Ed Radtke is the writer, producer and director of three independent feature films, including the award-winning BOTTOM LAND and THE DREAM CATCHER. THE DREAM CATCHER garnered 11 awards at international film festivals and was released worldwide. His most recent feature THE SPEED OF LIFE premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, where it received a special jury prize.
He has worked as a freelance writer, composer, producer, director, assistant director and editor on countless projects including: features, documentaries, shorts, commercials and music videos. Through his production company Transparent Films, he is the founder and long time facilitator of media making workshops nationwide for underserved groups including: at-risk youth, Native American elders, incarcerated men and women, Vietnam Veterans, victims of domestic violence, developmentally challenged adults, and elementary schoolchildren. He has taught workshops internationally in France, Costa Rica, Chile, and China, has guest lectured at Columbia and NYU, and taught film production at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the recipient of two NEA production grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. As a composer, he was honored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his contribution to the Emmy Award® winning program A LION IN THE HOUSE.
Ed Radtke co-wrote the feature script AIME TON PERE, produced by Gérard Depardieu and starring Depardieu and his late son, Guillame. The film was the official Swiss entry for Best Foreign Film consideration at the 2002 Academy Awards®.
Ed Radtke recently spent three years living on a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico. He currently lives in Santa Fe, NM.
