Installment two of “The School Project: Chicago Public Schools Close,” a series that examines public education after the fallout from the city’s 2013 historic closing of...
Chicago freelance creative director, John Siebert, formerly a longtime DDB Chicago GCD/CD, enlisted Greg Allan’s Sonixphere and other local talent to produce a powerful 3-m...
Chicago Screenwriters Network (CSN) is starting its 20th anniversary year with a new, reinvigorated board, meetings at a new permanent venue and expansive program plans includi...
It’s a very merry holiday for Michael Keaton. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman dismissed claims brought by a production company run by hedge fund manager Paul D...
WHITEHOUSE POST’S Kristin Branstetter has returned to Chicago as executive producer, as of Dec. 15, replacing Dan Bryant who left earlier this year after being with the post h...
Michael Keaton might be an Oscar-winning actor for his role in “Birdman” when he goes to an LA court March 2 to answer charges of being a bad actor when it came to direct...
The new president of the Chicago Acting in Film Meetup (CAFM) is Erin Chenoweth, who was living in LA and working in New York until May, when she decided to move to Chic...
If Chicago’s visual media industry is ending 2014 with a big smile of satisfaction from a profitable outpouring of work, then 2015 will have everyone positively beaming like...
A NEW STAFFER for Utopic Editorial & Finishing, celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, is post producer Lauren Gray. The new position was created when executive prod...
With 2014 having been an overall very good business year for the visual media indusry, what’s the forecast for the New Year? Overall, the seven suppliers the Reel int...
This afternoon, the 2,000 clients on Odd Machine’s Email list will receive a holiday greeting that is probably the most unique message to come out of the industry on this, o...
For the past three years, Cinespace Studios has hosted a Holiday Party, with Santa Claus in attendance, games, gifts and good things to eat, for the children in the Lawndale ne...
The advertising community gave generously to the Off the Street Club Holiday Luncheon, as demonstrated by their record-breaking contributions of over $570,000 raised exclusively...
Michigan's amended tax incentive bill, calling for an extension of the $50 million-a-year rebate program to 2021, among other changes, won a Senate 33-4 vote and is now h...
When she held the office of State Treasurer, Judy Baar Topinka, who died Tuesday of a stroke, was the Illinois film industry’s great financial friend. In looking for ...
Chicago Recording Company, together with Filmworkers, Vitamin and Giannini Creative, expect their 2014 Holiday Party Thursday night to be the biggest ever, with 1,200 to 1,500 ...
DICTIONARY FILMS’DIRECTORS’ ROSTER expanded with duo Eric McCoy and Justus Meyer, aka McCoy|Meyer, raising the number of directors to eight. The Columbia College gra...
It’s too soon to announce new movie and TV projects for 2015, although one feature that’s supposed to shoot here has popped up, which tourism agency Choose Chicago can be...
This week, Bob Farnsworth, founder and CEO of Nashville's Hummingbird Productions, will visit five Chicago agencies to demonstrate how they can use “Fusic,” a collaborative ...
INDIE FEATURE “ANIMALS” was the big Best of the Midwest Awards Tuesday night, hosted by Midwest International Film Festival, winning for Best Feature, Best Director, Colli...