Columnist: Mike Morgan

Vitamin Pictures executive producer Larissa Berringer says she’s worked on a lot of films sets, “but I was never as scared as I was on the shoot we did for Knott’s Scary...

Three new spots that herald the opening of the Chicago Bulls 2014-2015 season are part of the team’s “Chicago Basketball is Home” campaign, now in its third successful ...

In a 32-4 vote, Michigan’s Senate last week approved a bill to extend and improve the state’s film tax credit program, which was limited and reduced in 2011 and set to exp...

There’s a theatrical flair to Leo Burnett’s current YouTube and Vimeo campaign for client ComEd. Three videos were filmed on a theatre stage and the cast of 16 principals in...

Ford’s first TV commercial for a van in 30 years was created by Team Detroit, produced and post-produced by King and Country of LA, with an original score created by Greg Al...

DigitasLBi named two for top executive positions. Jason Kodish was promoted to global chief data scientist. Jennifer Striegel was hired as the new SVP/Brand Strategy for the C...

GERTRUDE INC.’S Otis Gibson last year partnered with the New York Art Directors Club to revive Chicago’s decades-old Art Directors Club with two successful events a few day...

“Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD” cast members will be in attendance, along with 400 expected other guests, at the End of Summer Soiree benefit being hosted by Cinespace...

That four out of the six Chicago selections in the 9th New York TV Pilot Festival are comedies, shouldn’t be a surprise, since Chicago is the comedy capital of the world (sli...

Michigan transplants, especially from Detroit, should find the eclectic collection of a dozen made by Detroit filmmakers about their city over the past decade, to be nostalgic...

“Underground Barbecue Challenge,” a cable series cooked up by Michael Weber and produced by The Michael Group, will debut on the Travel Channel Tuesday, July 15 at 8 p.m...

The first conference devoted to trends and opportunities to reach African American audiences takes place Monday, July 21, with presentations and panels of individuals and comp...

Classes starting June 23 at the Second City Training Center will include a new program on TV, film and digital to give improv actors a place to hone their on-screen skills in...

For those of you who would like to a see a comparison of which camera lens would be best for your job at hand, a group of professionals – led by director Jeremy Pinckert and ...

After ten years in a dark storefront in Old Irving Park, the Media Burn Independent Video archive moved a few weeks ago to a bright, sun-filled fourth floor loft at 935 W. Ch...

Chicago’s Optimus is connecting the talents and services of New York’s Nice Shoes, an industry-leading color grading and finishing studio, with Chicago agencies, remotely...

The doc, "Jens Jensen the Living Green," the story of the pioneering conservationist who created many neighborhood Chicago parks, gets a rare simulcast June 19. WTTW/11 will ai...