Optimus not only competed against thousands of the world's biggest and best broadcast designers at the 2006 Promax and BDA National and World Gold?it won big. Optimus took...
STORY teamed with Filmworkers Club for visual effects to produce a spot for Goodyear's new Eagle Response tires in which a silver sedan winds through a field of dreams. STORY...
More than 200 film professionals proclaimed last month's IPA Victory Party a rousing success. "We saw more new industry people than ever before and that indicates more inter...
The 99% organic Lake Side Caf?, 1418 W. Howard St., is the most darling spot in Rogers Park, my new favorite neighborhood, crammed onto a side street just a few blocks from the ...
Usama Alshaibi's return to his native Iraq after a 25-year absence forms the heart of his new feature documentary "Nice Bombs." "Nice Bombs" will have its world premiere as ...
Martin Scorsese was honored as "a master of the documentary form" at the fourth annual Silverdocs Film Festival held outside of Washington, D.C. and the large attendance indicat...
Two distinct groups of questions are being asked by those who followed this series with any level of interest. The first group wants to know about additional markets and ven...
Austin Powers' sidekick Mini Me touts the "Set for Life" game, with the biggest cash prizes in any promotion in Illinois Lottery history. The fast-paced "movie trailers" wer...
WHO SHE IS: Marie-Jo?lle "MJ" Rizk, sought-after DP and camera operator for TV, reality and medical shows, documentaries and narratives. TV shooting credits include "America...
The highly acclaimed Film Wisconsin incentives appear to be the best thing that could happen to? Illinois. About $78 million worth of movies that were interested in filming ...
Angle Park's Martin Baumgaertner has set out on one of the biggest and most ambitious projects of the many he's produced for the Field Museum?14 different videos for the museum'...
DALIA TAPIA is weeks away from closing a deal for domestic DVD distribution of her debut feature "Buscando a Leti" ("In Search of Leti"). A Pilsen school teacher and alum of ...
Thirteen new half-hour episodes of "Jack's Big Music Show," the inventive live music and puppet series, begins its second production season from early July through August at Pos...
THAT THE TAX INCENTIVE BOOSTS BUSINESS was evidenced during August 7-19 when six spot houses took advantage of Illinois' 20% film tax credit. Bi-coastal HSI produced for ...
Actor Vin Diesel dealt an unexpected blow to Chicago when he reportedly pulled out as the star of Accent Pictures' $30 million action-drama "Black Water Transit." It was due to...
The small spots with simple names are the ones that always snare me, e.g., The Latin Sandwich Caf?, 4009 N. Elston Ave., an unassuming Chilean restaurant. It's the kind...
Director Barbara Freeman's decision to leave her familiar office of 14 years wasn't an easy one. She could stay at 10 W. Hubbard St. by downsizing her space or staking out ...
Story executive producer Mark Androw produced the first commercial last month under the new 20% tax incentive?his 27th job utilizing the Illinois tax incentive to stretch increa...
Cinedigital of Madrid, Spain will release Kitchen Film Productions' microbudget gangster picture "Legit" on 400 screens throughout Spain this August. Cinedigital minimizes i...
"DRUNK BOAT" DIRECTOR Bob Meyers and DP Lisa Rinzler are due back in Chicago in July to color correct with I-Cubed's Mike Matusek. The indie film was filmed in Super 16 la...
