WHO HE IS: Kudo Tsunoda, VP/general manager and executive producer Electronic Arts?Chicago branch. He's been with EA, a $2.6 billion global operation, since 2003. He oversee...

Filmmaker Hurt McDermott is editing "Black Mail," the first film in his two-picture deal for executive producer Andrzej Krukowski's Akru Productions. In development is the m...

Louis Antonelli was 12 years old and an amateur photographer when he first met KISS guitarist Paul Stanley. It was 1974 and KISS was appearing at a Mt. Prospect record store. ...

TWO KODAK VETERANS have taken advantage of Kodak's tempting early retirement package and will leave the company Jan. 31. Regional marketing and sales manager J.J. Johnsto...

WHO HE IS: Composer Rob "Diggy" Morrison's 2004 remix score for Beyonc? Knowles' phenomenally popular dance tune "Crazy in Luv" garnered him Grammy certification, awarded to tho...

Thanks to State Rep. Ken Dunkin, Eric Monte, co-creator of "Good Times" and writer of "Cooley High," has returned to Chicago after living a riches-to-rags story in Hollywood tha...

Mark Hogan, Local 476's newly elected business manager/secretary treasurer is determined to accomplish important objectives to benefit the membership and the overall film indust...

THE QUEEN OF DAYTIME is headed for primetime. Oprah's Harpo Productions sold two reality shows to ABC, the first time she's attached her name to a weekly primetime series. ...

Chicago's postproduction landscape again seismically changes with the Dec. 15 sale of Mike Fayette's old-line Post Effects to Jeff Bohnson's techno-savvy AnswersMedia broadcast ...

Alex LeMay's personal bullfighting documentary, "The Bulls of Suburbia," was picked up for worldwide video distribution by Echelon Entertainment, which will release it Dec. 19 t...

TADEO GARCIA and JESSE RODRIGUEZ of Iconoclast Films are in development on the immigration drama feature "Rebel Yell." They're seeking a screenwriter to develop a script fr...

Adam Marton figures he's been in a dozen new business meetings during his first two weeks as Filmmakers Club's new executive producer. After a decade as executive producer ...

The second installment of TeamWorks Media's hip-hop PSA campaign for the Big Ten Conference premiered nationally last week during Big Ten Men's Basketball Games. The c...

National Assn. of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has announced revisions to its national guidelines, which outline subjects to consider for production companies and age...

COMPOSER ELLIOT DELMAN scored two Crate and Barrel spots, one a lifestyle story with vintage-like music and the other a contemporary track. Delman played or programmed all the ...

Putting aside the sonic boom resulting from Wal-Mart's abrupt decision to end its business with DraftFCB before it began, broadcast production chief Michael Davis is very upbeat...

Malik Bader's debut feature "Street Thief" will get a cable and DVD release early next spring from A&E Indie Films, which co-produced and released hit documentaries "Jesus Camp...

One of the most delightful things about the Pilsen neighborhood is the BomBon Bakery, 1508 W. 18th St., whose confections are what sweet tooth daydreams are made of. Cookies, c...

"Cold War," the first documentary initiated by the fledgling Keepman Film Capital, goes into production in January. "It's about the absurd conflict between Ithaca, New York a...

CRIME FICTION, produced by the recent University of Chicago grads of Crime Fiction Pictures, has its world premiere in the 13th Annual Slamdance Film Festival, running Jan. 18-2...