JONATHAN ELIOT'S screenplay "Tennis With Jesus" gets a staged reading courtesy of IFP/Chicago, Aug. 21 at Victory Gardens Theatre. The story follows a California tennis tournam...
WHO HE IS: Rich Schiller, owner of Rich Schiller Studio, Inc., sculptural 3D model maker for commercials, print, illustrations and packaging. WHAT HE DOES: Turns the visual i...
Ken Gumbs' Four Door Films is partnering with film distributor Maxim Media International in "Project Screamlight," a viral contest in search of the best horror film ideas. Th...
Assistant editors showed they're a cut above the ordinary at AICE's 6th annual Trailer Park contest Aug. 9 at the Horseshoe bar to an enthusiastic crowd of about 200. Gran...
CHICAGOANS IN L.A. will congregate for the Chicago Party Alliance Monday, Sept. 24, at the Peterson Auto Museum, a massive get-together for former Chicagoans who work in the f...
WHO HE IS: He's one of two executive producers at STORY production company, boasting a roster of top directors and producing spots for top agencies around the country. WHAT ...
Radar editor Greg Somerlot's fifth spot for McDonald's Mighty Kids campaign/Leo Burnett widens the spotlight from individual youths to group activities showing the ever-changing...
Having experienced the positive impact HD capture has had on their company, Jeremy Richter wants to be one of the first to utilize the ultra high-def Red One camera. "In one ...
Chicago Cinema Forum is a new group made up of ambitious young cinephiles who aim to bring Chicagoans rare films, along with the chance to talk about them with film scholars in ...
Resolution Digital Studios (RDS) is testing the waters of independent film production. If its first project proves successful, the studio could take the plunge into proprietary ...
Bonny Dolan, artist liaison and executive producer at newly formed Fix, a division of Comma Music, has a job many would kill for. She introduces popular established and up-...
RIVET PRESIDENT YVONNE FURTH announced she will retire from the agency Aug. 31 after 26 years with Draft/Chicago, Rivet's parent company. Lor Gold, also from Draft who for...
A spot campaign from a Milwaukee agency officially launched Chicago's first independent digital intermediate service?No Lo Digital Film, located in a lofty art gallery in River ...
JOE SWANBERG and FRANK V. ROSS are among the filmmakers featured in the IFC Center's two-week series "The New Talkies: Generation DIY," running Aug. 22 to Sept. 4 at the histori...
Cutters' Christopher Gotschall edited the three Time Warner Cable services commercials that won a record total of 10 Silver Telly Awards for agency Mobium Creative Group. The...
WHO SHE IS: Makeup artist and talent coordinator Kathy Durkin teamed with photographer Markus Giolas' Real Talent agency two years ago this month. WHAT IT IS: Growing at 50 ...
Mark Ohlsen's LRS, Chicago's largest audio studio specializing in foreign languages, has a roster of 265 foreign-speaking voiceovers, who can deliver 30 different languages?from...
Considered one of the biggest and best cultural events of the year, the 13th annual Black Harvest International Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center will run virtually the en...
Running on a pledge to reinvigorate the Illinois Production Alliance and expand its activities to a larger constituency, film and television producer Sandy Gordon was unanimousl...
RIVET PRESIDENT YVONNE FURTH announced she will retire from the agency Aug. 31 after 26 years with Draft/Chicago, Rivet's parent company. Lor Gold, also from Draft who fo...
