D.P. Carlson has been in the Chicago film and video scene since 1990.
He has produced and directed many independent shorts and feature length
programs, and contributed to various broadcast productions. Most
recently Carlson was a cameraman on Bravo Profiles of Billy Bob
Thornton & Rod Steiger, the MSNBC Investigates Specials Saving Bella,
Real Boys & Behind Nascar, And Turf Riders For The Discovery Channel.
In 2001 he was a producer/director/shooter for the Foxsportsnet
original television series Preps: Chicago Hoops (2001), starring Eddy Curry. His
independent work includes the feature-length music documentary I Was There When the Blues Was Red Hot (1991)
starring Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon, and he has created
music videos for Word Jazz artist Ken Nordine. Mr. Carlson recently
made the critically acclaimed documentary Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (1998), starring Hollywood
moviemakers Michael Mann, Andrew Davis, Harold Ramis, Stuart Gordon and
John Landis. The doc also features indy filmmakers Haskell Wexler, John
McNaughton, Loretta Smith, Tom Palazzolo, Heather McAdams, Jerry
Blumenthal and Gordon Quinn, as well as Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel and
Mayor Richard M. Daley. His follow up film, Homeless '99 (1999), is an
award-winning documentary about a panhandler that premiered at Dockers
Classically Independent Film Festival. Later that year, Carlson
received the Panavision sponsored Founder's Award given to the Most
Promising Midwest Filmmaker.
In 2000 he made the 35mm short Sailorman (2000) starring Chicago acting veterans
Mike Nussbaum and Ron Dean. The film premiered at the Chicago
International Film Festival. His newest projects include 'The Bears-Out
Of Hibernation', a rockumentary featuring innovative guitarist Adrian
Belew, and 'Johnny Dodgeball' a feature length pseudo-documentary.
