O&M’s Diedrich hits a home run with “Ballhawks” doc
Mike Diedrich was videotaping outside a Cubs-Pirates game in 2004 when there were two home runs in the first inning. “There were four or five ballhawks out there,” Diedrich says.
“They
Mike Diedrich was videotaping outside a Cubs-Pirates game in 2004 when there were two home runs in the first inning. “There were four or five ballhawks out there,” Diedrich says.
“They
Bi-coastal Company 3 and sister company Beast Editorial opened a Virtual Telecine this week, giving Beast clients access to live, full HD telecine sessions with Company 3’s colorists in Los
Backyard Productions and Optimus are sharing their mighty resources in a newly formed “creative production home,” operating autonomously out of Backyard’s Venice, California office.
Backyard president Blair Stribley and Optimus
PRIOR TO THE NOV. 18 AICP SHOW, a general membership meeting will convene Nov. 17 at Fletcher Cameras. AICP president Matt Miller and
TAKING OVER THE REINS of the Independent Feature Project, Chicago’s 25-year old hub of indie filmmaking is Christy LeMaster, who has run IFP’s recent and successful
With “tons of internet business” flowing in, Foundation Content has hired Ben Poster as director/editor/interactive, who moves after five years as an Arc Worldwide art director.
Poster
WHAT AN UNEXPECTEDLY NICE GESTURE. In surely what’s got to be a first in the 35-year annals of Hollywood-in-Chicago entertainment production, departing director Ron Howard, stars
COMMA MUSIC was the only Chicago honoree among the hundreds of bi-coastal commercial companies that swept the 19th annual AICP Show June 8 held annually at New
Some years ago, spot editor Yamus (real name Jim Mudra) was working on a PSA spot. The footage involved many children and atmospheres, related his friend and colleague Red
PILOT UPDATES. Networks this week began screening and evaluating 68 pilots that were shot during the first quarter for possible prime-time fall series slots. Here’s
Young, aspiring agency creatives get a golden opportunity to show their stuff to a Who’s Who of Chicago advertising creative executives and recruiters at Portfolio Night 8 (PN8) May 8,
It looks like HD has arrived at the consumer home entertainment level. Sears is now selling Samsung 3D television sets, although there are no 3D movies on DVD or shows
TIMING IS EVERYTHING, they say, and Roger Ebert’s new movie review show comes on the scene coincidentally as the last vestiges of Disney’s “At the
Despite declining sponsorships and internal cuts, the second annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (CIMMfest) fest opens with a “special surprise screening,” featuring Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth,
The third time was the charm for John Michaels, who was determined to produce the sponsors opening reel for the annual AICP Show. This year, after three years of
LOCAL MEMBERS OF AICE are being asked for $1,000 each to be used to fund an advertising and PR campaign to combat competition from agency in-house
Tony Izzo, a film pioneer who ascended from film lab intern to one of the giants in the postproduction business, died from cancer complications Sept. 27 at Hinsdale Hospital, with
COMMERCIALS RULE this month, as a slew of bicoastal production companies are here or en route to shoot national spots on city streets with local crews and
Legendary filmmaker John Hughes, who singlehandedly created and sustained Chicago’s film industry in the 1980s and 1990s, died of a heart attack Aug. 6, while in Manhattan, where he’d been
DURING THEIR FOUR WHIRLWIND DAYS in L.A., a Chicago sales contingent saw 19 producers, several with possible projects for the state, says Local 476’s Mark Hogan.