DreamCatcher Productions

About Us

We tell stories, bear witness, educated and preserve precious moments. We are DreamCatcher Productions; we catch dreams.

Concerts
Corporate training
Special events
Weddings

Who Are We and Why Are We Here?

Joe Scherrman - Owner / Filmmaker

I'm Joe Scherrman owner of DreamCatcher Productions LLC. I've been associated with the family business, Scherrman Implement and Scherrman's Brand Source since the early 1970's. We have five generations of Scherrmans working this, sales and service, corporation.

Over the years of promoting our business, Dyersville and North East Iowa, I realized I had my own dream to fulfill and a lot of stories to tell. The best way, for me, to tell stories is through film. My first award-winning film was made in 1971 called "A Dream is What You Make of It." My life was pretty full between the stores and family duties so I set aside most video work beyond an occasional short project, wedding or special event.

The corporate training video I produced for Kaiser Contract Cleaning won the 2006 award for Excellence by the Iowa Motion Picture Association. I have had my video, called b-roll, shown on most network and cable channels. Some of my footage is featured in the Field of Dreams 15 Year Anniversary DVD. My documentary, GHOST PLAYER: RELIVE THE MAGIC has been nominated for more than 20 awards (and received many of them too).

In order to make a documentary about the Field of Dreams Ghost Players, I had to relearn the trade. I started video taping for hire, producing corporate training videos, event, and wedding videos. I started DreamCatcher Productions, LLC. I joined the Iowa Motion Picture Association and the Iowa Screen Writers Association. This has allowed me to offer complete video services and enjoy the work I love.

In 2010, I signed on as an Executive Producer for the feature film EASTON'S ARTICLE which is presently in post production with a talented young writer/director Tim Connery from Iowa Dirt Films. That feature film project, a documentary about the Lake Delhi Dam in conjunction with Creative Maxims, and a working on a documentary/concert DVD about Clay Riness has me pretty busy in vary different fields of movie work. And I just love it all.

Easton's Article

This is my first foray into fictional feature filmmaking. Tim Connery's script and filmmaking skills are excellent and am happy to share the title of executive producer with Neil Kapp. Tim's pulled together a fine team and the production is going well. For more about Easton's Article - Click Here

Working Title: We'll Be Back: The Lake Delhi Story

Charles & Mary Cunliffe of Creative Maxims, LLC and Joe Scherrman at DreamCatcher Productions, LLC are developing a documentary about Lake Delhi in Iowa, and are very interested in hearing from as many families as possible about life on the lake. Those willing to share experiences about living on the lake or in the surrounding area are encouraged to contact Mary Cunliffe via email at cm32@mchsi.com

Tim Connery Editor/Filmmaker

For the better part of the past decade I've been gradually honing my skills as a filmmaker and storyteller. My professional career began upon admission to the world’s largest film school at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. At Columbia, I completed a number of short films, two of which have received accolades and screenings in the US film festival market. In May of 2009, I graduated from Columbia with a cumulative GPA of 3.83 and was released into a competitive job market. My biggest project to date is the independent sci-fi feature film "Easton's Article" shot on the Red Mysterium X camera and currently in post-production. Overall I have over six years of experience in pushing film and video work through from preproduction to exhibition phases. I am well rounded in all aspects of production, including equipment knowledge, vigorous in field problem solving abilities, and workflow management. My creative capacity has been tested again and again through conceiving ideas, shaping them to script/treatment format, executing the vision within the limitations of a budget, and completing with a visual product that's audience attentive and emotionally effective. It's my pleasure to be a part of such a skilled storytelling team here at DreamCatcher Productions.

Tim's Filmmaker Reel
Tim's IMDB Page

Tiffany Schmitt

Currently attends the University of Northern Iowa. She is a senior working toward a Bachelor's Degree in Communications: Electronic Media.

She was born in Dubuque, Iowa; raised in Epworth, Iowa; is excited to be working and learning with DreamCatcher Productions; and is thirsty for experience and eager to get her hands dirty with Joe and Tim. Tiffany's production talents are broad and she enjoys involvement in all stages of the production process from conception to completion. She has a special passion for documentaries due in part to her love of history, archaeology, and storytelling; a perfect fit with the ceative media industry and the rest of the DreamCatcher team.

While at the University of Northern Iowa she has been deeply involved with UNI TV where she created news packages and filled roles in front of and behind the camera during live shows. Tiffany has also created a variety of video projects including a live-action/stop-motion animation called "Damsel Distressed" which was selected for a few Iowa film festivals. With a partner, she also crafted a short documentary titled "A Place to Call Home," about a family who earned a Habitat for Humanity home. This documentary was recently selected for at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival and won second place in the student documentary category. Her most recent project was a short documentary called "What Am I So Afraid Of?" which explores the subject of fear while she faced some of her own fears including karaoke, bees, and skydiving. She can't wait to learn more about the industry and is excited to work with the talented filmmakers at DreamCatcher Productions.

Suzanne Wright-Writer, Marketing

It has been is a privilege to write about the projects and people of DreamCatcher Productions and Ghost Players. We have been busy in the time I've been here, making many short films, a couple of books, and a blizzard of press releases and newsletters. Here are a few of the highlights of my work:

Movie Credits: The Arbor Ate 'Em - producer; Easton's Article - line producer; Flurishes & Floodwaters - writer; Ghost Player - marketing; The Nest - writer, co-producer; Striking Out - writer, producer; Unlikely Fortune - head writer, producer
Newsletters
TV Show Credits: Great River Film Initiative's Unveiling: Easton's Article - production assistant