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General Information Charlie Brown Home City: Chicago Phone: (773) 370-FILM email: Jessemarq@yahoo.com   Aspiration CHARLIE BROWN\'S ARTIST STATEMENT Chicago\'s independent film community is the fastest growing segment of the industry, fed by nationally recognized talent and up and coming filmmakers. Charlie Brown is one of these diverse filmmakers that Chicago has to offer. He finds inspiration in everyday life. An Artist who cherishes the opportunity to meet and work with a multi-array of people. His work is character driven and he tends to lean towards characters that society has just about given up on. His films will attempt to succeed, where the Social Sciences have failed. \"Moral progress is not possible if more than half of all Americans find violence to be an alternative solution to everyday problems.\" Charlie Brown Area of Expertise Directing Producing Writing Reels Two Days in Limbo 09/01/2003 In the final days of World War II, a young medic is for the first time stationed on the German front. His platoon ambushed, and himself wounded, he finds himself no longer fighting for his priciples or duty but for his very life, as he spends Two Days in Limbo. Winner Best Dramatic Short NY Internationa Film Festival Michigan Independen [...continues] Dye the Sky: Lordosis Live! 01/24/2003 Playing live at the Penny Road Pub during a Battle of the Bands. Dye the Sky pulls sounds from Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, and Tool, they construe a perfect mix of power, and melody. Midnite Speed 10/25/2002 Sometimes, you need a sign that it's time to change your life. Sometimes, it's not the one you want. Speed and his girlfriend Midnite must make a decision to turn away from the life that chose them, before it's too late. Two Days in Limbo: The Trailer 10/11/2002 A young medic is dropped in a platoon of war hardened grunts. Where he finds that war isn't as glamorous as the newpapers make it out to be. Midnite Speed: The Trailer 10/08/2002 Sometimes, you need a sign that it's time to change your life. Sometimes, it's not the one you want. Web Links Title Description Link SCREENPLAY AWARDS Sidewalk Story made the 2nd round in the Sundance Filmaker\'s Labs institute.sundance.org/jsp... SCREENPLAY AWARDS Sidewalk Story made the top 100 in 2004 and top 250 in 2003 in the Projectgreenlight contest. projectgreenlight.liveplan... SCREENPLAY AWARDS Sidewalk Story was Screenplay of the Month for June 2004 on Kevin Spacey\'s website TriggerStreet. www.triggerstreet.com/gbas... Writers Samples: Contact writer for treatments and screenplays. Title Genre GUSSIE\'S PURPLE HAZE Drama Gussie\'s Purple Haze is about a spoiled white boy who is an aspiring documentary maker that kidnaps a black girl who is strung out on heroin. He does this with the intentions of getting a powerful story for a film contest. He sweats it out with her and in the midst of withdrawals and deep personal touch, he falls in love with her, something he had not planned on. ROCKET POLINSKY Action/Thriller A mild-mannered criminologist is set on a course of debauchery when his family is murdered by bank robbers and his insurance company reneges on the life insurance policies. He devises an elaborate plan to take the insurance company hostage, setting in motion, a struggle that all Americans can relate to? Man against big business. SIDEWALK STORY Drama A dark powerful gang drama, about a young forsaken boy who\'s abandoned by his family and finds affinity with his hooligan friends. Together, they become one of the most criminal organizations of the 20th century. Based on true events Training Writers Booth Camp -- Jeffrey Gordon. The Loft -- Jerry Cleaver. Currently enrolled at Columbia College majoring in Film & Video with a concentration in Writing & Directing. Previous Work All work is done under A Black & White Boy Production. FEATURE SCREENPLAYS 63RD STREET Two African American brothers, Wesley and Morris have conflicting thoughts on how to upheld their family\'s proud heritage. When their father dies and leaves the church in their hands--his only request is that his sons keep the family church active. Morris ends up in one of America\'s toughest prisons, where he falls out of God\'s grace. Wesley picks up the bible and follows in the father\'s foot steps. Twenty years will go by before they are reunited. They are day and night, held together by the promise, which they both are quickly losing faith in. GOONDIE GOMEZ Goondie Gomez is a washroom attendant at an art gallery where he gets no respect. No respect from his wife, his boss, or any of the colorful characters that he caters to while on duty. He literally dreams of being an artist himself, but in real life his paintings are seen by everyone as nothing more than a hobby. SIAMESE SCISSORS Siamese Twins find themselves in one of America\'s most heated court case. One of the twins has killed their next door nieghbor. How do we convict one with out the other. Synopsis for SIDEWALK STORY GUSSIE\'S PURPLE HAZE ROCKET POLINSKY can be found in the treatment section. Synopsis forthcoming for MIDNITE SPEED BATTLE KID Charlie Brown is currently co-writing a novel with his mother Lousie Mcclanahan entitled A LOUISIANA RIDE. It chronicles their family saga that begins in Louisiana and takes you on a dark journey into Chicago. SHORT STORIES Uncle Andy The Black Raven POEMS A Prisoner\'s Dream A Whore\'s Russian Roulette We the Fukkin\' People PUBLICATIONS South Loop Reveal: \"My last high\" A short story about the peer pressure of inner city kids. SHORT FILMS Written/Directed/Produced Nixon\'s Cue 11min Goondie Gomez 15min Midnite Speed 20min DOCUMENTARY currently in production. A very intense piece that poses the question: \"Can interracial relationships help do away with racism?\" Equipment Used Bolex Camera 16mm PC based computers. Mac based computers. Sony PD 150 & 100 digital cameras. Canon xL1s Software Used Final Cut Pro Final Draft Microsoft Word Microsoft Publisher Movie Magic Frontpage 2000 Excel Special Skills In the world of complicated movie making, Charlie Brown’s ability to remain cool and confident under all pressure is one of his stronger assets. His quick wit and blazing charm has allowed him to push projects from start to finish. His prized possesion is a 4200 page diary he has been keeping since the age of 17. He dreams of one day watching it burn to ashes in the caldwell woods. If you ask him why, he\'ll simply answer, \"Some stories are meant to be told that way.\"