The Chicago New Media Summit Launch on June 5 will set the stage for the actual Summit itself, which will be held sometime in early fall, instead of the
STORY’S BIGGEST JOB EVER, says executive producer Mark Androw, is a two-country shoot for one of the Big Four automakers, whose name or car model he could not
Chicago musicians will be represented at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 11 with 14 nominations, and, for the 20th consecutive year, the show’s massive audio requirements will be supervised
The Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition, designed to embellish Chicago’s stellar reputation for comedy, will bow at the Music Box Theatre next July.
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The 99% organic Lake Side Caf?, 1418 W. Howard St., is the most darling spot in Rogers Park, my new favorite neighborhood, crammed onto a side street just a few
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
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
DP MARC MILLER IS IRAQ-BOUND for a month of filming Jake Rademacher’s theatrical documentary, “Brothers at War.” They received Army permission and clearance Dec. 1 after many delays.
“Prison Break”?the first series scheduled by Fox TV for its 2005-2006 season?means more than three months of production in the Chicago area. The pilot was shot in the Joliet Correctional
Towers Productions, the 16-year old producer of cable content, is Chicago’s largest production company, with estimated billings of $10 million.
ReelChicago’s Catherine Rategan talked
After decades of film school/festival exile, the film short-as-product is back, feeding a huge and growing entertainment market in international television, web-based film and cell cinema venues.
Roger Ebert and six other Chicago TV veterans will be inducted into the Silver Circle of the Chicago/Midwest cheaper of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Ebert,
Fresh off Jeff Garlin’s feature debut and the season premiere of CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” Misty Tosh of Fatcake Productions is on her way to Baja,
O’Connor Casting added full-time session director Lynn Ann Bernatowicz, a former play director for Goodman, Shattered Globe, Circle and University of Pittsburgh theatres. And
Systems integrator Swiderski Electronics was awarded the job of distributing the audiovisual feeds to scores of media outlets that will be covering “The Race
“Outing Riley,” Pete Jones’ independent followup to his 2002 Project Greenlight movie “Stolen Summer,” has its world premiere Oct. 10 at the Chicago International
After a seven month search to fill the vacancy, Columbia College named 15-year Hollywood entertainment executive Jon S. Katzman as the director of its popular five-week Semester in L.A. Program.
Lawrence Edwards, owner and operator of the Biograph Theater for more than three decades, has sold the historic film house to Victory Gardens Theater.
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This is the second in a two-part survey of local documentarians, who they are, their background and credits. Ranging from national leaders like
