The 2008 Best of the Midwest Awards Gala

Presented by The Midwest Independent Film Festival

Tuesday, December 2nd at Rockit Bar & Grill, 22 W. Hubbard

 

   

 

Confirmed Attendees Include:

John McNaughton, Director, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Steve James, Director, Hoop Dreams

Richard Roeper, Film Critic, Ebert and Roeper

Steve Conrad, The Promotion, The Pursuit of Happyness

Dean Richards, Film Critic, WGN-TV

Betsy Steinberg, Director, Illinois Film Office

Rich Moskal, Director, Chicago Film Office

David O’Connor, Casting Director/President, O’Connor Casting

Mitch Apley, Executive Producer, Resolution Digital Studios

Steve Jones, Producer, The Promotion, Wild Things

John Noble, EP/Managing Director, Optimus ONE

Paula Froehle, Dean, Flashpoint Academy

Tim Evans, Producer, Steppenwolf Films, Diminished Capacity

Justine Nagan, Executive Director, Kartemquin Films

Tom Bastounes, Actor/Executive Producer, The Merry Gentleman

Paul J. Duggan, Executive Producer, The Merry Gentleman

Davidson Cole, Director, Design

 Rusty Gorman, Director, Home of the Giants

John Patterson, Director of Business Development, Pixel Brothers

Tim Kazurinsky, "Saturday Night Live"

Ericka Frederick, Kodak

Sharon King, Casting Director, Nothing Like the Holidays, Barbershop

Darryl Roberts, Director/Producer, America the Beautiful

Elise Jaffe, Big Teeth Productions

Greg Jaffe, Big Teeth Productions

Hillel "Frankie" Frankel, President, Movietrax

Kim Williams, Casting Director, O’Connor Casting

Jennifer Rudnicke, Casting Director, TPR Casting

Mickie Paskal, Casting Director, TPR Casting

Matt Miller, Casting Director, TPR Casting

Chris Folkens, Broadcast Producer, Leo Burnett

Larry Ziegelman, Associate Creative Director, DDB

Joe Clear, Editor, Avenue Edit

Lisa Gildehaus, Producer/Director at Riveting Pictures

Leigh Jones, Producer, Check Please, Nightingale in a Music Box

Ruth Leitman, Director, Lipstick and Dynamite

Joanna Rudnick, Kartemquin Films, In the Family

Leslie Simmer, Editor, Kartemquin Films, In the Family

Carol Schaffner, DI Coordinator at Filmworkers/Astro Lab

Malachi Leopold, Executive Producer, Left Brain Right Brain Productions

Will Clinger, Actor, Train Town, Witless Protection, WTTW's "Wild Chicago"

John Bader, Actor, Train Town, ABC's "The Practice"

Christian Stolte, Actor, Public Enemies, Osso Bucco, Leatherheads

Carrie Holt de Lama, Production Manager, Diminished Capacity, Of Boys and Men

Steve Ordower, Editor/ President, Rhythm & Light

Fred Blurton, Co-Director, Osso Bucco

Gary Taylor, Co-Director, Osso Bucco

Douglas Weidner, Producer, Osso Bucco

Frankie Piccirilli, CCS Fundraising

Rachel Wandell, CCS Fundraising

Joel Edwards, President, KMP Video

Brian Klemesrud, President, Galatrax Films

K.C. and Kipp Norman, Storyboard Productions

Carl Amari, Producer, Madison, Eden Court
Ric Arthur, Actor, Eden Court, Chicago Overcoat