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 ...
Arturo by Dennis Manarchy Photographer Dennis Manarchy pulled out all stops to dramatically capture partners Arturo Cubacub and Mark Adler, and new colorist Mark Ma...
Bill Reis Spots BME's Bruce Frankel is reaching out to the community in an effort to financially assist the 17-year old son of the late audio engineer, Bill Reis. ...
Still from "Tryst Watch" Happily basking in the glow of its Oscar-nominated "Stubble Trouble" in 2001, Calabash animators are back at the drawing board with two more...
Local AFTRA elected Dick Kay to the national board and 14 other members to board membership, out of 263 total voted ballots. Representing freelance actors/announcers, model...
Filmmakers Peter Craig and Rachel Craig At 25, Peter Craig is a man with a past.?Back in eighth grade, the Quincy, Illinois?native directed his first short film t...