CROSSROADS IS PRODUCING the latest batch of Illinois Lottery commercials ? a package of three ? for DDB/executive producer Joel Goldsmith. Crossroads' Chuck Bennett...
BBDO Chicago is gearing up for a new creative regime, it appears ? and most likely a new business blast ? with the arrival of the not inconsiderable talents of Marty Orzio...
Catfish Music partner Joel Raney After nearly a year of construction, Catfish Music's new $150,000 studio is finally finished. New Studio B features a control room with "f...
By Dan Page REELCHICAGO.COM Music Editor Imagine showing up for work in the morning at Madison Square Garden with Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Yo-Yo Ma, Eminem, ...
"Open House" cinematographer Yasu Tanida shoots rigged to a moving car with the Panasonic AG-DVX100.When Gregory Burnett had a freelance assignment for ABC's "24/7" document...
Los Angeles?Film and TV activity rebounded strongly in the second half of 2002 with record television ad buys and a record box office combining to bring action to...
Hip-hop duo Giant's music video was produced for a $2,300 budget. A video for Chicago rap duo Giant's new single "Good Stuff" is slated to begin airing nat...
Trailers and short promos are the standard formats used to intrigue investors into funding full-blown versions of the proposed indie film. The Squid Broth...
Citing the need for "a little more room" to accommodate its expanded rental and equipment systems, Program Productions moved into 10,000-sq. ft. space at another Lombard l...
Moviebytes' Frederick Mensch of Palatine. Palatine screenwriter and computer programmer Frederick Mensch set out in 1997 to address an information gap that was frust...
Like a lot of young boys his age, Gary Foreman was captivated by the rugged boldness of Fess Parker as "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone," and ultima...
Co-cinematographer Ron Forsythe (left) and director Bernard Rose (top) on the set of "ivans Xtc.," which is up for four Independent Spirit Awards. While Hollywo...
Swell's new editor, Nadia Hennrich, was originally recruited to the U.S. by Detroit's Blue Highway, after it made a search of European editors and deemed her the ideal can...
Visitors to Chicago who want to attend a Chicago theatre production can simply place a finger on a computer touch screen. It will display the venue of their...
Chicago Filmmakers is experimenting with a "Salon Series" of new informal discussions with experts on various subjects to supplement its slate of production courses. The se...
Eight improv pros are walking past walls of floor-to-ceiling head shots, peering at the pictures, recognizing faces, occasionally putting a shot on the wall labeled "Y...
Writer/director/star Jeff Daniels sets up a shot for "Super Sucker," now in theaters. "You tell me why people didn't go," "Super Sucker" executive producer Bob Brown la...
"It's great to be working on something more meaningful than vegetable peelers," said Angle Park producer Martin Baumgaertner about the job that sent them throughout Chicag...
Kevin Spacey won the 2000 CFCA Best Actor award for "American Beauty" Hollywood comes to Chicago a month before the Oscars to honor the winners of 2002's best in ...
