COMEDIAN TOM DRESSEN will MC the Oct. 27 invitation-only NBC premiere of the TV special, "The Heart of Hollywood: The Chicago Link," shot by RDS at the recent Sweet Home Illin...

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, wi...

Executive producer Marsie Wallach started out helping her former boss, Joe Sedelmaier, find distribution for his short film and ended up shooting a revealing documentary about t...

Chicago/Midwest TV Academy members heard 266 Emmy nominations announced last week at Lawry's The Prime Rib last week, a lengthy list of people who excelled on programs that aire...

JOYCE KILBURG, the Illinois Film Office's diversity officer, was seriously injured Wednesday night when the taxi she was riding crashed into a tree. She was heading home afte...

FOUNDATION CONTENT is in the process of adding its first state-of-the-art sound design and mixing studio to its Streeterville facilities. Staff audio engineer Ryan Prybil is d...

Ellen Fox, who is now the co-host with Brett Erlich of "The Rotten Tomatoes Show" on Current TV, learned a lot from her years here in Chicago. The personal initiative that Fo...

Grand Rapids appears to be the newest indie film center as three indie features will start rolling next month and two others are planned to follow. First up Nov. 28 is "Sleep...

Usama Alshaibi, who made the acclaimed feature-length doc "Nice Bombs," about his native Iraq, is the recipient of the first Kartemquin Films' Diversity Fellowship. Alshaibi,...

The formation of a Cook County Film Commission (CCFC) is expected to be voted into law by the Cook County Board of Commissioners by mid-November, and will be open for business ...

NOT EVERYONE gets the pleasure and satisfaction of working with their mother, but Oscar winner Virginia Madsen teamed up with her filmmaker mom, Elaine Madsen, to produce...

ILLINOIS TOURISM COMMERCIALS are being produced by Story for agency for agency JWT by Story, for the third consecutive year. Director/DP Marcus Stevens shot beautiful location...

Six Columbia College alums will proudly walk the red carpet Saturday night when their ambitious first feature premieres at the Chicago International Film Festival. Their $...

Starting the New Year off right for much needed feature production will be a film from indie feature queen, producer Effie T. Brown. Come January she will be in Chicago to sho...

Eighty minutes worth of short films, from comedy to dreamy gritty docs produced by creatives at ad agencies and post/production houses, will be showcased Oct. 6, thanks the firs...

The Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum (WSF) in Madison kicks off a new season with new president Ken Miyamoto, a former Sony Pictures script reader/story analyst and paid screenwrit...

"BLUEGRASS RUN," the Trinity Angels Production of a comedy adventure feature set in Chicago and the horse country of Kentucky, recently shot key Chicago scenes at Loop locatio...

Hollywood development director and script consultant Daniel Manus speaks in Chicago for the first time Oct. 2-4 for a weekend of sharing insider tips on how to sell a screenplay...

Bob Greenberg of R/GA will give a keynote at the Boards Summit in New York on the death of the production company paradigm. At first this seemed startling but, after reflection...

VARIETY NAMED CHICAGO the number four filming location on a list of "10 Greatest Locations in North America," in a special issue published next month. We rank behind Californ...