Chicago boasts one of the biggest and most vibrant independent film scenes in America, in terms of both production and outlets. To prove the point,
After a year’s hiatus, Terra Nova’s X Silver Images Film Festival returns as a streamlined Silver Images Film and Video Awards March 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
For a decade,
EQUIPMENT EXPANSION. SMS Equipment Rentals acquired three Panasonic SDX900 camera packages “that are positioned under HD for people who can’t handle an HD budget,” says owner Man Sung Sun.
Producer Steven A. Jones threatened to throw the negative of John McNaughton’s horror movie “The Borrower” into the river to force the bond company to pay the back wages owed
JWT wins the $12 million Illinois Tourism account, resigned last year by BBDO.
Tom Bernadin is Leo Burnett’s new president, from Interpublic’s Lowe’s/New York — the first
He sold the farm to cover film costs and mortgaged his house to pay for postproduction, but John Swanson has made his movie ? a self-financed, under-$100,000 horror flick.
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Emmy winner James Fortier was the Muckleshoot Tribe’s ?embedded filmmaker’ for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey.<br
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REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 11/19/03POST PEOPLE PRODUCE INDIE. Former Lakeshore Production colleagues, I-Cubed producer Samantha Steveson and freelance editor Gregory Poulimas, started shooting their indie feature in 2001 and, with the help of I-Cubed,
Producer vows ?the magic will
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“Sweet Home Chicago” up next for Epiphany Films’ Dan Halperin and Mark Frazel<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via
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Draft puts producer Davis into
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Among films from across the Americas that screened at
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Cable guru Ray Solley once produced for Ch. 11.<!--
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The Learning Channel’s “A Dating Story” to shoot 8 Chicago episodesRay Sheehan is searching for Chicago singles with photogenic lives. “We go out and look for people who have visual jobs or hobbies or do volunteer work that’s very Engineering with the big guysAudio engineer Michael Kammes said he’s still glowing from his experience as part of a stellar sound team on a $2.2 million PBS documentary airing this MPG heads overseas on doc
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