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mcgarrybowen announces new US strategic leadership

By Reel Chicago Feb 14, 2020

Jennifer Zimmerman, Global Chief Strategy officer at mcgarrybowen, today announced changes in the agency's U.S. strategic leadership. Jamie Shuttleworth has been promoted from ...

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Mary Datcher, founder, Global Mixx Music & Film Forum

By Reel Chicago Feb 14, 2020

Mary Datcher, founder of the annual Global Mixx Music & Film Forum, joins the 2020 edition of Reel Chicago Black List, an annual celebration of African-American creativity p...

NEW WORK

Josh Goleman films Leithauser video with Ethan Hawke

By Reel Chicago Feb 13, 2020

Chicago director Josh Goleman teamed up with Ethan Hawke and Hamilton Leithauser, former frontman of The Walkmen, to create an absurdist teaser for Leithauser’s song Here They...

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Cannabis operator Cresco Labs hires new CCO Greg Butler

By Reel Chicago Feb 13, 2020

Cresco Labs, one of the largest vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operators in the United States, has hired Greg Butler as its first Chief Commercial Officer in the U.S...

BREAKING NEWS

Billy Dec launches COACT marketing agency

By Daniel Patton Feb 12, 2020

Chicago restaurateur, club owner, media personality, actor, and all-around Renaissance man Billy Dec has launched a new Windy City-based marketing agency called COACT. Boasting...

Events

Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry to speak at Macy’s

By Reel Chicago Feb 12, 2020

Macy's on State Street will celebrate Black History Month with a screening of the Academy Award-winning short film Hair Love followed by a thoughtful discussion with the film's ...

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Strange Loop signs Yvette Represents

Feb 12, 2020

Chicago-based production company Strange Loop Studios is elated to announce signing West Coast Representation with Yvette Lubinsky of Yvette Represents. With over 20 years of e...

BREAKING NEWS

Actor Jussie Smollett indicted, again

By Daniel Patton Feb 12, 2020

Multiple news outlets are reporting that former Empire cast member Jussie Smollett will be indicted on six counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly leading police on an expens...

REEL THINGS

Local 476 appoints Connelly to increase commercial work

By Daniel Patton Feb 12, 2020

I.A.T.S.E. Local 476 is sending VP Joe Connelly on a mission to forge partnerships with advertising agencies and commercial shops throughout the city. A production industry supp...

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Reel Black List: Phil Lee, editor, director, Spin Artist

By Reel Chicago Feb 11, 2020

Phil Lee, director and editor at Spin Artist, joins the 2020 edition of Reel Chicago Black List, an annual celebration of African-American creativity published during Black Hist...

BREAKING NEWS

Center for Creative Entrepreneurship unveils schedule

By Reel Chicago Feb 10, 2020

In an effort to further strengthen Illinois’ creative economy, The Coleman Foundation has supported the launch of the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, empowering creative...

REEL THINGS

Bong Joon Ho scores a win for everyone at the Oscars

By Daniel Patton Feb 10, 2020

America showed the world one of the things that it does best during the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night. Celebrating film with an internationally-televised, star-stud...

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Director Josh Cohen signs with Minimal

By Reel Chicago Feb 10, 2020

Chicago-based boutique production company Minimal Productions has added Brooklyn-based commercial director Josh Cohen to their creative roster. Cohen is a multi-disciplinary di...

NEW WORK

rEvolution horses around with Continental Tire

By Daniel Patton Feb 9, 2020

Chicago sports and lifestyle agency rEvolution created a horse mascot with high-flying basketball skills to score mad points for Continental Tire in a new campaign called Inspir...

REEL THINGS

‘Breaking Bad’ producer Stewart Lyons at DePaul

By Reel Chicago Feb 8, 2020

Breaking Bad producer Stewart Lyons will be among the TV and film creators appearing at DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts Visiting Artists Series this winter. The aw...

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Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Relative’ filming in May

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020

Relative Film LLC announces today the cast of Relative, the fourth feature film from Michael Glover Smith (Rendezvous in Chicago, Mercury in Retrograde), which is scheduled to s...

Reel People

Jonathan Becker helps America ‘Do The Parking Spot’

By Daniel Patton Feb 7, 2020

Director Jonathan Becker pulled out all the stops to create Do The Parking Spot a music video for the Chicago-based travel convenience company of the same name. A customized da...

In memoriam

In memory of Bennett Grossman

Feb 7, 2020

Bennett Grossman, a prominent member of Chicago's video production community, passed away on Friday, January 17th from complications related to cancer. He was 73. The native Ch...

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Goldwyn gets ‘Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band’

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020

Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Tod Lending’s feature documentary Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band (aka ...

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Lizette Williams, Sr. Director, McDonald’s U.S. Marketing

By Lizette Williams Feb 7, 2020

Lizette Williams, Senior Director, Brand & Content Strategy, U.S. Marketing, is the third honoree to be featured in the 2020 edition of Reel Chicago Black List, an annual ce...

TOP STORIES

Local 476 dedicates Union Hall to longtime leader Mark A. Hogan

CAF to host Chicago premiere of ‘Happy Songs About Unhappy Things’

Field Notes to host Film Festival at Music Box Theatre

mcgarrybowen announces new US strategic leadership

Mary Datcher, founder, Global Mixx Music & Film Forum

Josh Goleman films Leithauser video with Ethan Hawke

Cannabis operator Cresco Labs hires new CCO Greg Butler

Billy Dec launches COACT marketing agency

Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry to speak at Macy’s

Strange Loop signs Yvette Represents

Actor Jussie Smollett indicted, again

Local 476 appoints Connelly to increase commercial work

Reel Black List: Phil Lee, editor, director, Spin Artist

Center for Creative Entrepreneurship unveils schedule

Bong Joon Ho scores a win for everyone at the Oscars

Director Josh Cohen signs with Minimal

rEvolution horses around with Continental Tire

‘Breaking Bad’ producer Stewart Lyons at DePaul

Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Relative’ filming in May

Jonathan Becker helps America ‘Do The Parking Spot’

In memory of Bennett Grossman

Goldwyn gets ‘Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band’

Lizette Williams, Sr. Director, McDonald’s U.S. Marketing

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