No replacement planned for DGA exec director’s post
DON’T EXPECT THE DGA to fill the executive director’s position in the Chicago office anytime soon – if at
DON’T EXPECT THE DGA to fill the executive director’s position in the Chicago office anytime soon – if at
Credit Leviathan for design and production of the film noir main titles for Starz new original series, “Power,” <span
THE COLONIE won’t be exhibiting the work of new artists on its walls, as it usually does for its parties. The big attraction at
Can it only have been a year since Downtown Partners/Chicago began working on the Illinois Lottery account?
My, how time flies.
And how dramatically so much has changed — for the better
In a recent election the Illinois Production Alliance board of directors was reelected, with the exception of one member stepping down after serving on the board
THIRTY-YEAR STAGING VETERAN John Kavanagh has left the Show Department after 27 years to join national, full service production company, Lakeshore Audiovisual, Inc. (LSAV), as VP/business development.
LSAV, founded
Four members of AICP Midwest were newly elected to the 13-member board of directors in the annual election held Tuesday, Sept. 23. They are Megan Maples, executive producer of Dictionary
A RECORD BREAKER? Eight Chicago and L.A.-New York production companies are making September one of the busiest months of the year for commercial shoots on Chicago locations and more companies
DENIS LEARY gets back to his comedian’s chops with a pilot he’s been co-writing and developing for the past year for Fox TV Studios. The single camera half-hour comedy, “Sirens,”
While many unlikely cities throughout the world have been used as substitutes for Chicago locations for movies and commercials (and not always convincingly) STORY’S recent reverse location for a major
GOVERNOR’S L.A. UPDATE. Gov. Pat Quinn’s appointment schedule for next week has not been completely finalized, says a spokesperson for the governor, which kinda suggests that he just might be
THE COLONIE’S partner/editor Bob Ackerman edited a Draftfcb/San Francisco Levi’s clever Dockers’ spot, “Phone Booth” for release in cinemas throughout Europe and directed by Caviar Content’s Bram Coppens of
Events uptempo during the second half of April (accelerated no doubt by Mars and Mercury, planets of creativity and communications going direct) also gives us a choice of more than one
ILLINOIS RULES! To make up for painful omissions in Best Location lists compiled throughout the year, venerable international locations publication P3 Update Magazine named Illinois #2
CHICAGO AREA good works companies won the biggest number of grants – a total of $500,000 — in the just-concluded 2011 Chase Community Giving program that asked the public to
Chicago’s ranking as a film city is a sometimes thing. There have been times when Moviemaker Magazine, for example, has put Chicago on top of a list of the 25
THE COMMERCIALS DAM has burst and this last quarter of 2011 should be busy and profitable for the commercial production/post scene. Directors’ reps are swamped fielding agency bids for major
MORE THAN 60 EXHIBITORS will display their latest and greatest at Roscor’s 3rd annual Communications Technology Expo May 19-20 in the big first floor stage at Resolution Digital Studios.
Representatives
THIRTY FILMS BY CHICAGO CREW MEMBERS are featured on Industry Night, April 16, in the 6th annual MoFest festival and party, and features, The Beekeeper, by filmmaker Sean Jordan
Go ahead and lift a glass and drink to elimination of the onerous five year sunset clause that would’ve killed Illinois’ hard-earned film incentives film.
Senate Bill 398, that gives the