Jessie V. Ewing, Kim Lile and Sharon Zurek
THE FILMMAKERS
Kim Lile
After studying photography at Columbia College in Chicago, Kim spent much of the 1980s and 1990s traveling in South America and Africa. She sold one of her animal photos to National Geographic and exhibited her photos from these trips at Chicago coffee houses and galleries. From 1984 to 1999, she worked as a Script Supervisor on various commercial films such as Michael, directed by Nora Ephron, and White Boyz, directed by Marl Levin & featuring Snoop Dogg. In 2003, she was employed shooting pet portraits, and in 2004 an 2005 she did freelance photography for Lake, a Michigan vacation monthly. From 2004 to the present she has worked as a personal assistant, a private chef and event planner.
Sharon Zurek
Sharon is the owner of Black Cat Productions in Chicago and enjoys working on independent features and social-issue documentaries. She has an extensive background in film and video production with more than thirty years of experience. She edited and co-produced the lesbian love story, Hannah Free, starring Sharon Gless and written by Claudia Allen. As a film editor, she has collaborated with many talented Chicago filmmakers on such award winning films as The Trouble with Dee Dee, Bad City (aka Dirty Work), Stray Dogs, Flying, Won Ton , The Sisterhood of Night to name a few. She has also worked as Post Production Supervisor on Ca$h, Drunkboat and The Merry Gentleman, the directorial debut for actor Michael Keaton. As a college classmate of Kim's, she is proud to have collaborated with her on A Mind in Quicksand — Life with Huntington's.
Jessie V. Ewing
After receiving her B.A. in American History from Boston University, Jessie took classes at Maine Photographic Workshops in Camden, Maine, as well as master classes with Mary Ellen Mark and Bill Owens. She worked as a staff photographer on both The Illinois Times, a downstate alterative weekly and The Quad City Times, a mid-size daily, based in Davenport, Iowa. She also did freelance photography for The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post & trade & professional magazines including Inland Steel and American Planning. Jessie taught photography: at The Art Farm Foundation summer camp for poor Quad City children and The McCormick Boys & Girls Club of Chicago. For this work she received an Illinois Arts Council Grant. From there she went on to take a Masters in Special Education from the University of Illinois, after which she worked in Special Ed in the Chicago Public Schools for eight years.
Kim Lile
After studying photography at Columbia College in Chicago, Kim spent much of the 1980s and 1990s traveling in South America and Africa. She sold one of her animal photos to National Geographic and exhibited her photos from these trips at Chicago coffee houses and galleries. From 1984 to 1999, she worked as a Script Supervisor on various commercial films such as Michael, directed by Nora Ephron, and White Boyz, directed by Marl Levin & featuring Snoop Dogg. In 2003, she was employed shooting pet portraits, and in 2004 an 2005 she did freelance photography for Lake, a Michigan vacation monthly. From 2004 to the present she has worked as a personal assistant, a private chef and event planner.
Sharon Zurek
Sharon is the owner of Black Cat Productions in Chicago and enjoys working on independent features and social-issue documentaries. She has an extensive background in film and video production with more than thirty years of experience. She edited and co-produced the lesbian love story, Hannah Free, starring Sharon Gless and written by Claudia Allen. As a film editor, she has collaborated with many talented Chicago filmmakers on such award winning films as The Trouble with Dee Dee, Bad City (aka Dirty Work), Stray Dogs, Flying, Won Ton , The Sisterhood of Night to name a few. She has also worked as Post Production Supervisor on Ca$h, Drunkboat and The Merry Gentleman, the directorial debut for actor Michael Keaton. As a college classmate of Kim's, she is proud to have collaborated with her on A Mind in Quicksand — Life with Huntington's.
Jessie V. Ewing
After receiving her B.A. in American History from Boston University, Jessie took classes at Maine Photographic Workshops in Camden, Maine, as well as master classes with Mary Ellen Mark and Bill Owens. She worked as a staff photographer on both The Illinois Times, a downstate alterative weekly and The Quad City Times, a mid-size daily, based in Davenport, Iowa. She also did freelance photography for The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post & trade & professional magazines including Inland Steel and American Planning. Jessie taught photography: at The Art Farm Foundation summer camp for poor Quad City children and The McCormick Boys & Girls Club of Chicago. For this work she received an Illinois Arts Council Grant. From there she went on to take a Masters in Special Education from the University of Illinois, after which she worked in Special Ed in the Chicago Public Schools for eight years.
