Daniel Patton Archives · Page 14 of 26

REEL THINGS

Reel mingles into the Siskel Center’s Renaissance Gala

By Daniel Patton Jun 15, 2018

Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio occasionally stopped to chat on their way to grab a drink or browse the posters on display. Besides offering a ballroo...

CREATIVE

CRC’s Mark Ruff records a career high on “Soul Sessions”

By Daniel Patton Jun 13, 2018

“I’ve always been fascinated by the sound in dreams,” says Mark Ruff. “It can change from one to another, and when you wake up, it’s the sound in the room...

CREATIVE

Team Companies history in a groovy video by Flavor

By Daniel Patton Jun 13, 2018

"In an industry driven by creative, how do you tell the story of the business behind that?" Mark Egmon, VP Marketing, the Team Companies A new branded video...

SPOTLIGHT

Ethan Hawke lives up to Siskel Center Renaissance honor

By Daniel Patton Jun 8, 2018

Ethan Hawke and Vincent D’Onofrio let loose for the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Annual Renaissance Gala last night Sitting in a couple of easy chairs o...

Reel Indie

Programming films from the underground

By Daniel Patton Jun 6, 2018

The power of Bryan Wendorf’s taste has grown to a metropolitan scale since he co-founded the Chicago Underground Film Festival 25 years ago. Following ...

The neverending tale of Daphne Maxwell Reid

By Daniel Patton Jun 4, 2018

"We needed a place to decompress from the anguish that weighs on you, and the beer cans they throw at you, and the names they call you." To describe Daphn...

BREAKING NEWS

“WORST” show wins Best Webisode

By Daniel Patton May 31, 2018

“It’s idiocy, but it’s a fun kind of idiocy.” Director / Co-writer Carey Lundin The WORST Travel Show — a webseries tha...

BREAKING NEWS

rEvolution wins big at the Telly Awards, again

By Daniel Patton May 25, 2018

Chicago marketing agency rEvolution's ‘micro-sitcom’ for Winnebago scored a pair of Silver nods from the 39th annual Telly Awards on May 22. Meet the Ma...

BREAKING NEWS

2018 Battle of the Advertising Bands

By Daniel Patton May 23, 2018

A rocking six-band lineup performed for a sold-out Cubby Bear crowd at the 2018 Battle For Hope Control Alt Delete — a six-piece rock and roll band from t...

The Obama’s Netflix deal is great news for viewers

By Daniel Patton May 22, 2018

"President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement to produce films and series for Netflix" Twitter, 9:00 AM - 21 May 2018 Accordi...

Reel Ad of the Week

Dadabo goes to Infiniti with new QX50 spot for CP+B

By Daniel Patton May 18, 2018

Tim Dadabo recently completed a dream assignment. It started with a call about a job from his West Coast agent at William Morris Endeavor and led to a script that seemed to incl...

Reel Indie

Yajaira Marie and Patrick Richter take the PY road

By Daniel Patton May 17, 2018

With projects ranging from Chicago to France, Yajaira Marie and Patrick Richter's PY Films has earned the founders' lasting dedication Two weeks ago, Yaja...

Chicago production rolls through a week of success

By Daniel Patton May 14, 2018

The level of TV production in Chicago has grown from a boom to an era Over the past week, HBO announced its first series to film at Cinespace Studios, Dick Wolf�...

SPOTLIGHT

Explore Media’s new frontier

By Daniel Patton May 14, 2018

Explore Media has covered a lot of terrain over the past fifteen years. Besides completing hundreds of jobs in locations throughout the United States from its original office in...

REEL THINGS

Cinespace helps Anixter raise thousands at annual gala

By Daniel Patton May 4, 2018

Chicago film industry scores one of the year's most significant milestones while helping people wih disabilities Last night on the campus of Cinespace Chicago Film S...

CREATIVE

mcgarrybowen spot for Hidden Valley Ranch is a BFD

By Daniel Patton May 2, 2018

A new spot for Hidden Valley Ranch by the Chicago office of mcgarrybowen flirts with the prospect of a cussword before pulling a switcheroo kinda thing. Family Shaker descri...

Reel Indie

Chicago Filmmakers’ housewarming celebration

By Daniel Patton Apr 30, 2018

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Chicago Filmmakers’ new Edgewater home featured dedications, activities, and hors d’oeuvres on Saturday April 28. It was an exciting chapter ...

Reel Indie

Cow Lamp Films shares insight at Chicago Indie Film Fest

By Daniel Patton Apr 27, 2018

Cow Lamp Films will continue to earn its keep as the Midwest’s only distributor of independent films on Saturday afternoon at the Chicago Independent Film (+TV) Festival (CIFF...

BREAKING NEWS

Ad music veteran Ira Antelis launches 120/Life

By Daniel Patton Apr 23, 2018

Ira Antellis actually got inspired when a doctor checked his blood pressure and said, “this is not good.” “He’s like, ‘you got to get it under control,’” Anteli...

Reel Indie

“Maya Angelou: and Still I Rise” wins a Peabody

By Daniel Patton Apr 20, 2018

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, the documentary co-directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn, won a Peabody Award for PBS' American Masters on April 17. The film about the Am...