Phillip Koch

Producer, CNN Series Chicagoland,  Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Writer, Line Producer, Unit Production Manager at Film Police

PHILLIP KOCH is an award-winning screenwriter, director and producer. He is one of the producers of CNN’s “Chicagoland,” an eight hour documentary series Executive Produced by Robert Redford. Phillip’s credits include “The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict,” (writer/director/producer) broadcast nationally on PBS, “Betaville,” (Porchlight Entertainment/Questar) (producer) starring John Astin, Lou Rawls, Tim Kazurinsky and Judge Reinhold; “Night of The Lawyers,” (writer/director/producer) (Film Police) a sci-fi comedy starring Tom Towles, Ron Dean, Penelope Milford, Kate Walsh and Tony Mockus, Jr.; “Pink Nights” (writer/director/producer) (Twentieth Century Fox & MGM/UA), a romantic comedy starring Kevin Anderson, Tom Towles and Ron Dean; “Medusa Challenger,” (producer) (Film Police) starring Joe Mantegna & Jack Wallace, an award-winning short in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the American Film Institute.  Mr. Koch produced a series of educational films on health issues that were distributed nationally.  Mr. Koch is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Independent Feature Project.  His films have won numerous awards including a Chicago Emmy Award.  Mr. Koch has taught screenwriting at the Chicago Dramatists Workshop and has written for Cinefantastique Magazine, Descant, Pro Video Review, Trial Diplomacy Journal and Cimarron Review.

Mr. Koch has appeared on panel discussions at the St. Louis Film Festival, The Gene Siskel Film Center, and the American Society of Picture Professionals.  Mr. Koch has been a judge at the Illinois Screenwriting Competition and the Chicago Youth Community Film Festival.