For the first time since the organization was formed in 1998, the national Assn. of Music Producers recently elected a Chicago-based president.
Larry Pecorella, creative director and partner in Comma Music
A documentary that came from the heart and began five years ago about a courageous woman in the local film business, who lives with an incurable disease, will have its
Marc Menet’s father was friends with Gregory Godzik at Taft High School in Norwood Park before Godzik disappeared in 1976. Godzik’s body was found two years later among 25 other
FLETCHER CAMERA DETROIT hired former Grace & Wild digital production guru and workflow specialist Gene Moliterno as sales/marketing liaison for Fletcher Detroit.
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A GUESSTIMATED 135 INDIVIDUALS went home with golden Emmy statuettes last Sunday, Nov. 6, at the 53rd annual Emmy Awards, the winners in more than 60 broadcast categories. About 30
A TRIO OF SHORTS by local filmmakers will screen Sunday, Oct. 16, centered around the premiere of “Song for Pluto,” an 8-minute short by filmmaker/screenwriter Richard Cohen of Three Color
A PARTY JUNE 22 for the soundtrack of 18 original country songs by the Crooked Willow band, from Julian Grant’s feature film, Fall Away, will be hosted by
After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will premiere June
WOMEN IN FILM has made a righteous choice to honor broadcast trailblazer, talk show host, news anchor and community activist Merri Dee as its 2010 Focus
Although “Leverage” isn’t filming in Chicago, local visual effects designer Derek Frederickson of Twisted Media will continue to provide all the graphic animation for the next 15 episodes of the
Today I have the pleasure of introducing Reel Chicago readers to Chicagoland’s first, for- profit, web-based short film distribution company.
Founded less than a year ago, Evanston-based
A leading improviser and comic actor, David Pasquesi has appeared in films including “The Fugitive” and “Father of the Bride,” and Harold Ramis’ “Groundhog Day” and “Stuart Saves His Family.”
At the conclusion of the successful fund-raiser for Chicago Film Archives, guest speaker Haskell Wexler turned to founder Nancy Watrous and said, “This is just the start…”
Ted Allen, the food and wine specialist from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” is Chicago’s newest TV star. Despite the recognition he’s found on
DAVE CARLSON’S Bucktown Pictures has formed a strategic alliance with sales rep Tom Buyssler’s Hi Road Productions, with an eye towards expanding its commercial work. Bucktown is a
