Whooee! Illinois revenues from film production soared to $155 million in 2007 ? an all time record high for movies, TV shows and commercials, an 80% increase over 2006’s
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions’ “Humboldt Park,” principal photography will begin in quick secession on six different studio and independent features from now through May,
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions’ “Humboldt Park,” principal photography will start in quick order on six studio and independent features.
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MEGAN VIDAS JOINS THE IFO in charge of the TV commercials sector in mid-November. Vidas, wife of uber-rep Rich Newman, is a former producer of political videos and commercials,
Charles F. Larimer aims to bring his great-great grandparents’ Civil War experiences to big and small screens with “Love and Valor,” his “documentary/art film” now in production, with narration from
A NEW AD AGENCY called Houlihan Madison Most has been formed by Kevin Houlihan and Brad Most, for many years with the Chicago Creative Partnership. While HMM is clientless
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
Figures released last month by Actors Equity Association (Equity) confirm that Chicago once again fueled Equity’s 13-state Central Region to a record-setting year, as measured by total work weeks booked
PHIL DONLON’S Super 16mm short “A Series of Small Things,” which shot here last May, has its local premiere in a private screening Wednesday,
Peter Riegert comes to town Dec. 14, not as the famous actor he is, but as co-writer, director/producer of “King of the Corner,” his first indie feature.
After playing for 43 weeks in Grand Rapids, “Uncle Nino,” the heartwarming Robert Shallcross-David James independent family feature, has signed a deal with a
When Steve Grein hosts a big party next month, he’ll have more than his NeWave Video Productions’ tenth anniversary to celebrate. Mainly an
Filmmaker Misty Tosh and her friends are adventurous souls who also love to eat out in offbeat restaurants and cafes they find in unspoiled locales.
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The City of Chicago shut down construction on the house where the network reality series “Starting
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Swell’s Joe Otting hits feature paydirt with Splendid Pictures
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