Swell's new company president Radi Akel said it's premature to talk about future plans under his stewardship for the post house, but strategy for change will be announced ...
President George W. Bush on Oct. 22 signed into law H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act. The law supplies tax write-offs to film and television productions that have budge...
After a six month search, J. Walter Thompson named Tony Wallace as director of broadcast production. He joined the agency Nov. 29 after 14 years at FCB as senior producer. A ...
DePaul University's year-old Digital Cinema Program leaps into the big leagues this summer when a mix of professionals and students from the program will produce a feature film ...
Steve James' new documentary "Reel Paradise" has its world premiere in the 21st Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah."Reel Paradise" will premiere in...
Peter Riegert comes to town Dec. 14, not as the famous actor he is, but as co-writer, director/producer of "King of the Corner," his first indie feature. It will be screene...
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi were awakened one morning last winter by a massive explosion at a nearby police recruitment site in Baghdad."The explosion was so close it shook t...
The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) has received a $250,000 grant from The Oprah Winfrey Foundation for the innovative education program, DocuFest. The grant ...
The 40,000-sq. ft. River North Orbis Building, under professional realty management, is succeeding in attracting permanent film-related tenants while keeping space open for shor...
MICHAEL OJEDA'S debut feature "Lana's Rain" will be released Jan.18 on DVD by Chatsworth, Calif.-based Image Entertainment. Oksana Orlenko, who won best actress at the 200...
Chicago Community Cinema will announce a "relaunch" of the group at its Dec. 7 awards show that will "have a profound impact not only on CCC, but on independent filmmaking...
Former "Barney Miller" co-star Max Gail will launch an online video series here with an eye toward getting picked up by a TV network.The two-time Emmy nominee has begun splittin...
Let's take a step back in time in order to bring perspective to Catherine Rategan's interview with Tony Lorenz, founder/president of 12-year old ProActive, Inc., a business comm...
Scott McLain is doubly committed to bringing the story of Vee-Jay Records to large and small screens. The Los Angeles producer is developing two films, a narrative and a ...
Punk legend John Doe has made a handshake deal to narrate Michelle De Long's documentary "Man's Dominion: The Complexities and Controversies of Animal Law, Animal Welfare ...
Three years ago, when the Chicago Public Library announced it was clearing out its collection of 5,000 16mm titles, producer Nancy Watrous wanted to acquire it. After the li...
FAVORITE SON Steve Poster did double duty when he was in town last week. The American Society of Cinematographers president received the Professional Achievement Award from IIT/...
Mexican commercial director Julio Dominguez de los Santos is in post on his first feature, the English-, Spanish- and Yiddish-language HD drama "Hopeless" that shot here t...
CRAIG JAMES PIETROWIAK of Squid Brothers and Scott Preston of American Stonehenge Films are joining forces to co-produce two back-to-back HD features next year. First up in ...
Hoffman Estates videogame designer High Voltage Software created two major releases this fall for very different audiences, and is working with Warner Bros. on a famous ch...
