LOOKING GOOD. SPI-tv Media Group produced a 20-minute video for the Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Institute of Chicago that plays throughout its West Loop facility on video kio...
Chicago's three Tony Award winning theatre companies are ramping up the star power for the opening shows of the season. The smallest of the three troupes, Victory Gardens,...
When we last checked in with the Waukegan film scene, the big boys were bringing Batman to the Amstutz, and the local boys were challenging aspiring filmmakers to complete...
Z Film Festival program director Kristie Alshaibi's debut feature, the explicit and experimental "Other People's Mirrors," has its world premiere Sept. 25 at the Gene Si...
Fletcher Chicago was named the Panasonic Authorized Production Reseller in the Midwest. Now included in its sales department are the Varicam 24p HD camera; the SDX-900 24p SD ca...
When the Trio cable network rolled out its first original comedy series "Pilot Season" on Labor Day, it was local DP T.W. Li behind the verit?-style camerawork.He shot eac...
Collaboration among three companies has resulted in a unique script-to-screen training program conducted by seasoned pros, that gives the screenwriter and filmmaker a fini...
Mark Besozzi's Bird's-Eye Media, Inc. is "re-packaging" its thriller "Roney's Point" for a $2.5-3 million 35mm shoot next summer.Producer/director Besozzi began developing t...
Nathan Israileff was shooting a Congressional hearing for his boxing documentary "Beyond the Ropes," when in walked the first witness, "The Greatest" himself, Muhammad A...
Based on his House sponsorship of the state-legislated wage tax credit for the film industry, Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-5th) is targeting Hollywood and local film organizations for fin...
L.A. Audition Workshop, conducted by Dori Zuckerman, one of the indie feature world's most active casting directors, will be held in Chicago for the first time Saturday and Sund...
Chicago Access Network Television ? CAN TV ? is in serious trouble. Money trouble. And 21 years of service could end unless the Chicago City Council is persuaded otherwi...
After Pakistani immigrant Shahpara Sayeed was burned to death by her husband in his cab on the North Side of Chicago on Aug. 24, 2000, filmmaker Satish Menon was struck by...
DVD content developers Sock Puppet Studios have launched their first original brand with "The Doodlebugs," a half-hour animated educational series targeted for children ages 2-6...
Lakeshore Productions' internationally-flavored feature "Wicker Park" has opened in theatres to lukewarm reviews. The movie is an adaptation of a French screenplay originally se...
"Batman" flew back to London Aug. 22 and downtown streets are back to normal after intense movie action was packed into a relatively short three week schedule. Chica...
FEATURE IN THE WORKS. Not only is Jerry Rose's Total Living Network staff of 70 now ensconced in new $18 million Aurora headquarters, but Rose and his company, Christian C...
In a move designed to further integrate creativity at the start of a project with high-end graphics technology, Swell named Mike Czerniuk creative director of Bazooka, Swe...
Former comedian Dave Grier has started production on "Bill's Meeting," a 13-episode talk show series hosted by former Frank Sinatra lead trombonist Bill Porter.Grier, form...
State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has committed a substantial amount of funding to the new Minority Filmmakers Initiative of the Lights, Camera! Illinois (LCI) film funding prog...