Repositioned boutique rebounds stronger
After CD/art director Tony Williams took a hit when the agency with which he had partnered lost its major account, he reinvented his traditional Gavan agency as a creative
After CD/art director Tony Williams took a hit when the agency with which he had partnered lost its major account, he reinvented his traditional Gavan agency as a creative
After running a thriving ad agency in stealth mode for nearly five years, founder Otis Gibson felt it was time to introduce GERTRUDE to the community.
Why
ZIG/CHICAGO MAY ZAG with the loss of creative director Kevin Lynch come early February, when he leaves the Chicago branch of Toronto-based Zig. Two years
THE SALE OF EQUIPMENT AND FIXTURES at the Avenue Edit auction earlier month “did very well,” although auctioneer Paul Finn of the Boston-based auction house could
Kartemquin Films has appointed current associate director Justine Nagan to succeed co-founder Gordon Quinn as executive director of the 42-year old producer of socially relevant films.
Quinn,
MICHAEL CAPLAN previewed a screening of his documentary, “A Magical Vision,” a portrait of magician, philosopher and “celebrated teacher of the magic arts,” Eugene Berger June 5 at Film
HOWARD TULLMAN, FLASHPOINT ACADEMY’S CEO, received Northwestern Law School’s Distinguished Entprepreneur Award, at the Law School’s Small Business Opportunity Conference March 1 at Thorne Hall.
WHO HE IS: Kudo Tsunoda, VP/general manager and executive producer Electronic Arts?Chicago branch. He’s been with EA, a $2.6 billion global operation, since 2003.
He oversees
As George Romero shoots his latest zombie film, “Diary of the Dead,” Rusty Nails is recording the process for his ongoing feature documentary, “Dead On: The Life and Work of
In the 11 years since she founded New York production company Killer Films with Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon has established herself as a leading force behind aggressively innovative, socially conscious,
After waiting years for money to collect fees owed her for linking a Greek director’s film with Martin Scorsese production company, Valerie Gobos has filed a law suit against their
KARTEMQUIN’S DOCUMENTARY-IN-PROGRESS about stem cell research was one of only two American docs out of 41 international films invited to pitch at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
LAUREN FISCHER is hitting her stride as a recognized screenwriter. On Aug. 31 her “Wish I Might”?winner of the 2005 IFP/Chicago-Chicago Scriptworks contest?will have a staged reading by Chicago
CREATIVES AFTER 5. “Family Forensic” is a new A&E series created and produced by Glenn Marrichi, president/CEO of The Marketing Identity, an advertising strategic consulting agency. In the
Richter Brothers Studios is getting ready to send its just-completed, high-end interactive CD to a replicator that will produce 1 million discs for grocery store distribution in October.
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
JULIA LING, who guested on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has signed to play the lead role in Nathyn Masters’ Hong Kong-style martial arts pic “Silvergun Samurai,” slated to shoot on
USAMA ALSHAIBI’S in-progress documentary “Nice Bombs,” about returning to his native Baghdad during the U.S. occupation, has been selected as one of 29 projects to participate in the Tribeca All
In just three years, the Chicago International Documentary Festival has grown into one of the nation’s premiere showcases for nonfiction film, boasting 110 films selected from a pool of 1,738
The Asian American Film Showcase marks its 10th year with a 10-day festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center beginning April 1, an expanded doc section and a three-month art