COMEDIAN TOM DRESSEN will MC the Oct. 27 invitation-only NBC premiere of the TV special, “The Heart of Hollywood: The Chicago Link,” shot by RDS at the recent
In the TV world of head-spinning change, it’s rare when a show can sustain itself, night after night, for a quarter of a century, as WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” has
Hollywood editor Michael Matzdorff returns to his native Wisconsin to direct his first feature, “Feed the Fish,” on his family’s Door County farm this February.
“Feed the
Twenty-two of the best Midwestern films from a year’s worth of the Midwest Independent Film Festival will be honored Dec. 2 at a gala awards ceremony ? not at its
The best of Chicago’s advertising is apparently created by a handful of major ad agencies, if the number of prizes they won at the recent Creative Club Awards is any
A rising star on the Chicago media scene, Jennifer Christenson hopes that “Positive,” a weekly magazine show celebrating uplifting news stories, many from viewers themselves, will boost the city’s
Perseverance, fresh approaches and talent, of course, are always the cornerstones of an enduring, successful career. Those qualities are exemplified and illuminated in Women in Film’s choices for this
Nat Dykeman’s quest to bring a taste of independent and international cinema to the one million cinematically underserved Lake County residents continues with the 4th annual Lake County Film Festival
Filmworkers Club inaugurated a fiber uplink service that facilitates the real-time delivery of HD commercials and other media to broadcasting destinations across the U.S. The service is being offered via
CHRIS GARDNER, whose determination to succeed was amazingly chronicled in the movie “Pursuit to Happyness,” appears in a Wal-Mart spot celebrating Black History Month.
The historic merger of two big agencies, DraftWorldwide and FCB, to form a giant shop under the Interpublic Group umbrella, has also created one huge production department.
Chicago’s status as a talent center has been elevated to the national level with bi-coastal Innovative Artists’ purchase of Sharon Wottrich’s 17-year old Voices Unlimited.
The further adventures of comedy filmmaker Willy Laszlo who left his secure production job and moved to L.A. to follow his dream.
Shortly after agreeing to
WHO SHE IS: Marie-Jo?lle “MJ” Rizk, sought-after DP and camera operator for TV, reality and medical shows, documentaries and narratives.
TV shooting credits include “America’s Next
Musical heavy hitters R. Kelly and Talib Kweli joined Team Works Media’s usual roster of major sports entities, like Big Ten Basketball and the 1985 Chicago Bears, on recent projects.
Cutters’ owner/editor Chris Claeys is Chicago’s man of the hour. Maybe even a tiny footnote to White Sox history. The possessor of one of the most valuable mementoes
Ben Berkowitz and Ben Redgrave are fresh from a Sundance Film Festival that saw them make strides on their diverse feature projects.
At Sundance they attended
Man-Sung Son of SMS Productions said the 35mm feature he’s producing, “Missed It,” could shoot here or in Columbus next January.
Director Brian Southers has secured locations
Less than a year after founding his full-service production company Bird’s-Eye Media Inc., Mark A. Besozzi has a TV series and two features lined up for
It was a very long two weeks earlier this month for Sound/Video Impressions. The Des Plaines sound studio recorded 200 hours of Spanish language
