Cameraman/DP Andy Sparaco went to New Orleans more than two years ago for work, shortly after Louisiana's 25%-plus Investor Tax Credit brought a flood of entertainment projects ...

THE RADIO HALL OF FAME induction of controversial conservative broadcaster Dr. James Dobson of "Focus on the Family" stays, regardless of protests to the contrary by gay ...

Undaunted by advertising's tough stretch, sound designer/mixer Jamie Vanadia feels "the timing is perfect" for the opening of his new audio post house, NoiseFloor. "We can ...

Agency creative Larry Ziegelman's romantic comedy short, "Check, Please," based on a family incident, won the Illinois Film Office's first Shortcuts short film contest. IFO ...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Chicago Underground Film Festival and its first year under the aegis of IFP. To underscore the artistic merger, IFP's Filmmakers Summ...

Because helping filmmakers has always been his credo, Man-Sung Son will give his clientele a worthwhile gift in celebration of SMS Productions' 25th anniversary. The gift: A ...

After seven years at 1400 W. Hubbard St., Gene Cosentino moved his X-Ray productions downtown, across the hall, in fact, from Bosco Productions' fifth floor expanded facility a...

"The perfect storm, the convergence of negative factors," as Essanay's Wayne Kubacki puts it, has created the worst year of commercial business since the SAG strike and dot com...

It wouldn't quite be accurate to say that the film industry benefited from the Congressional economic bailout approved last week. After all, extension of the film and televis...

DVD LABEL CINEMA OBSCURA releases titles this week from two local filmmakers and a third from a Texan whose film had its world premiere at the 2007 Lake County Film Festival. ...

"DuMONT'S HALL OF SHAME" headlined an expensive, full-page Tribune ad last week, protesting the induction of far-right broadcaster James Dobson of "Focus on the Family" into...

ALWAYS BUSY GEORGE ELDER of Luminair wrapped the Chicago shoot for the seventh season of "Mexico: One Plate at a Time." The half-hour TV shows are shot in Chicago at t...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH BOASTS the estimated $21.5 million revenues generated from "The Express" and $3 million each from "Eagle Eye" and "The Lucky Ones," was ? according to the pre...

Chicago-founded film collective, Four Birds Pictures, won IFP's first-ever ? and biggest - $50,000 finishing grant for its debut feature, "A Thing as Big as the Ocean." The v...

Locally-made features by Carl Seaton, Joe Swanberg and Tom Gustafson, a feature doc about an underground rocker, and 10 shorts shine in the Spotlight Illinois section of the 44t...

A musical by the multi-talented Julia Cameron, who inspired millions with her books on unleashing the creativity within us, has its world premiere Oct. 19 at the Village Players...

Kartemquin Films has appointed current associate director Justine Nagan to succeed co-founder Gordon Quinn as executive director of the 42-year old producer of socially relevant...

The Illinois Lottery's $500,000 holiday TV commercial will be produced by a "collaborative effort" between Illinois-based Gobos Film & Entertainment and the New York production...

A memorial service will be held for veteran CRC engineer/sound designer Tim Butler Sunday, Oct. 5, from 6-8 p.m. at the Capital Grill, at Ohio and St. Clair. Mr. Butler, 5...

Music house Comma has opened a Los Angeles branch for the second time in nearly a decade, and this time will be the charm. Chicago composer Justin Hori has moved to the Coast...