HOWARD TULLMAN, FLASHPOINT ACADEMY'S CEO, received Northwestern Law School's Distinguished Entprepreneur Award, at the Law School's Small Business Opportunity Conference March ...
Paul Tilley, DDB Chicago's managing director for creative, 40, committed suicide Friday evening after leaping from a window in the Fairmont Hotel, next door to DDB's office in ...
The world keeps changing, says Luminair Film Productions CEO George Elder, who continues to adapt to those changes, which is why his company at the 20-year mark is thriving whe...
PAULA ZAHN hosts "Retirement Revolution," a two-part PBS documentary about the challenges and solutions of retirement that face America's largest generation. Produced and ...
Chicago-made thriller, "Crime Fiction," is in distribution on DVD and online through a five-year deal signed with Anthem Pictures of Agoura Hills, Cal. that includes an initial ...
Michael Salvatori, world-renowned composer for the Halo soundtrack, gave an encouraging presentation to the next generation of digital media talent: students of Flashpoint, the ...
Joe Swanberg makes history when the South by Southwest Film Festival premieres his fourth feature in a row ? "Nights and Weekends" -- March 9.He won't have much time to promote ...
The 5th annual Lake County Film Festival continues its steady growth this year to 17 narrative features, 17 documentary features and 100-plus short films.The festival, Feb. 28 ...
Arturo Cubacub's I-Cubed Hypermedia is hosting a weekend of "something radically different" -- the first (international | independent | interstitial) festival to be held over t...
The AICP's landmark health insurance plan for freelance, production employees not covered by union plans -- the only one of its kind in the film industry -- went into effect Feb...
With lightning speed, Michigan has caught over and will overtake competitive states with what Michigan Film Office director Janet Lockwood calls "possibly the country's best in...
For more than a decade, New Mexico, with its 25% tax rebate on all production expenditures, was the paragon state to beat. It has no minimum spending requirement and no cap. ...
Those of you who remember my original Screen Magazine and the wonderful, eclectic staff, who made what we did so special, will be saddened to learn of the death of David Lee. ...
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions' "Humboldt Park," principal photography will begin in quick secession on six different studio and independent features from now...
April Altenritter, owner of New York-based Rockit Pictures, has opened the full-service commercial production company UpLoop Media in Chicago. While still based in New York...
River West Films' romantic-mob-comedy "Osso Bucco" is now playing during an open-ended theatrical self-release at the Wilmette Theatre through Feb. 14. The Wilmette run has t...
It was DDB's night all the way, winning big at the 2007 International Mobius Awards for Advertising held Jan. 28 in Hollywood. The agency took home 15 awards, including t...
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions' "Humboldt Park," principal photography will start in quick order on six studio and independent features. Next up Feb. 15 is ...
DEREK "PRETTY BOY" DOW'S debut feature "Family Values" returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a special screening presented by the Museum of Science and Industry, as part of...
Chicago voiceover veteran Pat Duke bested more than 100 New York actors to win the role of one of advertising's oldest and most famous icons: The "Kool-Aid Man," who famous bre...
