Catherine Crouch is set to follow up her debut feature, "Stray Dogs," with the lesbian military drama "Half Life."Set during the first Gulf War, "Half Life" is a love stor...
Armed with a shoestring budget, a 24P DV camera and a vision of the world's end, Nathyn Brendan Masters is out to make a Christian, low-budget answer to "The Matrix."The stone-f...
JWT wins the $12 million Illinois Tourism account, resigned last year by BBDO. Indie film and spot producer Tim Sabo moved to L.A. to pursue a feature/TV career. SAG/AFTR...
Veteran L.A. producer-director William Gref? will show clips demonstrating how he created scenes for his low-budget films, vs. how much money Hollywood would have spent for the ...
Lapiz Integrated Hispanic Marketing topped the seven Chicago winners who were among the 68 U.S. winners of top prize Golden Statuette winners in the recent 2003 Mobius Advertisi...
Chicago filmmakers were among the nearly 1,000 persons who flocked to Washington D.C. DATE for the 6th annual Real Screen Summit conference, presented by the publisher of "Board...
Hardy souls braved freezing temperatures to attend a series of IFP/Midwest-sponsored screenings at Columbia College that presented films in 15 candidates vying for this year's I...
Producer Steven A. Jones threatened to throw the negative of John McNaughton's horror movie "The Borrower" into the river to force the bond company to pay the back wages owed to...
EQUIPMENT EXPANSION. SMS Equipment Rentals acquired three Panasonic SDX900 camera packages "that are positioned under HD for people who can't handle an HD budget," says owner Ma...
Handheld Films is breaking from principal photography on its $500,000 sci-fi thriller "Lost Girls" to shop the work in progress at the American Film Market held in L.A. this m...
New Theater Collective's expansion into film is in full swing, with two projects in production.Natalie Berning's DV feature "Equinox" shoots weekends in Wisconsin from now thro...
With his first horror movie "Short Cut Road" in stores, Marc Selz is in the final weeks of post on his follow-up, "Unaware." The HD "Unaware" is a step up from the no-budget ...
Famous regional stars of regional animated films and commercials will highlight the 2004 Midwest Animators Conference April 23-24 at the Double Trees Guest Suites in Downers Gro...
The highly touted Task Force for the film industry that DCEO director Jack Lavin assured would help lead filmmaking to new heights has been named. As a matter of fact, two week...
Everyone knows the commercial production industry is big, but how big didn't hit home until the new AICP survey spotlighted its immense size. According to the survey, di...
Veteran L.A. producer-director William Grefe' will show clips demonstrating how he created scenes for his low-budget films, vs. how much money Hollywood would have spent for the...
"BARBER SHOP 2" BENEFIT MAKES THE CUT. Columbia College alums and "Barber Shop 2" producers George Tillman (left) and Bob Teitel (third from left) join college president Dr. War...
Executive director Rebekah Cowing will leave IFP/Chicago after four years, and the IFO's Bob Hudgins now heads IFP's new board of directors. After nearly four years at IFP...
Radio Ridge Productions is gearing up for a year of growth to follow up several major expansions in the past year."We're in the midst of a major drive toward new business develo...
Freelance editor Ryan Koscielniak has a plan to turn his passion for travel into a concept he can sell to television. Through his RyBred Films, he is producing the TV pilot "24...
