Thad Vassmer and Ed Plamondon met more than 30 years ago while working as video producers for the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Thad had studied film at Columbia College Chicago, while Ed majored in Radio and TV Production at Michigan State University.

 

When Arthur Andersen collapsed in the aftermath of Enron, both went on to establish their own media production companies. For more than two decades, they've worked for dozens of Fortune 500 companies making programs focused on training, marketing & communications, always looking for ways to bring creativity and storytelling into their work. 

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In 2018 they formed Shumway Studio, a joint venture of their two companies where they could compliment each other's talents and explore an even broader range of interesting projects.

 

When Thad learned about the extraordinary true-crime story behind Mr. Con 8 years ago, he decided to document it and persuaded Ed to join him. Their first feature documentary, Mr. Con brings the two longtime collaborators back to the kind of storytelling that inspired them in the first place.