Chris M. Burritt had taught image design and lighting as a part-time faculty member of Columbia College for a decade while he remained in demand as a producer, director
Frank Vincent, who played New York mob boss Phil Leotardo on “The Sopranos,” stars in the in-production indie “Chicago Overcoat” as The Flowerman, an Outfit hit man taking out a
THE ONE SHOW of great advertising from New York’s One Club, which judged 18,000 entries from 50 countries, has made its annual pilgrimage to Chicago
Chicago will boast a brand new 40,000-sq. ft. South Loop facility with two sound stages, a motion picture capture studio and an animation lab?exclusively for the use of Columbia College
Suree Towfighnia first visited the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in August, 2002 to film Alex White Plume’s hemp harvest for her documentary “Standing Silent Nation.”
For the second consecutive year, Chicago will see a reel of 101 prize winning commercials from New York’s prestigious 2006 One Show when it screens Oct. 10 at AMC
The first Steppenwolf film is in the can.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney (“Oz”) has wrapped on the short “Kubuku Rides,” the very first production by
The One Show Traveling Exhibition of New York has come to Chicago for the first time in its 30 year history. Award-winning print ads, TV spots and design are
Michael Caplan’s personal documentary “Stones from the Soil” premieres in 75 markets on PBS Plus this month.
“Stones from the Soil” explores the impact of Gross-Breesen, a
Columbia College production program director Paula Froehle has been awarded IFP/Chicago’s $100,000-value Production Fund grant to produce her experimental narrative “Up On The Rope.”
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After a seven month search to fill the vacancy, Columbia College named 15-year Hollywood entertainment executive Jon S. Katzman as the director of its popular five-week Semester in L.A. Program.
Columbia College alums Bob Teitel and George Tillman Jr. continue their close relationship with the school by providing a sneak preview of their Chicago-made “Barber Shop II” as a benefit
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