{{short description|American documentary film maker}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2013}} {{notability|Biographies|date=March 2013}}}} {{Infobox person | name = Phil Ranstrom | image = Phil Ranstrom.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | known = | occupation = Documentary film maker | years_active = | title = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = [http://www.MaxwellStreetDocumentary.com MaxwellStreetDocumentary.com] | footnotes = | employer = }}
'''Phil Ranstrom''' is an American documentary film maker.
==Career== From 1994 to 2006 Ranstrom worked as the producer of the documentary ''Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street''. During that time he interviewed a variety of blues musicians such as Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley and Johnny Williams.<ref name="Glenview">{{citation | title=The demise of a dream | publisher=Glenview Announcements (Illinois) | date=November 1, 2007 | author=Sullivan, Catey}}</ref> Ranstrom tells the story of the displacement of the neighborhood's residents in favor of condos and commercial establishments and the subsequent effect on blues culture.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/gone-but-not-forgotten/Content?oid=924865 | title = Gone but Not Forgotten | website = Chicago Reader | date = April 26, 2007 | access-date = 2016-02-26 }}</ref> The film won a nomination at the 2012 Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards for Outstanding Crafts Achievement Off-Air: Writer – Program On (non news) category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reelchicago.com/article/14-indie-made-tv-shows-earn-midwest-emmy-nominations121023 |title=14 indie made TV shows earn Midwest Emmy nominations | publisher=Reel Chicago | date=October 24, 2012 | author=Morgan, Mike}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1421532}}
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