“I guess I learned how to take the lights out at the right moment. You just have to always be looking for the right end.” –Craig Taylor
Not all of Second City's s...
Stuart Gordon has died.
In most of the obituaries you will read, he will be largely (and justifiably) remembered for his film work. He came out of the gate with a classic i...
Bennett Grossman, a prominent member of Chicago's video production community, passed away on Friday, January 17th from complications related to cancer. He was 73.
The native Ch...
Melanie Kapoor passed away on Monday night due to complications from a sudden illness. She was 49 years old.
The tragedy leaves Chicago’s advertising, film, and hospitality i...
TV pioneer
turned millions
of family rooms
into theaters
of untamed nature
every Sunday night
for decades
Legendary Chicago filmmaker Donald Meier died peacefully of...
Windy City
film legend
founded
Facets Chicago,
“a temple of
great cinema”
Chicago film legend Milos Stehlik passed at his home in Lincoln Park on Saturday, July...
The woman who
President Reagan called
"The Spirit of America"
opened the nation's
very first
African-American
owned ad agency
Barbara Gardner Proctor's story is what...
"Father of
Direct Marketing"
Created a
Trillion-Dollar
Industry
Advertising has lost a trailblazer. Lester Wunderman, chairman emeritus and founder of Wunderman, the ...
Sando Miller,
Tony D’Orio, and
Tony Fitzpatrick
pay tribute
to their friend,
the legendary
Chicago artist
Marc Hauser created memories that will last forever. From the st...
The award-winning
director and editor
was a longtime
member of the film,
advertising and
post-production
communities
As the Chicago film and advertising communiti...
They continue
to strengthen
Chicago's incomparable
work ethic
with memories
of good-old-
fashioned decency
There were a lot of goodbyes in 2018. From the Queen of...
"He took on
important stories
that no one else
was telling."
Kartemquin co-founder
Gordon Quinn
(Chicago — 11 December 2018) In a website and social media post th...
The country's
41st President
passed away
Friday night,
just seven months
after wife
Barbara Bush.
CAVU.
According to CNN reporter Jamie Gangel, this was the co...
Award winning
independent filmmaker
whose short films
and documentaries
played at festivals
around the world
Todd Anthony Lillethun, Assistant Director of External ...
Then I discovered
my first
"Spider-man"
comic.
Here was
someone I could
relate to.
Stan Lee will always be remembered for creating iconic Marvel superheroes Spide...
"I started to realize,
‘oh, he’s putting
together these clips
to tell a story.’
That’s really what
he loved about (editing)."
David Carr, on his father, Bob
...
Longtime journalist
spent nearly
three decades
at NBC 5
before retiring
in 2009
The Chicago broadcasting community has lost an icon.
Award-winning journalist, WM...
Producer of movie musicals
“Chicago” and “Hairspray”
and co-producer
of NBC’s
“The Sound of Music Live!”
dies of complications
following surgery
Craig ...
Amoco, Snickers,
Pizza Hut, and McDonald’s
are just a few
of the brands
that made their mark
with help from
The Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin built an empire tha...
A pioneer of the
Chicago film industry,
the former gaffer
built an impressive
legacy of achievement
but always made time
for his family
Chicago Studio City found...