Crew / Festivals /Technical Info
Keven Siegert - Producer/Director
Keven has been producing documentary films and video for more than thirty years.
His strong Irish heritage led to the creation of the film series, “A Proper Pint” which promotes Celtic culture through the format of travel and historical documentaries.
Keven also produces artistic projects in many mediums through his production company, Telepathic Stuntman (www.telepathicstuntman.com) and maintains an active blog promoting Creative Visualization.
Gregory J. Glanz - Writer/Director
Greg has spent a lifetime pursuing creative writing and storytelling. He has a passion for the hidden tale, the ignored subject, whether he is researching the historical or crafting the fantastic.
Winner of the Pearl Hogrefe and Focus Award Grants for Creative Writing from Iowa State University, his video production experience allows him to interact with video artists and their subjects to compose unique and compelling narratives.
Thomas A. Sawyer - Photography/Sound
Tom has been creating award-winning media for over 30 years. He was a Grand Prize winner at the 1983 Alpha Epsilon Rho Student Awards, and a Telly award winner last year. He was a former board member and past president of the Iowa Motion Picture Awards, as well as a former board member for the Iowa Association for Communication Technology.
He started his own production company in 1992, TS Media, and has a long list of satisfied customers. Tom loves performing, recording and listening to music, attending live performances, camping, canoeing, bicycling and home-brewing.
Additional Credits
Executive Producer - Deborah Siegert
Narrator - Derek Collins
Original Music Soundtrack - Philip Kelly
Narration Sound - Paul Quinlan
Festivals and Screenings
UPCOMING: Official Selection and Screening, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Dubuque, Iowa for “McDonnell’s Bar and Undertakers” - April 22 - 25, 2024
PREMIERE of “Sharkey’s Bar” and “McDonnell’s Bar and Undertakers”, Irish Cultural Center and McClelland Library, Phoenix, Arizona - February 10, 2024
Irish Cultural Center and McClelland Library Film Series - January 26, 2024
Best Travel and Discovery Film, Mannheim International Arts and Film Festival: Mannheim, Germany 2023
Finalist: Best Travel Short Documentary, Travel FilmFest International Film Festival: Limassol, Cyprus 2023
Series Screening: Irish Cultural Center, Phoenix, AZ - March 7, 2020
Best Travel Short Documentary, Travel FilmFest International Film Festival: Limassol, Cyprus - October 19 - 22, 2017
Official Selection and Screening, Jerome Indie Film Festival, Jerome, Arizona
Official Selection and Screening, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Dubuque, Iowa
International Award of Outstanding Excellence, International TourismAwards, Jakarta, Indonesia - September 19, 2016
Official Selection and Screening, Phoenix Film Festival 2016, Phoenix, Arizona - June 7, 2016
Official Selection and Screening, Dingle International Film Festival 2016, Dingle, Ireland - March 17 - 20
Official Selection and Screening, The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest 2016
Official Selection and Screening, Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, Dublin, Ireland, October 8 - 11, 2015
Official Selection and Screening, Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, Chagrin Falls, OH - October 7 - 11, 2015
Official Selection and Screening, Wanderlust Film Festival, West Chester, PA - June 13, 2016
WORLD PREMIER and Official Selection - Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, April 26, 2015, Dubuque, Iowa
Best Travel Film at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2015
Official Selection and Nominated for Best Cultural Film, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2015
Technical Specifications
Genre: Travel Documentary
Aspect Ratio: 16X9
Language: English
Cameras: Sony A7SII, Canon 5D, Nikon D610
Entirely recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Ballyvaughan, Achill Sound, Inishbiggle, Bantry, Annagry and Belmullet