William Natale

William (Bill) Natale, is an Emmy-Award winning producer/director and executive member of the Directors Guild of America Midwest Council. Natale has served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Center for Broadcasting, Chicago Campus; Executive Producer of Internet Streaming Corporation, and Executive Producer of WATCH312.COM. Natale has served as the Regional Director of Public Affairs/Outreach on behalf of the Ohio/Illinois, Miami, and Colorado Media Schools.

Natale has written three books, "Woolly Wurm," (a children's book); "1968 - A Story as Relevant Today as It Was Then," and "The Resurrection of Boraichee."

Natale has worked as a freelance broadcast professional in various capacities for media outlets, including radio stations: WXRT, WGN and Spanish language WSBC as well as TV stations: WGN, WMAQ, WTTW, WFLD, WLS, WBBM, WYCC, WJYS, WKYC, WIFR, WTMJ, WVTV and Spanish language WGBO.

Natale served for over 4 years as president of the board of directors for PanAmerica Performance Works Theater Company (formerly Latino Chicago Theater Company). He has served as a member of the board of directors for the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences and as Chairman of the Broadcast Promotion & Marketing Executives Association. Bill has taught television production at both Columbia College of Chicago and the Illinois Center for Broadcasting, Lombard Campus.

Natale continues from time to time to do work as a producer/director in addition to his work as the Regional Executive Director for Public Affairs for the Illinois, Ohio, Miami & Colorado Media Schools that teach broadcast media arts per a fully accredited college curriculum. Recently, PBS aired over 224 public TV stations, the documentary, "Water Pressures,” dealing with the global water crisis, hosted by Adian Grenier (star of HBO's Entourage) and directed by Natale. Principal photography was done in Chicago, New York, D.C., and India. Bill Natale also serves as a consulting producer for The Moochie Kalala Detective Show, a WTTW/PBS educational science series for children, produced by Dreaming Tree Films, starring Tim Kazurinsky. Natale has also served as a consulting producer for the latest Dreaming Tree Films feature (Regency release) entitled, “Traveling Without Moving,” starring Steve Guttenberg and Harry Lennix.