Columbia College Arts Management grad students Jason Stephens and (Ms.) Jacky Lewkovich have flung "The Independent Moviemaker Challenge" to Chicago's creative community to part...

An estimated 150 school and college students demonstrated March 28 outside the Leo Burnett building at Wacker and Dearborn, protesting the agency's "Army of One" ad campaign, wh...

For more than five years, Tom Fletcher has tirelessly promoted high definition and watched the market for the high-end digital technology expand, albeit, more slowly than origin...

If Mayor Daley were outraged over the filming of "Chicago" in Toronto, can you imagine his sputter over the filming of "Wicker Park" in Montreal? The mayor's ire might grow e...

Manning Productions' senior editor Chris McKay is preparing to direct his second feature. Production of suspense thriller, "Light," is scheduled for summer, with a budget of "u...

IFP/Chicago 2003 Production Fund winner Karen Friedberg holds a benefit for her film, "King of the Tango," to raise additional finishing funds not covered by the IFP's $85,000 ...

If Chicago Studio City is sold before the July start date, "Barber Shop 2" could be filmed in in Los Angeles. "Of course, we'd try to find another place in Chicago," said lin...

WATCH FOR "SAUDI ARABIA, a Complicated Ally," a special presentation of A&E to run almost immediately from Kurtis Productions. Bill Kurtis, Post Effects' producers Scott Jacobs...

A scene from Giraffe's comedy PSA for ASHA Last year, however, partner Eric Goldstein and Tory Sheehan of Minneapolis quietly opened their Giraf...

Perhaps the only thing richer than the 5.1 Surround Sound of the recent HDTV Grammy awards telecast is the chorus of praise that the shows' producers have been hearing since the...

By Ruth L Ratny Martial arts superstar Ho-Sung Pak, known to combat fiends, stars in the fantasy "Book of Swords" Man Sung Son's fast-paced martial arts movie, "Bo...

Nomadic Pictures' Tod Lending Tod Lending makes no little plans. The socially-minded filmmaker is embarking on a three-year, $900,000 documentary that will have national PB...

Nomadic Pictures' Tod Lending Tod Lending makes no little plans. The socially-minded filmmaker is embarking on a three-year, $900,000 documentary that will have national ...

DAVE CARLSON'S Bucktown Pictures has formed a strategic alliance with sales rep Tom Buyssler's Hi Road Productions, with an eye towards expanding its commercial work. Bucktown ...

Retail expert Shirley Feldmann with stuffed Serta sheep promoted in one of the spots Retail expert Shirley Feldmann spent five months producing and directing one of the bigge...