If you want to follow a rising star, keep your eye on connector, builder, innovator, Troy Pryor.
Five years ago Creative Cypher, founded by Pryor, launched an accelerator la...
Creative Cypher’s XL Film Fest has released its official lineup for the three day festival beginning August 17th until August 20th. Founder Troy Pryor has created a unique op...
The XL Film Festival, powered by Creative Cypher, will feature a top tier collaboration with Mansa.
Mansa is a free, ad-supported streaming platform highlighting Black cont...
Creative Cypher will host the XL Film Festival Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20, and continue to host events throughout the year.
XL Festival/Creative Cypher founde...
Barry Brewer of Tyler Perry’s BRUH has returned to his Midwest roots to found and operate his own film studio, OBE Studios.
OBE Studios was birthed out of the belief tha...
During the last quarter of 2022, Creative Cypher, founded by Troy Pryor, agreed to merge its sister brand Cypher Foundation with the Chicago South Side Film Festival, founded b...
Troy Pryor, producer and founder of Creative Cypher, and Sheila R. Brown Vice President of Equity & Inclusion at AICP, and the former Executive Director of CineCares, will ...
Creative Cypher Founder and Executive Producer Troy Pryor relaunches the International Screenwriters Association (ISA) Chicago chapter and kicks off Women’s History Month wit...
The Chicago Film XLerator, a Creative Cypher Project is a content lab intended to discover new BIPOC talent and increase creative pipelines in the entertainment industry.
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