Who We Are
Our team has been working together since 2007, and combined, we have over 100 years of video production and editing experience. For us, it’s personal. We don’t outsource our work to the young filmmaker with the lowest rate. Instead, we’ve placed a premium on service by understanding your needs firsthand. That’s why we’re personally invested in getting you the video you want.
T.W. Li
Producer / Director
T.W. has been making video and film for more than 25 years. Since 1989 he has directed or photographed over 500 videos for businesses, including Reebok, VH-1, Chanel Fine Jewelry, Discovery Channel, Sears, and MTV Productions.
As a lighting and camera specialist, he directed the photography of 13 feature films including What’s the Matter with Kansas, based on the best selling book by Thomas Frank, and Pilot Season, directed by Sam Seder, and starring Sarah Silverman, Marc Maron, David Cross, and Isla Fisher.
T.W. has taught Cinematography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago, and his technical articles have been published in International Cinematographer, the magazine of the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600.
Suzanna Boelter
Project Manager
After getting her degree in electrical engineering from University of Illinois Chicago, Suzanna started her career supervising projects for a video game production company in Atlanta.
She then traveled all over the US, Canada, and Europe, managing tours for folk/roots bands.
Kenneth Reed
Post-Production Supervisor
Kenny earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. He has done camera and audio work for several networks, including MTV, Food Network, Fox, as well as several Chicago based production companies.
Kenny is an experimental filmmaker, and his short films have been shown in Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, the Ukraine, and all over the United States.
Brandon Petrizzo
Co-Producer
Brandon earned an art degree from Weber State University in 2011, and has spent over a decade working as a photographer and graphic designer.
He has directed several short films and his oil paintings have been shown in a number of Chicago galleries.
J.B. Schiess
Director of Photography
After completing the Cinematography curriculum at Columbia College Chicago, JB went on to shoot, direct, and edit a wide variety of projects. Having worked in fiction, non-fiction, and commercial spaces, he brings an informed expertise to every production.
Over the last 10 years, his work has been featured at the The Chicago Cultural Center, the Phoenix International Film Festival, and the Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival, where his film won the Best Documentary, Jury Prize.
Dawn Kraemer-Meseck
Accounts Manager
After high school, Dawn began her career in the automotive industry, where she learned the intricacies of accounting on 12 column green ledger paper. This experience led her to a degree in finance, which she obtained magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Platteville. She has broad experience in several finance and accounting roles, focusing on client services.
A Chicago Video Production Company
Video Parachute is a proud Minority-Owned Business (MBE) certified by the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois
The members of our Chicago-based team are highly skilled and deeply experienced in all facets of video. We adapt to the way you want to work, putting your priorities first while understanding that every marketing department has different stakeholders throughout their organization.
Don’t worry, we’ll work to ensure that they are just as excited about your final video as you and your audiences are.
