Last week we shot yet another Dean video, this time centering around the fact that Dean hired a consultant (played by MC friend Niki Lindgren).  We shoot these in PERL Mortgage’s main office on Belmont, but now we’re thinking of doing a few in other locations and the big debate is finding ways to start and end them at PERL, because, well, they have to.  Big ups to Dean for finding the fire engine.  As always, directed by Delahoyde and co-starring Holly Laurent.

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Here’s the 5th installment of the fun short films I do with Dean Vlamis at PERL Mortgage.  We started these a couple of years ago, and the process usually goes like this: we get an idea for a movie, we talk for six months about the script, and then we finally make it happen.  This one features real-life real estate and financial gurus Barry Schwartz, Ben Glazer, Norge Clemente and Yanis Kalnins (who’s also an actor and plays the developer).  Big ups to Justin Kaufmann and Holly Laurent and Kelsie Huff and Steve Delahoyde for acting, acting, acting, and directing, respectively.

Tim Smithe of the Walter E. Smithe Brothers had a really fun idea to include Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White in one of the Smithe’s famed local TV furniture commercials, so he met with Secretary White and make it happen. I helped write the script. Here’s the spot!

One of the nation’s main magazines for the mortgage industry, Mortgage Originator, recently mentioned the fun videos we do with Dean Vlamis of PERL Mortgage. As you might know, these videos are directed by Chicago short film guru Steve Delahoyde. We started these a few years ago just for fun and are glad people are enjoying them. For the blurb in MO, see our press page.