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Columnist: Carey Lundin

Reel Women: Carey Lundin, Filmmaker
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Reel Women: Carey Lundin, Filmmaker

By Carey Lundin Mar 27, 2018
Carey Lundin is a multi award-winning director, writer and producer specializing in comedic digital series, media for progressive candidates, and documentaries. Lundin recent...
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New Holiday Channel reaches out for content

New Holiday Channel reaches out for content

by Carey Lundin Jul 27, 2014
Award-winning producer Carey Lundin introduces the new Holiday Channel that will celebrate the myriad of holidays, from the obvious to the obscure, year-round, that’s now se...
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Good advice from CIMMCon: How to make the best pitch

Good advice from CIMMCon: How to make the best pitch

By Carey Lundin May 6, 2014
Producer/director Carey Lundin attended some of CIMMCon’s panel discussions last Saturday and shares some of the information she gained there. “Logline, Demo and Pitch” ...
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Advertising gets into the act at CIMMfest Saturday

Advertising gets into the act at CIMMfest Saturday

By Carey Lundin Apr 29, 2014
For the first time, CIMMfest is appealing to the advertising industry by featuring a panel directed weekend’s CIMMfest.  Its May 3 CIMMCon panel features “How to Tell S...
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Walsh’s indie comedy premised on LA’s therapy craze
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Walsh’s indie comedy premised on LA’s therapy craze

By Carey Lundin Apr 14, 2014
When Chicago native Matt Walsh (HBO TV series “Veep,” “The Hangover”) was getting started in his stage career in the mid-‘80s, he acted in dramatic plays at Ch...
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Writer Leeper’s first feature filming in Evanston
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Writer Leeper’s first feature filming in Evanston

By Carey Lundin Apr 9, 2014
When a very young Moira McMahon Leeper took classes at Evanston’s Piven Workshop, her teacher advised her not to plan things out, “but even then,” she said, “in my min...
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Kartemquin at 46 still serving the public interest

Kartemquin at 46 still serving the public interest

By Carey Lundin Aug 6, 2012
In September, Kartemquin Films will celebrate its 46th anniversary, having traveled from a ‘60s hippy-ish “film collective” to its current status as one of America’s mos...
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SilverDocs, for producers desperately seeking advice

SilverDocs, for producers desperately seeking advice

By Carey Lundin Jun 29, 2012
Now in its tenth year, the SilverDocs Film Festival, held June 18-24 in Silver Springs, Maryland attracts 27,000 cinefiles who come to catch the world’s buzziest documentaries...
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Secrets behind success docs revealed at Doc Summit

Secrets behind success docs revealed at Doc Summit

By Carey Lundin Apr 27, 2012
Documentary films are where the action is these days.  As features become chiefly high-concept driven comic book cartoons, the doc genre is where human stories can be told....
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Characters abound on “Chicagolicious” docu-series

Characters abound on “Chicagolicious” docu-series

By Carey Lundin Apr 17, 2012
“Chicagolicious,” a new Style Network docu-series being filmed here, hosted a launch event offering makeovers to anyone who got in line early enough. In the spirit of journa...
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Finitzo’s big challenge: The meaning of civilization

Finitzo’s big challenge: The meaning of civilization

By Carey Lundin Apr 13, 2012
Maria Finitzo makes films that wrestle with complex social issues, like Terra Incognita, about how stem cells are mapped, and In The Game, how Title IX rules affect women and sp...
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50 movies and live music mix at April 12-15 CIMMfest

50 movies and live music mix at April 12-15 CIMMfest

By Carey Lundin Mar 29, 2012
There’s going to be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on when movies about punk rockers like The Mekons, Detroit’s MC5 and The Stooges and special appearances by musicians, fi...
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Architecture Film Fest fittingly in Chicago, 4/12-16

Architecture Film Fest fittingly in Chicago, 4/12-16

By Carey Lundin Mar 16, 2012
If there is one thing Chicago is known for, aside from the blues, our corrupt politicians and the world’s best hot dogs, it’s our architecture.   So it’s fitting...
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Ten years later, reality show debuts June 2 on A&E

Ten years later, reality show debuts June 2 on A&E

By Carey Lundin May 31, 2011
After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will ...
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How to win the reality TV show sweepstakes

How to win the reality TV show sweepstakes

By Carey Lundin May 24, 2011
So you live in the Midwest, and you have a killer idea for a reality show, what does it take to get it on the air? To answer this question to 60 eager producers assembled t...
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