Here is the talented Around Town Production Team:
Randy Matthes, Executive Producer of the "Around Town" TV Show
An accomplished and versatile video professional with a proven record of performance. Randy has extensive experience in producing, shooting, editing and graphics in the areas of business, entertainment, and sports. He has produced and delivered for clients like: Miller Brewing Company, Purdue Chicken, Allstate Insurance, Monster.com, Autotrader, Six Flags Amusement Parks, ESPN, ABC and Fox Sports. He has won several New York Film Festival and Telly awards in the area of corporate video. Randy is highly effective in management of multiple projects with delivery on-air and online. With his experience in front of the camera as a sports reporter/producer for Cable 12 he has demonstrated success in achieving client goals, telling their story, and meeting deadlines.
Mike Hanisch, Mind the Mind,LLC Owner of Mind the Mind Production Company specializes in shooting and editing in the areas of business, music, and art. He has worked with clients like United Way, Target, Red Wing Shoe, University of MN, and Yahoo. He won the 2007 Bronze Telly Award for his United Way series and Create Magazine Gold Award for Self-Promotion piece, December 2007. He also has a graphic design background and has designed and created print advertisements, posters, marketing collateral, banner ads, logos, CD artwork and presentations for business and music clients. He has a Bachelor of Science in Degree in Business Administration from Elmhurst College in Illinois.
Edie French, Location Images/iDream.tv
President/CEO & Paul Auguston, Creative Director – I DREAM.tv Location Images has worked with the Discovery Channel, Minneapolis Public Schools, Lifetime Television, Suzuki Association of Americas, Inc. Minnesota Health & Housing Alliance, MacPhail Center for Music, Guthrie Theater, National Park Service, and many more than 50 others in Minnesota and abroad. I Dream.TV has a gift for when you’re ready to delight, inspire, and educate an audience. In addition, their specialty is assisting you in promoting your business, organization, or talent. They have also designed feature stories to assist in raising funds and awareness. In addition, to Video Production they also can assist you with video streaming, podcasting, digital photography, and virtual tours.
Erik Johnson, Scene TV
Erik Johnson’s first passion for film and video production began while attending the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Upon graduating with a BFA in Media, Erik landed a job in Community Television where he worked for 14 years as Producer/Operations Manager at Town Square Television, and has operated his own video production company, which has led to many production opportunities from weddings to corporate training videos. Erik has worked as an independent producer of an action sports and music television series which eventually brought him back to his alma mater, MCAD where he is currently pursuing his Masters degree in filmmaking. He is currently producing two feature documentary films and is employed as a Media Technology Specialist at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. He is also a professor at the University of River Falls Wisconsin.
Perry Cowen, Maverick Productions, LLC.
Perry’s work has earned awards in all major areas of video production: commercial, corporate & event videography. Nationally recognized for Video Biographies, Perry has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Minneapolis Star & Tribune, Southwest Journal and Minnesota Business & Opportunity magazine, among other publications.
Brenda Torre, About Face! Inc.
Brenda, a graduate of the College of St. Catherine and the American University of Paris, built her career in the beauty industry doing make-up and hair for print, film, video, and runway. She has helped thousands of people from brides and models to the heads of major corporations and professional athletes to look their best. She has a client list that includes rap artists, movie stars, top models, television personalities, comedians, news anchors, best-selling authors, beauty queens, Broadway headliners, athletes, and politicians. Her work has been on the big and small screens, the theater stage, runways, billboards, CD covers, book covers, and in many newspapers and magazines.
