Sundance parties welcome Chicagoans
CHICAGOANS AT SUNDANCE expected this weekend at Park City, Utah include Fox TV’s Robin Robinson and Ch. 7’s Sylvia Perez, providing TV coverage of the
CHICAGOANS AT SUNDANCE expected this weekend at Park City, Utah include Fox TV’s Robin Robinson and Ch. 7’s Sylvia Perez, providing TV coverage of the
VINCE VAUGHN will team up with director Ron Howard for the first time this spring on an untitled comedy about infidelity. Vaughn always can be
Writer/director Jameel Khan’s “The Strip,” the $1.2 million independent comedy starring Dave Foley that shot here in 2006, is the first Chicago film to sign with Truly Indie, an
WHO’S NEW: STORY has added director/cameraman Blair Hayes for exclusive spot representation. He was most recently was represented by L.A.-based Form where his credited included
THE DVD OF DAVIDSON COLE’S DOCUMENTARY “The 95th: The Iron Men of Metz,” about General George Patton’s World War II infantry division, in which Cole’s grandfather Steve Finik
The formation of a Cook County Film Commission (CCFC) is expected to be voted into law by the Cook County Board of Commissioners by mid-November, and will be open
Usama Alshaibi, who made the acclaimed feature-length doc “Nice Bombs,” about his native Iraq, is the recipient of the first Kartemquin Films’ Diversity Fellowship.
Alshaibi, who was
FOUNDATION CONTENT is in the process of adding its first state-of-the-art sound design and mixing studio to its Streeterville facilities. Staff audio engineer Ryan Prybil is designing and
JOYCE KILBURG, the Illinois Film Office’s diversity officer, was seriously injured Wednesday night when the taxi she was riding crashed into a tree. She was heading home
Hollywood development director and script consultant Daniel Manus speaks in Chicago for the first time Oct. 2-4 for a weekend of sharing insider tips on how to sell a screenplay
Roger Ebert will make a special guest appearance at the closing ceremonies of the Naperville Film Festival, one of ten film festivals being held in Chicago and Downstate this month.
Anna Kipervaser’s On Look Films embarked on the first of multiple trips to Egypt on Aug. 16, attempting to preserve a thousand-year-old Islamic ritual through film, sound recording and an
When the debut film of Mallory Sohmer, Pixel Brothers’ production manager, premieres on The Documentary Channel Aug. 3, at 9 p.m., it culminates a three year project that began as
One of Chicago’s most durable industry icons will “transition” from a lifetime of operating a film business to doing what he loves most ? teaching up-and-coming filmmakers and producing
Despite having recently cut back staff and office space, 3to1 studio’s Josh Reichlin claims that a philosophy of cheerleading on behalf of their clients is keeping them busier than
THE HOTTEST TICKETS IN TOWN were those issued by Universal Studios for the Chicago preview of “Public Enemies” that screened in two theatres in the River East 21
DIRECTOR HAROLD RAMIS receives the “Just for Laughs” Lifetime Achievement Award at the red carpet screening of Columbia Pictures’ “Year One” at the Music Box, June 16.
Funeral services were held Monday for electrician/gaffer Peter Donoghue, a 30-year member of Local 476 and cited by Mark Hogan, the local’s business manager, as “one of the best
ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES, one of the A-List L.A. directors, who came here for the Leo Burnett/Olympic Committee shoot last week, got into a bit of trouble at
Two exciting parties will celebrate the 81st Academy Awards just blocks apart on Oscar night, Feb. 22
One is Hub the 51 Awards