The Museum of Broadcast Communications documentary that’s in the works by Brian Boyer Productions will be used as educational kiosk in MBC’s new building and for future on-air shows.
VINCE VAUGHN, whose every meal, drink and partying fills inches of column space, will give columnists serious delirium long after his film, “The Break Up,” wraps and the players return
WITH “SIX FEET UNDER” winding to the end of its final season, Emmy-winning writer Rick Cleveland wanted to find a way to pay tribute to Chicago, the town where he
AN ENVIABLE PROJECT. A post job for Leo Burnett and client Philips Sonicare dental hygiene that Machete editors started in May and kept growing and growing finally ended two weeks
Bill Hogan Jr., long-time leader of Teamsters Local 714, whose members are movie industry vehicle drivers, has been cited as a focus in the investigation of
If they build it, will they come? That’s the expectation of Canadian-owned Raleigh Studios of Santa Monica, and the local developers behind the $43.7 million Central City Studios.
The on-again, off-again Central City X Studios is back on again with a vengeance. The Community Development Commission gave a stamp of approval
The Community Film Workshop of Chicago hasn’t been around as long as, say, Columbia College, but it sure has done its share of video training since it opened back in
The Chicago animation scene is dominated by commercial broadcast, many top firms being divisions of larger post houses or production companies, like Superior Street’s
The Illinois General Assembly is set to approve $18.5 million for the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) for Fiscal 2005, the same amount as last year. While
No sooner was the new Standup Comedy Television (SCTV) cable channel announced than “people were dropping off their resumes and show ideas,” said program director Peter Kimball, one of the
Producer Ted Kay of Northfield-based TMK Productions has embarked on “the hugest project” of his 20-year career ? a documentary on a global perspective of Alzheimer’s disease, one with “the
The highly touted Task Force for the film industry that DCEO director Jack Lavin assured would help lead filmmaking to new heights has been named. As a matter of
By Jonathan Abarbanel
The Fire Commissioner was there. Not his assistant, but the Commish himself. Ditto, the Building Department Commissioner and the Director
Chicago filmmaker Satish Menon walked across a stage in New York a few weeks ago and received an award from fellow Indian expatriate Salman Rushdie.
THE ILLINOIS TOURISM ACCOUNT ad account is up for review, as required by state law every two years. BBDO has had the $12 million businss for four years during
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“Davey” of the ’60s and ’70s returns in a Lutheran doc that could be a precursor for a
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Up and Down the AvenueJohn Noble joins Element 79 next month as SVP/director of broadcast production, a new position ? actually a first for the agency. He had the same title Chicago Dramatists celebrate “Turning 25”A small group of novice playwrights got together in 1979 to form a collective at the old Organic Theatre. They had little money, but great determination to |
