the team

brad podowski

Brad Podowski is an award-winning film producer. His debut feature, Redemption Way (2017), which he wrote, produced and co-directed, won the Bronze Crown award for best drama under $250,000 at the ICVM awards. In addition to producing and writing, Brad has several film credits in the camera and art department. He has been writing, shooting and producing film and video content for nearly 15 years. He is the owner of BP Video+, a corporate video production company. He also freelances as a camera operator and editor serving such clients as Subway, Allstate, Groupon and Deloitte.

bill carroll

Bill Carroll has been the production development manager at Gateway Films/Vision Video since 2011. In that role he has served as associate producer or consulting producer on over 15 projects including narrative features such as Until Forever, and Redemption Way, documentaries including The Reformation: This Changed Everything and The Fantasy Makers, both of which have aired on PBS affiliates nationwide. He also consults on Christian History Institute’s animated children’s series, The Torchlighters: Heroes of the Faith. His role includes collaboration with writers and producers on script development, casting and editing.

dan gremley

Dan Gremley is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, class of 2006. His directorial debut with Brad Podowski, "Redemption Way" won the bronze award for best drama under $250,000 at the ICVM Film Festival in 2018. Dan has been happily married since 2005 and is the proud father of two boys.

brian sheridan

Brian Sheridan is a Chicago based actor and producer. He can be seen acting in several independent films with distribution, as well as films that have been featured in The Chicago International Film Festival, The Los Angeles Film Festival, The New York International Film Festival, Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and Max Ophüls-Preis Film Festival in Saarbrücken to name a few. Brian's voiceover highlights include work with McDonald’s, Barbasol, and Visionworks. He is a founding member of Chimera Ensemble theater company and co-founder of The Filmlet a digital media production company that specializes in online commercials.

suzanne johnson

In her first feature film, Empty Space, a powerful drama, Suzanne was cast as a waitress in a rural diner trapped in an abusive relationship. After that role, she was hooked. A series of parts followed in several shorts, student films and features. Suzanne played a range of roles, including a mother to a dying girl in Redemption Way, the love interest of a sheriff in a rural town, a hippie psychic, and a Southern socialite with a poker fetish. Suzanne is best known for her role as an actress and producer in The World Without You (2019).