The eighth Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival returns July 28 with its largest selection of films yet and its first-ever award. "We have more films this year than e...

Former Illinois Film Office deputy director Bob Hudgins joined Resolution Digital Studios as facilities manager, reporting to general manager John Kavanagh. RDS sales direct...

McDonald's/Leo Burnett promotes an expanded Happy Meal Menu in a combination animation and live action spot produced by Radar. Radar's Don Hoeg directed the live action at Es...

The largest loan in the three years of state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka's Lights, Cameras, Illinois! loan program was approved for the production of a feature that starts filmi...

Schaumburg interactive media specialists bmedia are making a dramatic move into TV and film production, with animated and live-action series and several independent features in ...

Little kids are going to love "Jack's Big Music Show" from a talented Chicago team when it bows Sept. 12 on Noggin, the network division of Nickelodeon aimed at preschoolers. ...

Patrick Read Johnson's teenage visits to the visual effects stages of "Stars Wars" and "Close Encounters" launched him on a 20-year career as Hollywood effects technician and st...

Veteran agency production executive Monna O'Brien was named president of Swell, one of the city's top six post houses, owner Mike Topel announced. O'Brien spent 19 years wit...

The original speed filmmaking contest, the 48 Hour Film Project in July offers Chicago filmmakers the chance to compete for slots in two national competitions: the 48 Hour Film ...

"PRISON BREAK" has broken out in full-scale shooting of 12 episodes of the Fox TV series at Joliet prison and Chicago locations. The series stars Dominic Purcell and Stacy Keac...

SCOTT GRENKE of Beverly Hills/Chicago-based West Bridge Entertainment wrapped second unit shooting in Cary in late June on his sci-fi comedy "Space Daze 2." The picture star...

Lee Facklis, CEO of Show Department, Inc., accepts 2005 ICNC Company of the Year Award for its "exceptional growth to the area and produced a positive impact on the Kinzie Corri...

Carmen Mormino was in rehearsals to play the devil in David Mamet's play "Bobby Gould in Hell" in North Hollywood when the lead actress dropped out. Vagabond Players Theatre...

HURT McDERMOTT has taken home another screenplay award for the dystopian thriller "Nightingale in a Music Box," which he wrote and directed, the first feature for the distinguis...

Charles F. Larimer aims to bring his great-great grandparents' Civil War experiences to big and small screens with "Love and Valor," his "documentary/art film" now in production...

Director Dan Halperin and his producing partner Carey Lundin have set a late summer target date to start shooting their $3.5 million Stuart Dybek adaptation "Sweet Home Chicago....

The hour-long version of Bob Hercules of Media Process Group and Cheri Pugh's documentary "Forgiving Dr. Mengele" is back in production since obtaining a total of $26,000 in fin...

Oprah's Harpo Productions has purchased the former Peter Elliott studios cater-corner from Harpo at 1115 W. Washington St., the studio confirmed. The 17,000-sq. ft. producti...

Yuri Rutman, producer of 2001's "Mr. Id," is back with a slate of four to six features in a $10 million offering that he says is guaranteed to at least break even. Rutman mod...

The Dead Spots Society put the great but unsung spots of Cramer/Krasselt's Andrew Gall on a CD, which was cause for celebration. Hit "more" to see photos of the event.