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Clients

Freydesign Productions has worked on over a thousand projects with a diverse range of clients and objectives. Please see below a select sample.

Client/Distributor	Role	Title	Description
Affirmative Fitness	Production Company	“Executive Health"	A video guide to maintaining health and fitness with Tracy Hafen and multiple-time N.Y. Times #1 Bestseller Dr. Michael Roizen author of the Real Age and YOU series with Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Alternative Schools Network	Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor	"Truants Alternative Optional Education Program"	Documentary video portion of the Alternative School Network’s successful legislative advocacy to reinstate $2 million of funding and ensure continuance of programming educating former high school dropouts. Funding was reinstated and future funding maintained and expanded.
BBC America	Director of Photography, Field Production	"Perfect Partner"	Chicago production unit for a reality television show for international distribution on The Discovery Channel.
BET	Directory of Photography, Field Production Unit	"50 Cent Testimony"	Field production of hour-long sit-down interview with hip hop superstar 50 Cent telling the first-person story of his journey as an individual and an artist.
Center For Neighborhood Technology	Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor	"Connecting Communities"	A documentary video that was part of the Center for Neighborhood Technology’s successful effort to transform government agencies' closed-door regional transportation planning in the Chicagoland area into a transparent community-accountable process.
Def Jam Recordings – Roc-A-Fella Records	Directory of Photography/Production Unit	"Jesus Walks"	Music video (B&W Version) for the Grammy Award winning (Best Rap Song) third single from Kanye West's multi-platinum Grammy Award winning (Best Rap Album) debut "The College Dropout"
Harpo, Inc.	Directory of Photography, Field Production Unit	"The Oprah Winfrey Show"	On location interviews, b-roll and background material as part of Oprah's Wildest Dreams Tour providing a dream role for Paolo on “Will & Grace”.
E! Entertainment	Director of Photography/Production Crew	"Guess Who's Coming To Decorate"	Profile footage and interviews with a decorator for the television series where family and friends decorate each others' homes.
Discovery Health	Cinematographer	"Chicago's Lifeline"	Documentary television series featuring cutting edge medical technologies and intense human dramas at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
HDNet / AXS TV	Director of Photography/Unit Production	"Deadline"	Content creation and produced concept pitches for this flagship show on HDNet an all HD Cable Station owned by Mark Cuban and one of the first stations to create exclusively HD content.
Hustle	Director of Photography	"The Life"	Television Pilot featuring platinum-selling Cash Money Records, The Magnolia Projects and Lil’ Wayne on location in New Orleans. Hosted/Directed by Coodie of Channel Zero and produced by John Monopoly, Kanye West manager and COO of G.O.O.D. Music
Kanye West Foundation	Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Production Company	"Kanye West Foundation"	Multiple projects for the Kanye West Foundation including multi-crew coverage of their event at The Chicago Theater featuring a Kanye West concert for select Chicago Public School students in collaboration with S.H.OW., activist Wendy Abrams, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago.
McCann Erickson Worldwide	Producer/Co-Production Company	"Adcolor Awards Ads"	A co-production with Soloproject on a series of commercials promoting the Adcolor Awards, a collaboration between the Advertising Club of New York, the American Advertising Federation, the American Association of Advertising Agencies, Arnold Worldwide and Omnicom Group that honors outstanding diverse professionals in the advertising industry.
P-Vine Records	Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Production Company	"Live at B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted"	A live concert DVD featuring blues artist Carlos Johnson made for P-Vine Records of Tokyo, Japan. Co-Produced with Masaki Rush wife and manager of blues legend Otis Rush.
Pitbull	Directory of Photography/Field Production Crew	"Culo"	Music video for Pitbull’s Billboard Hot 100 lead single from his debut album M.I.A.M.I. featuring Lil’ Jon. Filmed live in Miami, FL at Calle Ocho, one of the largest street festivals in the world.
Prevent Child Abuse America	Production Company	“Parent Leadership”	Documentary video on overcoming challenges of parenting and providing encouragement for parents to take leadership roles in their families and communities as a way to promote better parenting skills and environments. Distributed nationally through Prevent Child Abuse America.
Radio Flyer	Writer/Concept Development	"Multi-Media"	Writing of a narrative concept for a Kaleidescope multi-media project with Radio Flyer.
Sa-Ra Creative Partners	Producer/Directory of Photography	"Feel The Bass"	Music video featuring Talib Kweli and Erykah Badu from The Hollywood Recordings. Filmed in Brooklyn, NY.
Smithsonian Institution	Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Production Company	"National Postal Museum" & "Arago"	A series of videos for the Smithsonian Institution including promotional pieces for the National Postal Museum and a collection of videos featuring notable Hispanics, African-Americans, Native Americans and Women.
Superb Productions	Director of Photography	“Wouldn’t You Like to Ride”	Music video featuring platinum selling hip-hop stars Kanye West, Common and spoken word artist Malik Yusef for the Coach Carter soundtrack. Directed by Coodie and Chike of Channel Zero.
Warner Music Group	Directory of Photography	"Take Me Higher"	Music video for Warner Brothers recording artist Cruna. The cinematography was featured in Stephanie Argy’s article for American Cinematographer. Filmed at various locations in Nashville, TN.