Producer/Director: Judith Paine McBrien, Director/Producer of The Archimedia Workshop NFP, is the Director of the Daniel Burnham Film Project. For over 15 years she has written, directed and produced programs about architecture, history and urban design for public television broadcast as well as for organizations concerned with the arts and the environment including the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Institute of Architects, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and the Urban Land Institute. At Perspectives Media, she produced the award-winning 5-part series Skyline: Chicago for public television broadcast about Chicago’s history, development, and urban design. In 2000 she wrote and produced a Centerpiece Chicago Story, Daniel Burnham: The Power of Dreams, for Chicago public television station WTTW. McBrien holds a master's degree in architectural history from Columbia University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Team
Kartemquin Films
Kartemquin Films, Production/Editing Consultant, has a 40-year history of producing documentaries that entertain, educate and enlighten. Its many films include the recent PBS series The New Americans broadcast in 2004, Refrigerator Mothers, Vietnam: Long Time Coming and Hoop Dreams-which won every major critic's prize and journalism award in 1995. Kartemquin's films are broadcast nationally and internationally and are coupled with ambitious outreach and education campaigns. Kartemquin recently received a 2007 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
Mary Morrissette
Mary Morrissette is Associate Producer for the Daniel Burnham Film Project. For the past 8 years, Mary has worked as a video producer in the Chicago area including projects for the Shedd Aquarium, the Museum of Science and Industry and corporate clients. Mary also has over 20 years of experience in the corporate sector both as a senior manager and as a direct salesperson.
Jim Morrissette
Jim Morrissette is Director of Photography and Technical Consultant for Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City. For over 30 years Mr. Morrissette has worked as a professional videographer and technical consultant on documentary and nationally televised programs for public television. He is an associate of Kartemquin Films and also worked on a variety of independent productions for PBS including the highly acclaimed six hour "Frontline" documentary The Farmer's Wife, A Still Small Voice dealing with spiritual thought and The New Explorers for Bill Kurtis Productions.
Geoffrey C. Ward
Geoffrey Ward is the script consultant for the Daniel Burnham Film Project. A noted historian, screenwriter, and former editor of American Heritage, he has written or co-written numerous documentary film scripts often for filmmaker Ken Burns including The Civil War, Baseball, The West, and most recently, the 7-part PBS series,The War, broadcast in 2007. He is the author of thirteen books, has won the National Critics Circle Award and has been awarded four Emmy Awards for screenwriting.
Amy Boyd
Amy Boyd is a Photo Editor and Photo Researcher at Getty Images and a freelance archival researcher for local documentary projects. She is also a Personal Video Consultant and Night School Lecturer at Facets Multimedia. Amy has over 14 years experience working in the film and video industry.
Robin Dillow
Ms Dillow researches media and print materials for the Daniel Burnham Film project. She has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector and holds graduate degrees in Library and Information Science, Urban and Environmental Geography, and Public Administration.
Ben Chandler
After graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Urban American History, Ben realized that he didn't want to become a professor or make a lot of money like his peers. Interested in history, urban planning,film, cooking, carpentry, biking and odd facial hair, he sees documentary film work as the perfect intersection of his pursuits. He edits material and provides technical expertise for the Daniel Burnham Film Project.