Bill Hogan Jr., long-time leader of Teamsters Local 714, whose members are movie industry vehicle drivers, has been cited as a focus in the investigation of Chicago Teamst...
Two local feature docs head up an expanded presence for documentaries at the 13th Annual IFP/ Chicago Filmmakers Conference that begins Thursday, Oct. 21."The heightened pr...
Record label Sonic Wave International cements its expansion into visual media with the completion of its first documentary, "Ancient India Today," being shopped to the Tra...
Man-Sung Son of SMS Productions said the 35mm feature he's producing, "Missed It," could shoot here or in Columbus next January.Director Brian Southers has secured locations...
If you've always wanted a peek inside the homes of morning radio DJ's Mancow Muller of Q101 or Mike North of The Score, your chance is here, via the celebrity house tour s...
Writer/director Catherine Crouch reunites with "Stray Dogs" star Guinevere Turner ("Go Fish") for Crouch's sophomore feature "Metamora," a horror pic she described as "a l...
Three Hollywood stars from Chicago will be honored at Showtime's 8th annual Black Perspectives "Homecoming Celebration" Saturday, Oct. 16 at Thorne Auditorium. Honorees ar...
A new independent feature, "PS," starring Laura Linney and written and directed by Dylan Kidd, kicks off the Oct. 21-24 IFP/Chicago Independent Filmmakers Conference at th...
When it came time for Panasonic's consumer division to deliver on its agreement to supply new images for its multi-screen Panasonic display at Abt Electronics' giant appli...
Mayor Daley and Alderman Bernard L. Stone at a recent City Council meeting introduced an ordinance to fund CAN TV that will help close the funding gap caused by the failure of c...
Production house Tri-Marq Communications, Inc. has joined forces with new Milwaukee post and effects outfit Backlot Imaging, Inc. to offer a combined range of services inc...
"DIRTY WORK," a feature from Jennifer Vincent's Blue Horseshoe Productions, is in postproduction with Sharon Zurek editing. Award- winning Bruce Terris ("Flying") co-wrote...
Call it the battle of the big agencies shooting it out for honors at the recent second annual Chicago Creative Club Awards show. Four big agencies won 29 of the 32 categories o...
Leading local industry speakers combine with professors of prestigious universities to bring new thinking and global overviews to Advertising That Works, a three-day conference ...
Business film scriptwriter Catherine Rategan interviews Eric Anderson, a 34-year-old screenwriter and graphic designer who lives in Oak Park. He was a semi-finalist in th...
Carpentersville filmmaker Michael Lansu is taking a more personal approach to "Resurrection Mary," the followup to his 2002 debut feature "Boo! The Movie."Lansu loosely base...
Two Home and Garden reality shows will shoot their entire 26-episode seasons here beginning in January, pending budgetary approval between HGTV and production company Pie ...
Filip K. Rymsza is repping Warsaw, Poland 35mm blowup facility Digital Lab, which offers HD to 35mm Arri-LASER transfers starting at $250/minute, along with a variety of d...
Writer/Producer L. Pat Williams' SerpentWise Films is halfway to financing its $5 million horror movie "10,000 Doors" to shoot here next year."We've got $2.5 million in escr...
One of the films was made in India and one of the directors lives in L.A., but with 12 films ? four features and eight shorts ‐ either made in Chicago, by a local dir...
