FIDO Films wins bronze Telly for doc on history of presidents’ helicopters
A bronze telly went to FIDO Films and Mark McCarville’s 19-minute documentary “HMX-1 55th Reunion,” a segment of FIDO ‘s two-hour in-progress doc “Marine
A bronze telly went to FIDO Films and Mark McCarville’s 19-minute documentary “HMX-1 55th Reunion,” a segment of FIDO ‘s two-hour in-progress doc “Marine
The Illinois General Assembly is set to approve $18.5 million for the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) for Fiscal 2005, the same amount as last year. While
David Miller of Mindlight Films, who runs the Sangamon St. Studios in the former Orbis facility, is producing “Finding Preet,” an HD romantic comedy
“Dee Dee Rutherford,” the third film from Bob Brown and Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Films, shoots here in June. “Dee Dee” is a comedy about the black sheep of a
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Movieside marks video release of fest organizer Nails’ debut featureMovieside Film Festival organizer Rusty Nails launches the video release of his debut feature “Acne” with a screening of the film May 15 at Movieside, which
Rising local director’s Juan Frausto finally has his foot in the Hollywood door. His third film, “Once Upon a Time in the Hood,” plays in the 20th Annual Chicago Latino International Film Rapper-actor DMX options first-time director’s short film for featureA chance meeting on an L.A. street between rapper DMX and novice filmmaker Raymond Thomas led to DMX’ company optioning Thomas’ first short film to developing it into a feature. Personal doc on a ’30s German Jewish school to air on national PBS in MayRudolph Caplan was staying overnight in an infirmary on the night after Kristallnacht in November 1938 when Nazis raided his school and shipped all the Discovery Health medical series taping new shows at U of C hospitals for 2004
Discovery Health Network’s award-winning reality series, “Chicago’s REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 11/11/03BURRELL NAMES BROADCAST HEAD. Burrell promoted Debbie Amsden to director of broadcast production, a position vacant since Sharon Kimbrough left the company earlier this year. “With production getting Latino Film Festival’s lone Chicago feature has encore screening June 28
Among films from across the Americas that screened at North Side dentist learns the pain of filmmaking with first indie film |