| The producer-writer of "Lost Nation: the Ioway" is
award winning documentary filmmaker Tammy Rundle. She has been producing
documentaries and other media projects for over 17 years. Tammy grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and graduated from Park
University in Kansas City. Along with her husband Kelly, she is the recipient of numerous
humanities and other grants for media projects.
She is the producer-writer of the
award winning and critically acclaimed documentary feature film "Villisca: Living
with a Mystery." "Villisca" spent 15 months in theaters in 50 cities,
was an official selection and award-winner at several film festivals, qualified for the
2005 Academy Award competition, and was broadcast on PBS stations throughout the Midwest.
She co-produced and co-wrote Lost
Nation: The Ioway, which has garnished several film festival awards and is an
Official Selection at the Archaeology Channel's International Film Festival in Eugene,
Oregon. The film has had over 100 screenings in nearly 70 cities throughout the
country. It will broadcast on PBS stations throughout the Midwest in the fall of
2010. An Ioway sequel covering the tribes' story from 1838 to the present is
currently in production and has the support of both tribes.
She is in postproduction on Fourth
Wall Films' new documentary "Country School: One Room, One Nation" due for
release in late 2010.
She and husband Kelly have joined
forces with award-winning filmmaker Garry McGee (The Last Wright) to produce a
Hollywood biography entitled "Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg."
Projects in development include:
"The Storm, The Whirlwind, The Earthquake: Frederick Douglass," featuring Los
Angeles actor Mark Winn in the title role; and "Sons and Daughters of Thunder,"
a drama about the Lane Rebel abolition debates of 1834. |
The director-writer of "Lost Nation: The
Ioway" is award winning documentary filmmaker Kelly Rundle. He has been
producing, directing and editing documentaries and other media projects for over 23 years. Kelly was born in Wisconsin and grew up in
the Quad-Cities. He graduated from Park University in Kansas City. His senior
project in college was a full-length science fiction feature based on a novel. Kelly
has produced and directed many live television projects. Along with his wife Tammy,
he is the recipient of numerous humanities and other grants for media projects.
He is the director-writer-editor of
the award winning and critically acclaimed documentary feature film "Villisca: Living
with a Mystery." "Villisca" spent 15 months in theaters in 50 cities,
qualified for the 2005 Academy Awards competition, & was an official selection and
award-winner at several film festivals.
His film Lost Nation: The Ioway
was an official selection and audience favorite at the Landlocked Film Festival; placed
2nd out of 40 documentaries in competition at the Beloit International Film Festival; won
"Best Documentary" at the International Cherokee Film Festival, The Cedar Rapids
Independent Film Festival, and the Iowa Independent Film Festival. It also received
a bronze Telly Award for "Best Television Documentary". Work on a sequel
to complete the Ioway Tribes' story is underway.
Kelly is in post-production on the
historical documentary "Country School: One Room, One Nation." He and wife
Tammy are co-producing "Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg", with The
Last Wright filmmaker Garry McGee.
Currently in development: "The
Storm, The Whirlwind, The Earthquake: Frederick Douglass". The project was awarded a
$30,000 "Documentary Dream Package" provided by the International Documentary
Association & sponsored by Kodak, Arriflex, Foto-Kem Industries, Pacific Media
Corporation, & Adobe Systems, Inc. |
