You have to admire Bill Whirity’s moxie. A college sophomore at the time, he produced a feature length comedy on a minescule budget, rented a neighborhood theatre for a
IFP/CHICAGO on April 10 presents Meet the Funders, a panel discussion with representatives of documentary funding agencies.
With Cleo Wilson of the Playboy Foundation, Encarnacion
WHO SHE IS: Documentary camera person Dana M. Kupper, an associate of Kartemquin Films.
She has taught the same camera seminar at Columbia College Chicago
JOHN PIERSON, the noted indie film rep will be in Chicago on a rare visit with equally notable local filmmaker Steve James, to tell their experiences filming “Reel Paradise” at
BUSY GUYS. Bob Teitel and George Tillman’s “Barbershop: The Series” will air this fall on Showtime, while HBO airs their “Soul of a Nation,” an exploration of
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.
PAULA FROEHLE is in production on her 2004 IFP/Chicago Production Fund-winning short “Up on the Rope.” Froehle is shooting on an elaborate set at Resolution Digital Studios, part of the
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
Minnesota filmmaker and Columbia College alumnus Steven J. Foley is returning to his native Chicago for the local premiere of his debut feature, the HD-cam
The Community Film Workshop of Chicago hasn’t been around as long as, say, Columbia College, but it sure has done its share of video training since it opened back in
Elizabeth Donius, whose experience strides indie films and TV docs, was named executive director of IFP/ Chicago by the board of directors after a three-month
Swell’s newest editor is Masayo Kaneko, who since 2001 was assistant editor in apprentice-like style under ace editor Ed Maroney. Originally from Kawasaki, Japan, Kaneko moved to the U.S.
A Chicago-made indie film screened at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival last week. “Boricua,” a story about a diverse array of characters living in
THE FOUNDATION OPENS. When his 10-year Red Car contract ended, editor James Lipinsky decided the time had come to go into business for
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 Independent Spirit Awards.
“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. Warrick Carter
Justin Baron is nearing the end of a five-year odyssey to complete his debut feature, “Peep Show.”
Baron began shooting the 16mm film shortly after he graduated
John Crededio wasn’t kidding about a lawsuit against the state’s representative, Brenda Sexton. He hired one of the city’s biggest legal guns to pursue his case.
Columbia College Arts Management grad students Jason Stephens and (Ms.) Jacky Lewkovich have flung “The Independent Moviemaker Challenge” to Chicago’s creative community to participate in a fast-paced, original collaboration of
Media Burn Archive is hosting the Guerrilla Television: The Revolutions of Early Independent Video Symposium – featuring newly-digitized works from the movement and offering a rare opportunity to discuss them
