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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Highland Park's Bitter Jester Wins an Emmy

The local production company won an Emmy after earning three nominations from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, including two for Ravinia Festival commercials.

Update 11/18/12 10:15 p.m.: Highland Park's Bitter Jester Creative has won an Emmy. At Sunday's awards ceremony, the local production company that was nominated for three awards took one home for the special event coverage category. They were nominated for their work at the 2011 Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition. Earlier: While most people are getting excited for Thanksgiving weekend, Highland Park resident Nic DeGrazia is excited for the weekend before -- when he'll head to the Emmys. Want Highland Park news in your inbox? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. The Highland Park resident is one of several faces behind production company Bitter Jester Creative, which he runs with Daniel Kullman and Josh Tallo, and which has been nominated …

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Battle of the Bands Rocks Highland Park, Highland Park Declares May 13 Bitter Jester Day, Ravinia Festival Gives Highland Park $800K, and 2 more ›

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

'Game of Thrones' Gets 13 Emmy Nods

Highland Park native's HBO series nominated for Best Drama, Best Director.

A Highland Park native's HBO series received 13 Emmy nominations last week. Dan Weiss, co-creator of Game of Thrones, has been an avid fantasy fan since he was a kid growing up in Highland Park. Now his fantasy series, based on the book series by George R.R. Martin, has been nominated in 13 Emmy categories, including best drama series, best director and best screenwriting. Read more: Highland Park Native's HBO Series Premieres Sunday Weiss and his partner David Benioff are currently working on the show's second season, according to Weiss' father, Mike. "We feel that just to be nominated in the first season for best show ... is a pretty high honor," Mike Weiss said in an email to Patch. "We are, to say the least, very proud parents." In an …

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Highland Park Native's HBO Series' Third Season Breaks Ratings Records

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Congrats to Dan for his great work on Game of Thrones.   more ›

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