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By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004

KYLE HARRIS of Liberty Movies shoots the first third of his experimental narrative feature "The Patriarchs" Aug. 7-25. The first section follows a romance between an olde...

New full-service Bird’s-Eye Media set to produce TV series, two features

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004

Less than a year after founding his full-service production company Bird's-Eye Media Inc., Mark A. Besozzi has a TV series and two features lined up for summer and fall. ...

Leigh Jones busy producing five films; “Nightingale” signs with producer’s rep

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004

Half a year after leaving Bucktown Pictures, independent producer Leigh Jones is keeping a high profile with five films and an educational video series in various stages o...

Local producers shoot HD doc footage for Phish’s Aug. 2 concert airing on PBS

Jul 26, 2004

By having been in the right place at the right time, Wiggle Puppy Productions' director Mark Krieglstein and producer Sara Yule were hired to provide the documentary footage tha...

To keep pace with demand, Zacuto Rentals adds more HD camera packages, accessories

Jul 26, 2004

A hot new HD/SD Firewire Recorder is part of the $150,000 in equipment just added to Zacuto Rentals to keep pace with an increased demand. "We upped the number of all prod...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 07/26/04

Jul 26, 2004

IN PRODUCTION. "Batman: The Intimidation Game" rolls into town July 26 for three weeks ? "The Amityville Horror," directed by Andrew Douglas starts shooting Aug. 2 at loca...

Up & Down the Avenue – 07/26/04

Jul 26, 2004

Jennifer Aniston will be "Derailed," starring opposite Clive Owen in the Miramax Films feature based on James Siegel's best-selling novel, as reported exclusively in ReelChicago...

Post Effects upgrades entire facility, alters staff to become a new company

Jul 26, 2004

The times, they are a'changing, and nowhere is this more apparent than in post houses where new technology is affecting change. Venerable, 20-year old Post Effects is one...

Capital campaign underway to fund Victory Gardens’ purchase of Biograph

Jul 26, 2004

Lawrence Edwards, owner and operator of the Biograph Theater for more than three decades, has sold the historic film house to Victory Gardens Theater. Victory Gardens wil...

Johnson’s “Star Wars” homage shoots in August; Pantoliano, Fisher, Lloyd to co-star

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004

Patrick Read Johnson starts production in late August on his autobiographical coming of age story "5-25-77," set on the day "Star Wars" was released.Joe Pantoliano and Carri...

Chicago/Minnesota HD romantic feature in local premiere at Black Harvest Festival

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004

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 romance "Strang...

John Storyk designed Vagabond Audio to assure ‘clients hear the mix, not the room’

Jul 26, 2004

After graduating from Full Sail, engineer Drew Weir had the opportunity to intern with famous studio architect John Storyk's New York firm. Years later, Weir hired Walter...

West Chicago house edits L.A. feature

Jul 26, 2004

Hollywood reached out to West Chicago-based Syntax Media to edit a feature called "Working Title," written and directed by Robert Foreman and John Norton of Westbridge Ent...

Central City Studios to rise as 5-stage complex on 11 acre former dump site

Jul 20, 2004

The on-again, off-again Central City X Studios is back on again with a vengeance. The Community Development Commission gave a stamp of approval Tuesday to a plan to build...

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