Rich Carroll, a former Chicago commercial director was killed Feb. 22 in a motorcycle accident in Austin, Texas where he had lived for the past 15 years. No details about the c...

THE FOOD NETWORK is launching an unnamed reality show "like an ?Amazing Race' for expert foodies," says casting director Joan O'Connor of O'Connor Casting, which will hold ...

Independent movie producer Susan Moses said she will find another location for her $6 million, independent sci-fi movie, "Nephilim," if Wisconsin's 25% tax credits and other inc...

California is determined to keep its feature film and TV production in its own backyard with a stunning new five-year $500 million tax credit that will make producers think twic...

Three features and a documentary about acclaimed local improve actors will represent Chicago when they premiere at the Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, March 13-21. ...

When Misty Tosh completes her reality show assignment in mid-March, the globe-trotting producer will spend a month of humanitarian work in the slim volcanic Indonesian island o...

Foundation Content has opened an office in Santa Monica in "as a way of expanding our reach into the L.A. market and to facilitate shoots there for our Chicago clients," says Sa...

Although Concept One Media founder/president Linda Livorsi runs a bustling $1.3 million-grossing production company in Downers Grove, she occasionally gets behind the camera as ...

Factual programming behemoth Towers Productions has signed new deals with Discovery and author-adventurer James Campbell as part of a projected 100 hours of content it will prod...

Manifest Digital will move to the forefront of Chicago's marketing agencies since receiving a $9 million investment from BIA Digital Partners of Chantilly, Va., a private invest...

Two exciting parties will celebrate the 81st Academy Awards just blocks apart on Oscar night, Feb. 22 One is Hub the 51 Awards party, where Richard Roeper will challenge ...

For just $800, and with a little help from his friends, Vincent Singleton has directed and shot a music video for Illinois band Written in Red's new single "Last Chance." "Th...

SETH McCLELLAN'S "KING IN CHICAGO" is a new hourlong documentary chronicling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s collaboration with the Chicago Freedom Movement for open housing in...

ACTOR, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR ANDY RICHTER joined Story for exclusive representation as a commercial director ? the first time he is available to direct spots. Story will market ...

WITH THE 30% TAX INCENTIVE and being named top indie filmmaking city by MovieMaker Magazine, IPA's short promo film released on YouTube and the IPA site couldn't be more timel...

WITH OUR 30% TAX CREDIT and MovieMaker Magazine crowning Chicago as the country's top place for indie filmmaking, the release of the Illinois Production Alliance's short prom...

"MovieMaker Magazine" has more than made up for having overlooked Chicago in past "best" lists by declaring it the country's number one city for indie filmmaking in its ninth an...

Sales expectations are high for the audio drama of "The Old Testament," budgeted at $5 million, that's currently in production by the Falcon Picture Group and Cerny American Cre...

The Detroit area is shaping up as the biggest movie center between coasts, with a $150 million investment in two film studios to be completed this year that will create about 5,...

While Chicago was shivering in subzero weather, One World Productions' Michael Neumann was in Florida shooting three 30-second spots for Key West Tourism's "Come as You Are" cam...