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...
While big studios routinely sell their clips to stock footage houses, the deal between Getty Images and Grooters Productions of Holland, Michigan is considered to be the largest...
The historic merger of two big agencies, DraftWorldwide and FCB, to form a giant shop under the Interpublic Group umbrella, has also created one huge production department. ...
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. ...
WHO SHE IS: Melissa Cutlip, a director of development at Towers Productions since 2004. HOW SHE VIEWS HER JOB: "To come up with ideas that will become commissioned projects t...
The holidays couldn't be happier for Kelli Bixler and her Bix Pix Entertainment. The Chicago stop motion/clay animation company, located in L.A. since last May, has an ABC speci...
The number of 30-second national production declined in 2005, as many costs did, according to the 19th annual American Assn. of Advertising Agencies' (4As) study of 2005 costs,...
