For a comparatively tiny amount of money, HMS Media is producing an ambtious 13-part, half-hour series with the self-explanatory title, "The Chicago Dance Project." The...
When Resolution Digital Studios opens the doors to its $7.5 million facility this April, Chicago will have?for the first time ever?a brand new, from the ground up stage comp...
Hizzoner, Richard M. Daley, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Leadership in the Arts by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts. The presti...
LANCE CATANIA of X-Ray Productions has completed post on his debut feature, the HD horror pic "Cup of My Blood." Catania, a seasoned commercial director/DP, shot on HD in ...
J. Walter Thompson/Chicago is "a little agency that has a big future," says top creative Graham Woodall, who was charged with that future when agency president Barry Kraus...
The annual gathering of the National Assn. of TV Program Executives (NATPE) in Las Vegas, Jan. 25-27 is where the deals go down. It's the center hub for the marriage of shows wi...
Actor/writer/producer Trevor Anthony states he has the experience and moxie to make it big in Hollywood. And he's willing to sell a piece of his ultimate success to investors o...
Three former performer/writers who worked together at The Second City combined their considerable comedy talents in a comedy short directed by award-winning spot director Leroy ...
The Chicago Tribune's ambitious integrated branding campaign introduces a winsome cast of rounded iconic characters, designed by award-winning animator J. J. Sedelmaier Pr...
Recognizing the increasing imperative of "change now or die," Cinematographers Local 600 last month took a bold giant step towards changing the face and future of Chicago film u...
More than 300 persons attended funeral services Jan. 3 for admusic composer/producer Steve Shafer, 52, who was hailed as a visionary who revolutionized commercial music producti...
The 4th Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, aka Sketchfest, at the Theatre Building is running on all three 150-seat stages simultaneously from now through Jan. 16. One hundred-...
Taking advantage of the fact that Robert Altman is temporarily living in Chicago, the Chicago Film Critics Assn. on Jan. 19 will hold a tribute evening to honor the award-winnin...
What a terrific opportunity we had recently to ask Anthony Robbins, America's greatest motivational speaker and best-selling author, for insight on how to overcome the seemingly...
If NeWave Productions signs with a cable outlet for one more TV series, "we'll have reached our goal of producing 100 nationally televised shows this year," said Steve Grein. ...
The decade-long partnership between producer Michael Cullen and restaurateur Joe Carlucci has come to an end, and apparently not amicably. The two are co-owners of the choice p...
Mark Androw frankly admits his loves his job as board chairman of the 255-member Assn. of Independent Commercial Producers. The president/executive producer of The Story C...
Figures released last month by Actors Equity Association (Equity) confirm that Chicago once again fueled Equity's 13-state Central Region to a record-setting year, as measured b...
Thea Flaum, the undisputed queen of TV show production, with three current series running on HGTV, is in preproduction on another home-oriented-with-a-twist series for DIY, the ...
