Edward T. McDougal
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Edward T. McDougal | |
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| Occupation | Director/Producer/Professor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Edward T. McDougal grew up in
McDougal taught junior high English in the northern suburbs of
In 1998, McDougal finished production on the 35 mm feature, "The Prodigy", which opened at the Cineplex Odeon in Chicago and was released through Vanguard Video and
McDougal Chicago Production Services, a separate equipment rental and production facility located in downtown Chicago, has provided 35 mm camera, grip and lighting packages and support services for many Chicago independent features, television commercials, and music videos which include such productions as "Scenes for the Soul" (Savoy Pictures), "American Reel" (Mariel Hemingway), and "Never Said" (music video, Liz Phair), as well as television specials for PBS.
McDougal initiated and has helped to fund a series of non-profit films aimed at helping urban youth cope with the temptations of using and selling drugs. The series includes the films, "Through the Cracks", and "Crackdown" which won two
McDougal has conducted yearly seminars in screenwriting and film production since 1985 at
McDougal is former president and chairman of the board of International Christian Visual Media, a worldwide consortium of producers and distributors of Christian film and video that includes such organizations as
Since 1997, McDougal has administered a judging team for the Religion and Ethics division of the U.S. Film Festival, the largest non-theatrical film festival in the world, has been a judge in the Cinestory Screenwriting Contest, and heads a judging team for the student film category of the Cine Awards.
McDougal has appeared as a panelist on various talk shows such as
From 2000 to 2003, McDougal was professor of film and screenwriting at Regent University's Graduate School of Communication. During his tenure at Regent, McDougal's students produced scripts and movies including a film for Joel Freeman, former chaplain of the Washington Wizards titled “Return to Glory,” which received worldwide distribution.
In 2008 and 2009, McDougal taught a film production workshop in the Tiltan Graphic Design College in Haifa, Israel through United Israel Media.[3] UIM is an organization of local media producers that has its roots in the Jewish Messianic "Or haCarmel Congregation" of Haifa. This organization is a name that seeks to unite different media initiatives in Israel.
In 2010, McDougal's feature film,
McDougal currently lives in Northfield with his wife Nevila, and children Eddie, Emilia, and Ben where he is working on his newest feature film.
References
- ^ "30GoodMinutes.org - About CSEC". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ "Against All Hope". IMDb. 20 October 2017.
- ^ "UIM Project". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Dog Jack". IMDb. 29 August 2010.