DePaul University has put its resources behind "a motion picture company first and a classroom second" by launching a bona fide indie production company with the dual goal...

"Trading Spaces'" Ty Penningtonin in a Craftsman tools spot for Sears and Steve Dragin was cameraman.

What made waiting for the phone call from Project Greenlight so nerve wracking for director Scott Smith, who was waiting to hear whether he was still in the game, "was tha...

Waukegan holds its first 24h/7min Film Event over July 4th, in which 10 filmmaking teams race to complete a 7-minute film in 24 consecutive hours, starting at 9 a.m. Satur...

Fletcher Chicago became part of national history when its small, unobtrusive robotic cameras were used as part of the international coverage of President Ronald Reagan's f...

Reel Wheels continues to roll under the new ownership of Kevin Footlik who took possession June 1 of the company and equipment of the late Pete Souchuk, who was killed in ...

Filmmaker Aleksandra Hodowany (right) is Miriam, a nervous actress whom Thea Emily Nelson as Cupcake interviews on her first day on the job as talent agent in the spoof of...

"RUNAWAY DIVAS," Monika Szewerniak and Aleksandra Hodowany's locally made feature-length modeling industry satire has its world premiere Friday, July 30-Aug. 5 at the Gene...

MOVIEMAKING AT THE MUSEUM. A tremendous amount of work went into "Action: An Adventure in Moviemaking," the exhibit at the The Museum of Science & Industry. Presented by B...

Local 476 is taking action against Paramount to lift its hiring ban against the two white union members who allegedly perpetrated racial harassment against an African-Amer...

by Ed M. Koziarski This is the second of a two-part report. BEACON ENTERTAINMENT INC. 5125 Blodgett, Ste. 218, Downer's Grove Joel David Swiney, 630/663-9956 Based in Downer's...

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 1971. Now ...

Mutual respect and a working relationship and friendship over a dozen years resulted in new Airstream Audio, the creative post facility of award-winning engineer David Axe...

It took Leah Elder less than a New York minute to land a job in L.A. as assistant to the producer of a new TV show, "LAX." Elder, daughter of Luminair's Beth and George Elder, ...

South Sider Ozzie Guillen of the White Sox (left) squares off against North Sider Dusty Baker of the Cubs for the best Subway sandwich. Each believes the sandwich he made is ...