Filming Jensen’s World

JENS JENSEN HARMONIOUS WORLD

An hour-long documentary

About Us

Carey Lundin and Mark Frazel are not known for their great conservation work but they do know a good story when they see it.

See all of our projects on our main website: vivalundinproductions.com

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NEW STAFF:

We’ve brought aboard an environmental advocate and Director of Development: Nancy Kaszak. She is spearheading our development process to get the film completed and on the air.

FILMING THE MOVIE

Filming the documentary has been an adventure in going to beautiful places and talking to really passionate people. That’s Director of Photography Lana Bernberg at the top, I knew I had the right person when scouting the Dunes, a ray of light shone directly on her. Second row shows Mark Frazel, Lana and I, bored, waiting for the light to change.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Viva Lundin Productions

Viva Lundin Productions produces original feature films, scripted and documentary television programs, Internet series and commercials. Based in Chicago, we have thirty combined years of experience in film, video and television production for Youtube, PBS, Fortune 500 companies, state and federal agencies and political candidates.

CAREY LUNDIN, DIRECTOR, created ads for the Illinois Secretary of State and Gift of Hope which culminated in Illinois having the highest donor registry in the nation with well over 3 million Illinoisans signed into the current online registry. (sign up here: http://www.lifegoeson.com/home1.html) (watch the spots here: www.vivalundinproductions.com

She created the popular web series CitizenKate.TV, a 90 part web series about the 2008 presidential campaign trail, seen by over 2M worldwide. Lundin is now writing and developing TV series.

MARK FRAZEL, WRITER is collaborating with Stanley Kutler (Abuse of Power, The Wars of Watergate) by adapting his book, The American Inquisition as a documentary series, and have helped him with his play I, Nixon by bringing it to Chicago’s Prop Theatre.

Jens Jensen Harmonious World, we have completed over forty hours of filmed interviews and assembled hundreds of archival photos and video. We are currently filming the last interviews, completing research and preparing for post production.

We have unearthed footage and audio of Jens Jensen just last fall which will help tell his story through his eyes - such an amazing find!

Look for the film to premiere at the ASLA annual meeting in September as well as at a Chicago Park District screening, September 23, 2010.

The trailer for the film may be also be viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jensjensen2008

Filming Jensen’s World