakers, and the iO Theater.

2010: Director & Producer - Typing
A 35mm short comedy about two MGM screenwriters in 1939 struggling to write a movie starring Robert Montgomery with the requirements of it having sex, adventure, and a dog.

2010: Director, Writer & Producer – May 16, 1955
A 35mm drama that deals with a farmer and his wife devastated by the tragic death of their child which puts them at odds in how they deal with the loss.

2009: Director & Producer - Stages of Emily
Director of a festival-bound comedic short film about a girl’s coming of age story told through the five stages of grief as she learns to stand up to her mother.

2008: Director & Producer – ‘Halpern’s Yes & Productions’
Worked developing, writing, budgeting, producing, and delivering content for the Chicago 2016 committee’s online Olympic promotional campaign.

2008: Writer/Producer/Director - Vivo: Bridge over Troubled Water
Created a Sitcom Pilot about a quirky psychologist who wades through a series of personal disasters as a single father that spins his life out of control.

2007 – Present: Director & Producer - MPZ – Video Shorts
Collaborating with sketch comedy group Maximum Party Zone creating content for release on the Internet.

2010 – Present: iO Theater, Adjunct Faculty
Co-creator and instructor of the Sketch Comedy Video Elective. Class deals with the translation of written, improvised, and staged scenes to the film medium.

2006 – Present: Columbia College Chicago, Adjunct Faculty
Instructor for eight semesters of Film Production and Directing for undergraduate students. Courses cover script writing, directing, and producing.

2007 – Present: Chicago Filmmakers, Adjunct Faculty
Instructor for six semesters of Directing One. Course covers the basic elements of directing; text analysis, casting, collaboration, shooting, editing, and distribution.

		JACK C. NEWELL QUALIFICATIONS My films have screened across the United States and abroad, including the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. Teacher of Directing and Production at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Filmmakers, and the iO Theater. FILM INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE (Selected List) 2010: Director & Producer - Typing A 35mm short comedy about two MGM screenwriters in 1939 struggling to write a movie starring Robert Montgomery with the requirements of it having sex, adventure, and a dog. 2010: Director, Writer & Producer – May 16, 1955 A 35mm drama that deals with a farmer and his wife devastated by the tragic death of their child which puts them at odds in how they deal with the loss. 2009: Director & Producer - Stages of Emily Director of a festival-bound comedic short film about a girl’s coming of age story told through the five stages of grief as she learns to stand up to her mother. 2008: Director & Producer – ‘Halpern’s Yes & Productions’ Worked developing, writing, budgeting, producing, and delivering content for the Chicago 2016 committee’s online Olympic promotional campaign. 2008: Writer/Producer/Director - Vivo: Bridge over Troubled Water Created a Sitcom Pilot about a quirky psychologist who wades through a series of personal disasters as a single father that spins his life out of control. 2007 – Present: Director & Producer - MPZ – Video Shorts Collaborating with sketch comedy group Maximum Party Zone creating content for release on the Internet. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2010 – Present: iO Theater, Adjunct Faculty Co-creator and instructor of the Sketch Comedy Video Elective. Class deals with the translation of written, improvised, and staged scenes to the film medium. 2006 – Present: Columbia College Chicago, Adjunct Faculty Instructor for eight semesters of Film Production and Directing for undergraduate students. Courses cover script writing, directing, and producing. 2007 – Present: Chicago Filmmakers, Adjunct Faculty Instructor for six semesters of Directing One. Course covers the basic elements of directing; text analysis, casting, collaboration, shooting, editing, and distribution. EDUCATION & TRAINING BA June 2004, Columbia College Chicago, Film/Video Second City Writing Program Second City Conservatory Graduate, 2005 Improv Olympic Graduate, 2005 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS Board Member Cinema/Chicago Education Committee, Chicago International Film Festival, 2009 - Present Panelist 2009 National Communication Association. Panel discussing internship and apprentice opportunities in the film industry My Lover’s Moods - Nominated Best Short, Best Actress, & Best Editing at the Midwest Independent Film Festival, 2007 Film Festival Screenings: Indianapolis International Film Festival, 2010 Chicago Short Comedy Film/Video Festival, 2010 CineYouth Film Festival Opening Night, 2009 Cannes Short Film Corner, 2007 Fargo Film Festival, 2007 Dam Short Film Festival, 2007 Chicago Short Comedy Film/Video Festival, 2007 Midwest Independent Film Festival, 2007 Lake County Film Festival, 2007 Chicago Outdoor Film Festival, 2006 Indianapolis International Film Festival, 2006