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Startoons founder, Animaniacs director McClenahan speaks at Columbia College

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 1, 2003

Startoons founder Jon McClenahan directed the new German feature "Jester Till."Jon McClenahan, founder of the now-defunct Chicago animation studio Startoons, is back in town?spe...

Emmy winner travels with Indian tribe as embedded filmmaker on doc

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 1, 2003

Emmy winner James Fortier was the Muckleshoot Tribe's ?embedded filmmaker' for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey.James Fortier spent 14 days last July shooting out of a canoe, tr...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 11/19/03

Nov 19, 2003

POST PEOPLE PRODUCE INDIE. Former Lakeshore Production colleagues, I-Cubed producer Samantha Steveson and freelance editor Gregory Poulimas, started shooting their indie feature...

From ‘Bounce’ to Albee to ‘Samurai’

Nov 19, 2003

By Jonathan Abarbanel Comedian Richard Kind joked about his Jeff Awards. Accepting his award as outstanding actor in a musical, at the 35th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards,...

Bader Brothers’ film captures genuine criminal life

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 19, 2003

The Bader Brothers went deep into the criminal world to make a film that was true to the life of a professional burglar."We've always liked the crime genre but we'd never seen a...

Bilingual thriller produced for under $100,000 shoots entirely in Chicago area this month

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 19, 2003

"To Kill a Killer" director Ricardo Islas and DP Joe Passarelli on location in Indiana.Uruguayan horror director Ricardo Islas has a distinctive strategy to reach both Anglo and...

Shallcross-James’ “Uncle Nino” heads
for Dec. 5 Michigan screenings

Nov 19, 2003

Veteran actor Pierrino Mascarino plays the title role in "Uncle Nino." December 5 will be an important day for "Uncle Nino's" writer/director Bob Shallcross and producer Davi...

Discovery Health medical series taping new shows at U of C hospitals for 2004

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 19, 2003

Discovery Health's reality series "Chicago's Lifeline" shoots through next year.Discovery Health Network's award-winning reality series, "Chicago's Lifeline," is augmenting its ...

Walking Shadows gears up for
‘post-contemporary’ Macbeth film

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 19, 2003

Walking Shadows partners Kirk Sanders (left) and Jon GauntOn the verge of finishing "Broken Echoes," the film they intend to put them on the map, Walking Shadows Productions is ...

Up and Down the Avenue – 11/19/03

Nov 19, 2003

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. Stev...

Texas TV tycoon Mark Bunting buys
Orbis with goal of ?growing it bigger’

Nov 19, 2003

TV star and producer Mark Bunting is Orbis' new owner. For the third time in its 20 year history, Orbis Broadcasting has been sold ? this time to an individual with ties to C...

Film Critics suspend awards show; call screeners ban “boneheaded idea”

Nov 19, 2003

The house lights are out on the what would have been the 16th annual Chicago Film Critics Awards. The critics voted 4-1 to suspend the show in protest of the ban on sending pre...

Collective industry voice is urged to defeat new added tax on rentals

Nov 15, 2003

Essanay's Wayne Kubacki stresses the urgency for the industry to raise its collective voice to help defeat a disastrous tax increase if the County Board passes it at a Dec. 9 vo...

Cook County wants more tax dollar$$$

Nov 11, 2003

Seemingly since time immemorial, the film industry has requested, begged, petitioned and agitated for relief from the city's burdensome 6% transactional tax on equipment. To no...

Cullen, Daly buy back their Tape
Company from bankrupt Daisytek

Nov 11, 2003

The Tape Company founders Bob Daly and Mike Cullen took their company private from publicly traded Daisytek. The Tape Company is again operating as a private company in the h...

Two Voices Unlimited actors win
top Jeff awards for theatre roles

Nov 11, 2003

Singer, voiceover Joyce (Peaches) Faison won her first Jeff award as best actress in a principal role-musical. Mark Grapey and Joyce (Peaches) Faison, two actors signed with ...

Ford Models purchase of Aria Talent
creates city’s biggest talent agency

Nov 11, 2003

Former Aria co-owner Marie Anderson is now general manager of the new agency. When Ford Models' bookers tried to woo away her models last April, Aria co-owner Marie Anderson ...

Stewart Talent’s Maureen Brookman dies after contracting West Nile virus

Nov 11, 2003

Complications from West Nile disease caused the death of Stewart Talent's film/TV director Maureen Brookman Nov. 4. Mrs. Brookman contracted the disease 13 months ago when a mo...

Looking for a few good men

Nov 11, 2003

The Dept. of Homeland Security isn't keeping it a secret that it's recruiting new agents for the U.S. Secret Service. Latinos are the targets in four, national 30-sec...

Silvershooters.com reps ad pros to
fill 22 different creative needs

Nov 11, 2003

Animatics, art direction, illustrations and storyboards are some of the 22 creative categories. Music composer Gary Fry hasn't disappeared from the business. He and many oth...

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Field Notes to host Film Festival at Music Box Theatre

Chicago is front and center in Ironheart trailer

Chicago’s Pope gets the billboard treatment from Old National Bank

Startoons founder, Animaniacs director McClenahan speaks at Columbia College

Emmy winner travels with Indian tribe as embedded filmmaker on doc

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 11/19/03

From ‘Bounce’ to Albee to ‘Samurai’

Bader Brothers’ film captures genuine criminal life

Bilingual thriller produced for under $100,000 shoots entirely in Chicago area this month

Shallcross-James’ “Uncle Nino” heads
for Dec. 5 Michigan screenings

Discovery Health medical series taping new shows at U of C hospitals for 2004

Walking Shadows gears up for
‘post-contemporary’ Macbeth film

Up and Down the Avenue – 11/19/03

Texas TV tycoon Mark Bunting buys
Orbis with goal of ?growing it bigger’

Film Critics suspend awards show; call screeners ban “boneheaded idea”

Collective industry voice is urged to defeat new added tax on rentals

Cook County wants more tax dollar$$$

Cullen, Daly buy back their Tape
Company from bankrupt Daisytek

Two Voices Unlimited actors win
top Jeff awards for theatre roles

Ford Models purchase of Aria Talent
creates city’s biggest talent agency

Stewart Talent’s Maureen Brookman dies after contracting West Nile virus

Looking for a few good men

Silvershooters.com reps ad pros to
fill 22 different creative needs

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