The executive producers and film finance team behind Chicago Media Angels. Chicago Media Angels was founded in 2015 by Ted Reilly with co-founders Mark Glassgow and Kelly Waller. The team is based in the Chicago area.
Ted Reilly, Kelly Waller and Mark Glassgow at the 2022 Tribeca Festival premiere of The Year Between.
Ted Reilly
Ted Reilly is the Founder and Executive Director of Chicago Media Angels (CMA), the film finance and production company he launched in 2015. Before CMA, he spent about seven years at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management Division (2004–2011). He holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame (2004). He also founded SRH Partners, which helps creative talent organize and grow their businesses.
As an executive producer, Ted has worked on narrative features that have screened at festivals. His credits include BRB (Slamdance), Adult Children (Special Jury Award, Bentonville; Best International Independent Film, Galway Film Fleadh), All Happy Families, and The Year Between (Tribeca), among others.
At CMA, Ted leads executive production and film financing.
His work combines creative ambition with financial discipline.
Mark Glassgow
Mark Glassgow is Co-Founder and Head of Production at Chicago Media Angels (CMA), which he helped launch in 2015. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mark oversees CMA’s development and production slate, sources and manages new projects, and leads business development and operations.
As an executive producer and producer, Mark has worked on narrative features that have screened at festivals and been released on streaming platforms. His executive producer credits include Adult Children, Her Shark Story, All Happy Families, The Year Between, Pools and Disfluency. He is a producer on Rounding and The Cleaner and an associate producer on Freedom’s Path, among others.
Kelly Waller
Kelly Waller is Co-Founder and Executive Director at Chicago Media Angels (CMA), which launched in 2015. She held sales and leadership roles at American Express and founded the independent film company CoHootz Films. Outside entertainment, she has held investment and operating roles, including at Southport Investments. She has served on the board of Chicago Children’s Theatre and as a member of the Tisch Parents Council at New York University.
As an executive producer and co-executive producer, Kelly has worked on narrative features that have screened at festivals and been released on streaming platforms. Her credits include Adult Children, Her Shark Story, Pools, The Secret Art of Human Flight, The Year Between and Disfluency, and co-executive producer on Freedom’s Path, among others.
