Memorial services for Grossman Jack partner and talent agent Mickey Grossman will be held next Monday, June 13 at the Apollo Theatre, 2540 N. Lincoln, an appropriate venue to ac...
ONE AT OPTIMUS has expanded its Chicago-Santa Monica directorial roster with the addition of L.A.-based Jim Matlosz, who will focus on sports and product/tabletop, and Ryan Bosw...
So far, June looks like it will be one of Video Replay’s biggest months, says owner Ron Norinsky. “June has always been our best month and this year it didn’t d...
Jeff McCarter has no regrets about having left his successful film and TV career to start Free Spirit Media, which, since 2001 has put 2,500 underserved urban youth “on the pa...
Steve James, Kartemquin’s celebrated documentarian says he believes “We are living in a Golden Age for documentary filmmaking,” as he gets ready to fly to Britain this wee...
We're back. Just like that. Ruth Ratny, a longtime chronicler of the Chicago advertising, post production and film industries, has asked us to write a column for Ree...
Michael “Mickey” Grossman, a partner in Grossman & Jack Talent, was universally regarded as one of the most respected agents in the business, by the actors he represente...
After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will ...
Y&R has lost the Sears account, a mainstay of the agency for the past 18 years, but thankfully the big billing account will remain in Chicago, unlike all too many accounts t...
After a year spent converting a 105-year old West Rogers Park firehouse into a shooting stage, post facilities and offices, new Firehouse Studios will welcome guests at a Friday...
So you live in the Midwest, and you have a killer idea for a reality show, what does it take to get it on the air? To answer this question to 60 eager producers assembled t...
The newest of Per Holmes’ highly-acclaimed Hollywood Camera Work Seminars will have its world premiere in Chicago next week, before moving onto New York, LA and London.Tuscany...
LEO BURNETT WORLDWIDE was not only the “Agency of the Year” at the International Advertising Awards in New York earlier this month, but it won a record 35 awards, including ...
THE VOICE OF THE LEMON in McDonald’s new summer Frozen Strawberry Lemonade inspired spot from Tribal DDB might sound familiar to The Sopranos fans. It belongs to Steve S...
After four years in the making, A Good Man, the feature-length documentary about choreographer Bill T. Jones’ creation of a dance-theatre piece about the life of Abraham Linco...
All too often creative minds tend to neglect the practical business side until it’s too late. Enter attorney Jerry Glover, who will keep us legal and proper with his good advi...
UTOPIC DID CHICAGO PROUD by being one of the 21 winners among a wide range of editorial houses at Tuesday night’s AICE 10th Annual Awards in New York, honoring creative excell...
ALTHOUGH ONLY $25 MILLION has now been allocated for the film program for 2012, which must be passed by both the state Senate and House, Chicago-based Fletcher Camera &...
MORE THAN 60 EXHIBITORS will display their latest and greatest at Roscor’s 3rd annual Communications Technology Expo May 19-20 in the big first floor stage at Resolution Digit...
Composer/musician and mixer Elliott Hunt and his L.A. partner, Daniel Alcheh, scored an indie feature that premiered a few weeks ago as the headliner film at the Newport Beach F...