Charles Marquardt - producer / director / cameraman / editor
After studying film at Boston University and British literature at Oxford in the late 1980’s, Charles began his career working as a production manager on music videos for Polygram, Epic, and Island Records in London and Los Angeles. He moved to Chicago in 1991, where he produced documentary and IMAX films for Rosalini Film Productions until 1999. Clients at the time included MFC Bank, The Lincoln Park Zoo, Liberty Science Center, Audubon Institute, The Museum of Science and Industry, and SC Johnson Wax.

Charles established a new home for Picture Island in New York City in early 2000. Recent productions include a six-part travel series for Cablevision and Travel and Leisure Magazine, a six-part series of inspirational stories about teenagers for Mag Rack, natural history documentaries for Rainbow Media, and Vogue branded fashion programming for Metro TV.

As an editor, his credits include the critically acclaimed Control Room; a feature documentary about Al Jazeera and the 2003 War in Iraq, Film School; a documentary series on IFC from Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein, and MADE on MTV. His work has been nominated for the Emmy Award twice.
charlie@pictureisland.com
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Elizabeth Hummer - producer / camerawoman
In 2001, Elizabeth Hummer won a New York Emmy award for MY TAKE, a student-shot documentary, and has received 4 additional nominations for her work with teenagers in New York and Northern California. She has worked at MTV, Court TV, Nickelodeon, PBS (In the Mix), and Metro TV, where she launched an after school program for teenagers. For the past two years, she has produced weekly segments featuring Vogue’s André Leon Talley on Metro TV’s Full Frontal Fashion. Her half hour Vogue’s Talley special was nominated for a 2001 New York Emmy.
elizabeth@pictureisland.com

John Swamy - music composer / sound design
John’s unique style and dedication to creative excellence propelled him to become one of the top musical innovators in the Chicago area in the 1990's. After logging several years with several distinguished bands, John's solo recording, Everybody Sees You, was
recognized as one of the Top 5 Local CDs of 2001 by the legendary rock station, 93.1 WXRT. Concurrently, Adweek magazine has honored a national tv spot for Sears featuring John's music in their list of The Best Spots of 2001. Hola
Clients include: Sears Roebuck, Co., Nascar, Knob Creek Bourbon (Young & Rubicam) Fosters Lager (Y&R), Vidal Sassoon, General Motors (Leo Burnett), Ford Motors, Kraft Foods (iXL/Scient)
john@pictureisland.com

Gordon Fales - designer/animator
Gordon Fales is a digital artist with a wide range of experience that includes work on feature films, commercials, broadcast design, architectural pre-visualization, and game design. Clients including: PBS, Metro TV, L'Oréal, Bayer, Pfizer, Excite, National Geographic Television, and the New York State Museum, have all benefitted from Gordon's unique vision and style. Recently, Gordon completed digital compositing work on the feature film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow starring Jude Law.
gordon@pictureisland.com
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