Bougainville Productions has been around since 1992 but, like the late Stanley Kubrick, chooses to make only one masterpiece per decade.

Bougainville's initial documentary was the Emmy-nominated "The Wrecking of Old Comiskey Park", which has been shown on WTTW (Channel 11 in Chicago) and throughout the Midwest numerous times.

Director David Levenson is a filmmaker and professional artist whose specialty is baseball art, particularly the ballparks and players of the pre-Modern era. His work has been featured in many Chicago galleries over the past 15 years. Dave has also painted backdrops for the Christmas windows of high-end department stores.

Jim Hausfeld, the editor of "Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy", has been splicing film and video for over a quarter of a century on scores of projects including "The Wrecking of Old Comiskey". Famous for his midnight-to 8AM sessions, he prides himself on being able to outlast anyone in the editing room. Jim never met a dissolve he didn't like.

Bob Chicoine, a CPA by day, ballpark beerman by night, wrote the "Old Comiskey" lyric and guided the "Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy" narration. Known in the Windy City as "the beervendor poet", he was a member of the Chicago team to the 1998 national Poetry Slam. Bob considers himself the master of the 17-second conversation: the length of time it takes to pour two beers and make change.

Producer Jimmy Mack is Bougainville's jack-of-all-trades, from sound recording to writing to putting on 39 pounds to play a body double in a key scene. Jimmy graduated from Lewis University with a degree in Communications, then studied with Second City, after which he became a familiar stand-up comic on Chicago stages, then founded a comedy duet that toured the Midwest.


From left: Director David Levenson, Narrator William Petersen, Editor Jim Hausfeld, Narration Writer Bob Chicoine and Producer Jimmy Mack. (Click Photo For Larger Image)