Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

Victoria and Christopher Kelley of Downstate Quincy take pride in the fact that they are a husband-and-wife team of filmmakers. Their company, Table Sixteen Productions, ...

Agency producer par excellence Lisa Burke, who’s spent her entire career producing commercials for many of the world’s biggest brands and best directors, has moved to the ...

When DePaul University husband-and-wife academics Matthew Irvine and Kristyn Benedyck agreed to join the University of Cincinnati, school president Dr. Santa J. Ono was so pl...

LA-based screenwriter/producer Jeff Schimmel brings his unique two-day "Maximum Screenwriting" seminar to Chicago for the first time this weekend, delving into “what the book...

Given the extraordinary output of indie films in search of an audience, filmmakers Ben Hicks and Jerry Tran have created Fandependent Films an online indie distribution platfor...

Kelli and Estlin Feigley’s Dreaming Tree Films non-profit division, Fresh Films, is producing a tech-centered movie that places teens behind the camera and in every other pos...

NBC’s latest doc reality show, “First Dates,” began shooting the 8-episode, one-hour series Friday through Aug. 5 at upscale MK restaurant in River West, with a crew of a...

Women in Film/Chicago has elected a new president, who is a partner in a new post house, and five new board members to guide the organization over the next two years.  T...

The Chicago Federation of Musicians (CFM) is holding meetings with ad agencies to inform them about the new, breakthrough union contract provision that saves money on original ...

For the past six months, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Tim Novak and Chris Fusco have taken potshots at the Chicago film industry in their “Watchdogs” articles.  The most...

Beware!  Be informed! There’s a looming possibility of a nearly 10% Illinois advertising tax being imposed to help stanch the state’s need for new and more revenue...