Bearden
is the creator of The William Bearden Company, a video and event
based production company with clientele such as FedEx, WKNO/Channel
10, The Memphis Wonders Series, Hammermill Papers/International
Paper and Entertainment Tonight. In 1994, the company produced
the award-winning Cigars — From Seeds to Smoke,
a documentary about the history and popularity of cigars. Since
1999, Bearden has written and produced several documentaries
for WKNO. His program about the development of Memphis's first
park, Overton Park, A Century of Change, won an Aegis
Award. In addition, he produced Elmwood, Reflections of
Memphis, Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis
Garage Bands, What's Left, and Masters of Florence
KIP
COLE —SEGMENT PRODUCER
Kip
began his broadcasting career in 1985 at WAAY, the ABC affiliate
in Huntsville, Alabama. In his 14 years there he worked a variety
of production jobs, including 10 years as Senior Newscast Director.
He also served as a producer/director/actor on a late night
comedy show, WAAY Too Late. While in Huntsville, Kip
won numerous awards including local Addys, two National Tellys,
and a Mid-South Emmy Award for technical directing. In 1999
Kip joined WTCI, the PBS station in Chattanooga, TN, where he
received a Mid-South Emmy Award for producing the documentary
12 Days in Dayton: The Scopes Monkey Trial. Since 2003
Kip has been the special projects producer for WKNO. He has
produced and/or directed the It Matters series, senior
issues programs, music specials and documentaries. In addition,
he often produces segments for Southern Routes.
Susan
Howe, producer/director at WKNO, has produced a long list of
documentaries at the station, including: 50,000 Watts of
Goodwill: The WDIA Story; A Community of Care (a profile
of the Church Health Center); Hand in Hand, about the
works of MIFA; as well as 3 episodes of the popular Memphis
Memoirs series (Sacred Spaces, Remember When and The
Cotton Carnival Years). Her work has been recognized with
3 regional Emmy's, a national Owl Award, a Parents' Choice Award
and an Ohio State Award.
From
1998 to 2001, Shawn Kelly produced Hello Mr. Chuck!,
an educational pre-school children's series airing on local
and regional public television. He was responsible for writing,
producing, editing, and creating primary and background music.
In 1999, Hello Mr. Chuck! received a Parent's Choice
Silver Honor Award by Parent's Choice, a national organization
that has been reviewing and rating children's media since 1978.
In 2000, the series won a regional Emmy Award from the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. From 2001 to 2003,
Shawn was an Associate Producer for Barney & Friends.
He produced field segments for 40 episodes, as well as closing
segments and filler material for each episode. He also reviewed
and edited scripts for each episode and produced the home video
Barney Songs from the Park. In addition, he contributed
two new songs to the Barney song list.
Host
and segment producer of Southern Routes, Kourvelas has
done various documentaries for WKNO. Also, she has been a freelance
video producer doing corporate and industrial videos for training,
marketing, and sales. In addition to producing those videos,
Kourvelas has appeared in several of them. Bonnie is best-known
to WKNO audiences for her popular and award-winning documentaries
for the Memphis Memoirs series: Beyond the Parkways,
At the Movies, Lost Memphis and When TV Came to Town.
She is a professional actor, represented by Colors Talent Agent,
and has appeared in several independent films as well as on
stage at Theatre Memphis, Playwrights Forum and Circuit Playhouse.
She also serves on Germantown Community Theatre's Board of
Directors.
Amy
has been working for WKNO since 1978, having begun her career
as an intern while attending the University of Memphis (then
Memphis State University). In 1984, she became a producer-director
for the Action Auction. Since then, she has been responsible
for producing nearly all of the Auctions. She also produced
and directed WKNO's tape-delayed broadcast of the Tiger games.
In addition, Amy traveled to Russia with for the Catherine the
Great Wonders Exhibit and produced spots and a show about Catherine
the Great for WKNO. She also produced the interstitial spots
for #10 Friends Circle, the original children's series
Sundays with Mr. Chuck, It's Greek to Me, P Is for Pasta,
and many more.
Steve
Spakes says he's "been in the video business a little longer
than Bonnie Kourvelas but not quite as long as William Bearden."
He has traveled to numerous cities in China, Egypt, as well
as other countries documenting work performed by the World Cataract
Foundation. Steve has also worked on several ESPN shows including
Inside Drag Racing and NHRA Pro Mod Series. But
the most fun that he's had, he says, is Bonnie "giving
me the opportunity to help her on Beyond the Parkways
and At the Movies." And with excellent training
from Mark Higginbotham, Steve has run four marathons and one
trail ultra-marathon (31 miles) in the Ozarks.
Earle
is is President of Farrell Productions Inc. a television production
company currently producing the 5th season of My Favorite
Restaurant, a thirty-minute show that features Memphis area
restaurants. The show details their personal history as well
as the restaurant's development. Following college Mr. Farrell
worked for a number of broadcast television stations and then
became a limited partner in S.O.L. Inc. a company that developed
two successful restaurant concepts, Sunset Café, a floating
restaurant on the Mississippi River followed by Sleep Out Louie's,
The Oyster Bar, a New York Style Bar and Restaurant.
O'Donnell
is an independent Memphis filmmaker. He produced and directed
the award-winning documentary Ray4theNBA, which aired
nationally on College Sports Television, as well as, screened
at film festivals throughout the country. Other projects include
The Party Ain't Stopped Yet, about the closing and
re-opening of The Center For Southern Folklore, 75 Years
of Pink, the history of The Pink Palace Museum, and the
fiction film Presumed Dead. O'Donnell has also been
nominated for a Regional Emmy for his work as a photojournalist.
He is a graduate of The University of Memphis, Department
of Communication's Graduate Program. You can contact Jim O'Donnell
at (901) 578-7395 or email at SeamusEntertain@aol.com.
Pierre
Kimsey began his career in Broadcasting in 1972. One of his
first experiences as a radio reporter was being tear-gassed
at the '72 Republican convention. During that period he also
covered the Presidential campaign and did a brief stint covering
George McGovern's bid for The White House. Aside from his work
in radio, he also spent time living and working in Paris where
he dubbed Foreign films into English. In 1979 he made the move
to television where he covered News and Features for over 2
decades. His career took him to West Palm Beach, Charlotte and
Detroit. He's interviewed such personalities as Bob Hope, Steven
Spielberg, Richard Pryor, Mel Gibson and Kevin Costner. He has
also worked on various Documentary projects over the years including
Oscar 97; Beyond the Screen, Riders on The Storm
and Os Confederados, the story of Civil War veterans
who settled in Brazil. His work has been seen on CNN, CBS, NBC,
ABC and his stories were a regular feature on CMT's Country
Crossroads. He has also received many awards including Addys,
Tellys, and 2 Communicator Awards as well as 4 Emmy awards.
Bryant
is an independent filmmaker and comes to filmmaking via various
means. First discovered as a hand model for Federal Express’
mail order catalog, he quickly moved behind the camera as the
producer and director for many commercials and special projects.
In 1998, he produced his first feature film, Strange Cargo,
which was selected in several film festivals, including The
Hollywood Underground Film Festival and Indie Memphis.
Currently,
Bryant is in post-production of his second feature film, The
Importance of Being Russell, a comedy about three rednecks
who save the world. It is expected to be released in the fall
of 2006, so watch for updates at www.russellmovie.com.
His next feature project will be a documentary on a historical
Memphis event from the early 20th century. He is a graduate
of The University of Memphis, Department of Communications.
SELKEND
Media was founded by Larry R. Dunn. It is a creative
content company dedicated to producing quality entertainment
and informational programming for television and motion pictures,
as well as emerging media outlets.
Over
the past twenty-five years Dunn's clients have included ABC,
NBC, CBS, CNN, MTV, KQED,WNET, WKNO, PBS, Four Point Entertainment,
ADAM SMITH'S MONEY WORLD; Cosgrove/Meurer, Inside Edition, Disney,
J Walter Thompson, BBD&O, Proctor and Gamble, Intecom, Wang,
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, FedEx, Cargill, The National
Cotton Council, Lehigh University, University of Memphis, and
Princeton University.
Joe
Incardona is president of Media Source, a Memphis video production
company he founded in 1994. Joe is a former television reporter,
with more than 20 years of experience in broadcast television,
including stints as an on-air reporter in Louisville, Oklahoma
City, and, most recently, at WREG-TV Channel 3 here in Memphis.
He holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University
in Chicago, and a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts from
the University of Notre Dame. Joe's family has lived in Memphis
since 1973.
