Keslow Camera has hired a manager for its Chicago rental facility at Cinespace Studios. She is Colette Gabriel, who comes from three-and-a-half years as operations manager and lead photographer at
IF THERE’S ONE THING directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are expert at it’s keeping a tight lid on news about their projects, never publicly speaking about them and thus allowing
AFTER A TOO LENGTHY PERIOD of promotional inactivity, Chicago/Illinois’ film interests will finally make a formal appearance in Hollywood Aug. 1. Gov. Pat Quinn has been invited to speak and
BUSINESS HEATS UP NEXT WEEK when cameras start rolling for two pilots and a TV series. Both Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Fire” for NBC Universal and the second season of the
THE GUEST LIST for the 25th Windy West Party in L.A., bringing together Chicagoans in the Hollywood industry and Chicagoans flying in for the occasion, is growing longer as we
SHOWTIME WILL AIR John Davies and Reid Brody’s acclaimed feature-length doc “Phunny Business: A Black Comedy,” Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m. in celebration of Black History
ILLINOIS RULES! To make up for painful omissions in Best Location lists compiled throughout the year, venerable international locations publication P3 Update Magazine named Illinois #2
GREG ALLAN’S SONIXPHERE tapped New York-based Clint Arent as director of East Coast business development, to focus on New York agencies. “An increasing amount of our
Take advantage of the last of the big, important events in November, especially during the two weekends prior to Thanksgiving, including several film festivals, a tour of Cinespace studios and
They say “three’s the charm,” and perhaps that will be true for the Kelsey Grammer starrer, “Boss,” after the disappointment of “Chicago Code’s” cancellation after one season and
PONTIAC — While Chicago waits for Cinespace Studios to fish or cut bait, Michigan went all out to welcome Pontiac’s big, new Raleigh Studios. Nine hundred guests attended the
THE PRODUCTION TEAM that made the feature documentary, “Postales,” are elated that it is an official selection of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, June 16-27, their first and
While it was believed the owner of three Toronto movie studios was also the owner of an $80 million movie studio for Chicago, it turns out that a local group
Construction is underway to convert a 330,000-sq. ft warehouse into the first of what could be seven to soundstages for Chicago Film Studios, on the 50 acre Ryerson Steel
When Cinespace Chicago owner Nick Mirkopoulos brought property 21 years ago on Booth St. in Toronto, the timing coincided with the Canadian government’s decision to make film production the
