Melissa Thornley heads Beast Editorial
After spending a year running her own solo rep firm and realizing she missed the collaboration inherent in a creative company, Melissa Thornley happily returned to the postproduction business last
After spending a year running her own solo rep firm and realizing she missed the collaboration inherent in a creative company, Melissa Thornley happily returned to the postproduction business last
The grand prize winner among 13 semi-finalists in the first Chicago Screenwriters Network script contest will go home with a $1,000 check, a trophy and an armload of valuable
Outsider Inc., which let its staff go and moved out of its big Streeterville loft space, moved last week into what executive producer Michael Rafayko said was going to be
Not unlike many companies affected by the economy, Michael LaBellarte’s Outsider, Inc. design and production company has drastically cut its overhead and moved to new and smaller space
Sam Fishkin’s audio post Mix Kitchen is having a growth spurt in agency spots delivered via new media, serving up a smorgasbord of interactive and mobile sound for major advertisers.
Grossman & Jack Talent — for the first time in its 17 years of business — will represent talent and services other than voiceover and on-camera, with the new addition
According to Michigan Film Office director Janet Lockwood, film production within the state is booming. Five movies have been finished, three are in production, three in prep and
POLITICOS WEREN’T ALONE IN THE SPOTLIGHT at the recent Democratic and Republican Conventions.
Producer Carey Lundin’s alter ego, “Citizen Kate,”
JOE MALECKI’S MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES will gather for a memorial service Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Outsider, Inc., 230 E. Ohio St. The studio was graciously provided by
Chicago Filmmakers instructor Vincent Singleton is celebrating after his film “The Porter” nailed the Chicago nomination for the HBO/Chase Legacy Film Challenge.
He competes against
“Boxboarders,” George Elder’s teen comedy, goes into national DVD distribution July 29, via Peace Arch Entertainment Group, the Canadian company best known for having brought “The Tudors” series to
Janet Lockwood, Michigan’s feisty film office director ? who has the distinction of being the longest serving film office director of any state ? dismissed the report that she brought
It was business as usual Dec. 12 for ARU’s longtime sound engineers Don Arbuckle and Mark Zeboski. The difference this day was that they were no longer ARU employees,
SUREE TOWFIGHNIA’S “Standing Silent Nation” won marijuana magazine High Times’ 2007 Stony Award for Best Documentary.
Alex White Plume, the subject of “Standing Silent Nation,” is the
WHO HE IS: Nadav Kurtz, editor at post-production house Cutters since January 2007. He’s working with Draft/FCB Chicago on 3 :30 commercial spots to air internationally and domestically in March.
Proponents of the Film Wisconsin incentives bill eager for the incentives to begin July 1, 2007 instead of January, 2008, got a chance to express their views at the Wisconsin
WHO HE IS: Actor/voiceover talent Todd Hissong is serving his second two-year term as president of Chicago Screen Actors Guild, (SAG). “I got involved in union politics after the strike
On Feb. 21 Farhad Arshad, president of fast-growing art film distributor Olive Films, will launch the next phase of his larger vision: eStudio O, a full-service, state-of-the-art post facility in
When the mood me hits for a full switch to another country, the madness of Devon Avenue is the perfect place to get lost.
The Ravi
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.