Video Portfolio

A documentary to showcase Misericordia Home’s new bakery in Downtown Glenview which provides jobs and assistance to adults with special gifts. Filmed over the course of a month, the documentary focuses on the mission of Misericordia Home and the opening of the new bakery to further spread their mission.

Produced by James Kurtzweil and Josh Brown

Special Thanks to Lois Gates, The Huffman Family, The Fiorenza-Santacrose Family, The Nicholson Family, Sarah Lane-Hill, Julie O’Sullivan, Lily Devey, Father Jack Clair, Sister Rosemary, Ms. Julie Benca, and all of the Staff and Volunteers at Misericordia and The Sweet Shoppe

Filmed at the end of the previous school year, this video was shown to the teachers during teacher convocation prior to the start of the next school year. Featuring stories of GBS Faculty in their years of teaching experience, this video makes educators proud to teach!

Directed By: James Kurtzweil and Helen Neppl, Cinematography By: Faith Butz and Maggie Snyder, Edited By: Mrs. Julie Benca

As part of the Fall Sports Pep Rally, this video was produced to get the school excited at the upcoming football season. This was filmed at the season-opener against Palatine on Friday, August 31, and presented to the school on Thursday, September 6.

Cinematography by James Kurtzweil, Edited by Adam Shoreibah

Produced for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glenview, IL to promote the Junior Basketball Clinic that runs in the winter.

Produced By: James Kurtzweil

Produced for TitanDistance.com, another project of mine, as a promotion for the John Davis Titan Invite. Featuring clips from throughout the track season and graphics.

Produced by James Kurtzweil

This video was presented at the Homecoming Pep Rally and was filmed during the week. After filming concluded on Thursday evening, there only a 12-hour turnaround time for the final product.

Produced By: James Kurtzweil, Katie Itaya, Maggie Snyder, and Regina Papadatos

A clip from Glenbrook South’s Variety Show: En Route

Directed By: James Kurtzweil, Assistant Directed By: Josh Brown, Gunnar Klish, Technical Director: Tina Moran, Camera: Georgia Garvey, Kate Hershey, Charlie Kullman, George Sladoje, Audio: Billy Debes

For the first live production for Titan Sports, hosts Bryce Gaubert and Jonas Evans talk about the previous week in sports.

Production Crew: Lina Pedrelli, Jane FitzGibbon, Matty Barrett, Matthew FInkel, Lane Alexander, Caleb Shin, James Kurtzweil, Billy Debes, Gunnar Klish, Emad Ahang

This documentary began a wave of a new-era of Titan Sports documentaries. In the updated format, we focused on the Glenbrook South Basketball team as they rose in the Conference Standings in their game against rival Evanston.

In Year Two of the updated Titan Sports program, we focused on the Glenbrook South Hockey Program in their showdown against rival Glenbrook North. 

A collection of 45-second sports packages to be presented at the Spring Sports Pep Rally.

Executive Produced by: James Kurtzweil, Natalia Cymbalisty, and Lina Pedrelli