With the election last week of a union executive to lead the Illinois Production Alliance, the six-year old trade organization has signaled its intention to focus on the Illinois filmmaker’s
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF CHICAGO are being sought for a Towers Productions reality series. According to Towers’ casting director Becky Cattie, the hope is
GAVIN MacLEOD, fondly remembered as “The Love Boat’s” skipper and Mary Tyler Moore’s fellow TV newswriter, will be the special guest June 8 at the screening
Actor/director Jeff Daniels’ latest feature will have its Midwest premiere at the 11th Annual Waterfront Film Festival June 11-14 in Saugatuck, Mich., where 70-plus films in five venues
In the TV world of head-spinning change, it’s rare when a show can sustain itself, night after night, for a quarter of a century, as WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” has
For producers of advertising and content creations, John Heinsen wants to be your connection to important internet issues and decisions, such as credits, royalties, education and technologies.
Funeral services were held Monday for electrician/gaffer Peter Donoghue, a 30-year member of Local 476 and cited by Mark Hogan, the local’s business manager, as “one of the best
Jim Belushi will be one of the Friends of Bill Hogan hosting a March 24 fundraiser on behalf of the former Teamsters official, as he defends his right to free
“I am elated!” said Local 476’s Mark Hogan, exulting over the virtually unanimous state legislature’s passage of the 30% filmmakers’ tax incentives Thursday, and how it will reignite Illinois’ film
Detroit-area producer Bob Brown is pitching a slate of scripted and unscripted TV series to networks that would be produced in Michigan.
“The television business is consistent
The recent election of Illinois Production Alliance (IPA) officers infused the six-year old umbrella organization with fresh new faces, ideas and energy needed for IPA’s renewed community leadership.
Chicago will boast a brand new 40,000-sq. ft. South Loop facility with two sound stages, a motion picture capture studio and an animation lab?exclusively for the use of Columbia College
WBBM news anchor and radio journalist Felicia Middlebrooks will screen her powerful, prize-winning 52-minute documentary, “Somebody’s Child: The Redemption of Rwanda” March 31, at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema.
CHRIS GARDNER, whose determination to succeed was amazingly chronicled in the movie “Pursuit to Happyness,” appears in a Wal-Mart spot celebrating Black History Month.
THE VENERABLE JOE PYTKA scored his 15th nomination from the DGA’s 26th annual Best Commercial Director Awards.
The other nominees were Dante
GENIAL FRED BEYER, who filmmakers turn to for production insurance, reveals he is opening a downtown office for the first time after 24 years in business in South Holland
Director Barbara Freeman’s decision to leave her familiar office of 14 years wasn’t an easy one. She could stay at 10 W. Hubbard St. by
A FIRE AT THE THEATRE BUILDING last week, ignited by an apparent electrical/computer surge, caused significant smoke and water damage to the box office and second floor administrative
CHICAGO’S LOSS IS PITTSBURGH’S GAIN. When the Art Institute politely declined to serve as the setting for a new TV pilot about art thieves, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum said
Film Wisconsin’s bill #SB563?an aggressive package of film incentives considered one of the best in the nation?is gaining momentum in the state assembly with a roster of bi-partisan supporters.
