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,...
Filmworkers Club is the first Chicago facility to acquire four Autodesk systems that enables the post house to keep pace with the growing demand for high resolution services. ...
At Jerry's Sandwiches & Deli, 1045 W. Madison, you get more than 100 delicious options to chose from, or you can create your own from the plethora of ingredients. My fave is ...
CHRIS NICHOLS of Wishbox Media is in postproduction on "Diacritical," a feature about identity theft. Nichols wrote and directed, and is producing with Cyn Dulay ("Holla If You ...
Hadrian's Wall has come down in the best way possible. Hot Toronto creative agency Zig purchased majority interest in the feisty, five year-old Chicago boutique, effective Nov....
Neil Kocsis' directorial debut, the comedy feature "Sketch," is the first co-production between David Miller's Mindlight Films and his wife Michelle De Long's Mimi Productions. ...
Director Jim Sikora ("Bullet on a Wire") has started post-production on "The Earl," adapted by Brett Neveu from Neveu's own acclaimed stage play. "The Earl" premiered in a ...
Sound man Tom Beach's screenwriting career is getting a big boost, with a multi-million dollar feature in the can, a short attracting accolades on the festival circuit, and a ha...
"Look at the jumping jolt of java," excitedly says "race announcer" Tom Test as three animated Dunkin' Donuts breakfast characters race to score in the ultimate in branded enter...
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN in the person of Paul Giamatti when the Vince Vaughn starrer "Fred Claus" starts shooting here Jan. 7 for a full month. Vaughn plays Santa's...
Filmworkers Club is the first Chicago facility to acquire four Autodesk systems that enables the post house to keep pace with the growing demand for high resolution services. ...
As George Romero shoots his latest zombie film, "Diary of the Dead," Rusty Nails is recording the process for his ongoing feature documentary, "Dead On: The Life and Work of Geo...
When the mood me hits for a full switch to another country, the madness of Devon Avenue is the perfect place to get lost. The Ravi Kebab House, 2447 W. Devon Ave., an Indian...
TOM BEACH wrote the screenplay for Simon Rumley's "The Handyman," which won best short at the Sitges International Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain. "Monte Hellman [?The G...
