Politics being politics, Illinois Film Office director Betsy Steinberg's paycheck yesterday also contained a pink slip, telling her that Friday, Jan. 16 would be her final day ...
When The Mill makes its unprecedented move into its four-story, 22,000-sq. ft. building sometime in late summer, it will be the largest visual media company located in the bu...
Kelli and Estlin Feigley Dreaming Tree Films’ upcoming show has the distinction of being WTTW/11’s only locally-produced children’s series to air among its 12 hours of ...
This January marks the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin's historic month in Chicago, where he shot his first one reel comedy at George K. Spoor and "Bronco Billy" Ande...
After a 15 year absence including 11 years working for a bicoastal editorial company, producer Heather Richardson decided it was time to come home. On Jan. 5 she joined...
A rugged Chicago and Korean production crew braved the freezing cold last Monday and Tuesday nights to work on a massive commercial shoot in the heart of the Loop for a 2015 H...
Chicago filmmaker Ilko Davidov is storming into 2015 like a polar vortex.
Besides signing a distribution deal for the 2015 Nelson Algren doc that he co-roduced and co-direct...
FIRST NEW AD BUSINESS of the year was announced by DDB Chicago, which has succeeded The Martin Agency on creative duties for the $30 million American Cancer Society account, f...
That sound clinking champagne glasses you hear is coming from the deservedly ecstatic producers, cast and crew of “Empire,” which bowed on Fox network Wednesday night to a...
Young & Rubicam starts the New Year with departures and promotions. New co-executive creative directors and a new global talent director were announced to succeed two execut...
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...