Citizen Advocacy of Washington County

Lane Wyrick

Producer of The Bill Sackter Story:A Friend Indeed!

Lane Wyrick is a Film School graduate from the University of Iowa. During his college years, he worked extensively in 16mm film production and was the first place winner in the Midwest Regional Competition of the Student Academy Awards for his experimental film “Culture Shell”. He was also awarded the Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship for his 40-minute 16mm comedy “Life is Eterminal”.

After graduating with high distinction in 1990, Wyrick spent four years in Los Angeles working as a production assistant and in various other capacities on feature film productions including “True Lies”, “Man's Best Friend”, “Dead Connection”, as well as on several television projects, music videos and commercials. In 1994, Wyrick worked as head of an Illinois-based Multimedia & Interactive Design Department.
Wyrick returned to his hometown of Iowa City in 1995 and formed Xap Interactive, Inc., a digitally-based video, film, and DVD production company to offer a venue for his creative aspirations. Through Xap Interactive, Wyrick has produced a wide variety of projects including DVD-based touchscreen information systems, surgical procedure videos, commercials, corporate videos and documentaries.

In November 1999, Wyrick completed “The Nazi Drawings” documentary, which is the first major short documentary by Wyrick, who served as director, cinematographer, and editor on the project. The Nazi Drawings has won numerous awards including the Mid-America Emmy Award for Best Documentary, and Best Documentary & Best Director in the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, and was broadcast across the nation on PBS stations during Holocaust Remembrance Month in 2005 (more info at www.NaziDrawings.com). The Nazi Drawings DVD is now available here at Amazon.com.
New projects include XapVision Nature Scenes - an original DVD production featuring nearly three hours of beautifully filmed, relaxing and engaging scenes and sounds of nature, which is being promoted to Childrens Hospitals, Hospice Organizations, Nursing Homes, and the general public (more info at www.NatureScenes.com). The XapVision Nature Scenes DVD is now available here at Amazon.com.

Wyrick just completed his first feature length documentary, "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story". After being approached by Academy Award Winning Screenwriter Barry Morrow in 2001 with the idea of creating a documentary about the real Bill Sackter, Wyrick spent many months researching, gathering photos, film & video footage, and discovering the heart of the story. After six years, the production was completed in September 2007, and is being submitted to major film festivals. To receive updates on the documentary (festivals, distribution, availability, etc.), please join our email list.

Wyrick is now in development on some new ideas for both a feature documentary and feature fiction film. For more information on Wyrick's company, Xap Interactive, Inc., please visit www.XapInteractive.com

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