Former Chicago editor Dustin Foster and his partner, motion designer and animator Dan Wiltshire, of Chop and Hue of Grand Rapids, struck an abundance of Gold — and Silver — ...
Director Joe Sedelmaier reigned supreme as an advertising game changer, innovator, provocateur, giving America such ground-breaking commercials as Wendy’s “Where’s the Bee...
After more than two years in the works, Chicago Filmmakers on Friday closed on its purchase of the city-owned Chicago landmark firehouse in Edgewater and will start converting i...
After a five-year hiatus, National Geographic’s monthly, hourlong “Explorer” series was relaunched and now opens with an exciting title sequence designed and produced by D...
Despite the termination of Michigan’s film incentives last July, the state will honor an agreement made with Michael Bay’s “Transformers 5” by providing the production w...
DDB WON BIG with Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep Business, which was shifted from FCB Chicago and became the lead agency on the account. In January DDB also became the lead agency ...
What should be an individual’s right to data privacy? When we live in what has become a wildly interconnected existence, what should anyone expect when it comes to the privacy...
“Truth hurts” tersely describes director Joe Otting’s new 8-minute short, “The Talk,” a life-changing conversation between a father and his 10-year old daughter that...
Filmmaker Alonzo Alcaraz’ first feature, a romantic comedy made for a micro-budget of $20,000 will be the only Chicago-made film screening at the Chicago Latino Film, Festival...
Mark Harris is both a prolific filmmaker and one of the last men standing. He has turned out 18 indie films over a dozen years and now finds himself among a handful of Chic...
Chicago-based illustrator, 25-year old Morgan Ramberg won the $1,000 cash prize from the 20th Annual Official Chicago Latino Film Festival Poster Contest and her poste...
HANDSOME, FIRM-JAWED PHILIP WINCHESTER (“The Player”) is the first actor to be cast in NBC-Dick Wolf’s upcoming “Chicago Law.” Look for the new series to be...
Director Michael Bay’s much-discussed “Transformers 5,” now known by the working title of “E75,” has started preproduction and will begin shooting in London, with addi...
Fast-growing 321Fastdraw, having outgrown its offices and its owners eager to be back in the bustle of production, in early spring will move into new space in Cinespace’s Main...
AFTER 14 YEARS IN LA, talent agent Emily Rabinowitz of RTA has returned to the area and set up shop representing a roster of 75 exclusive actors, from juniors to seniors. ...
Not only was it wonderful that Chicago Film Archives received a $200,000 2016 MacArthur Foundation Award, but that it was the only film recipient among the nonprofit Creati...
Yesterday was a “pretty standard day” for Rich Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office, a division of the Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE), and locat...
One week in LA during awards season inevitably leads to a party and big presentations. Last week, it meant I was able to catch the launch of the new Panasonic VaricamLT at the D...
It’s never too late for a great ad campaign to have its day in the sun. Healthcare specialist AbelsonTaylor’s “Lifeline” campaign that bowed in 2005 and introd...
Cinespace continues to expand -- this time with the conversion of two former massive “Boss” sets into office space to accommodate the Fox TV staff moving in for the upcoming...