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FIDO Films wins bronze Telly for doc on history of presidents’ helicopters

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

A bronze telly went to FIDO Films and Mark McCarville's 19-minute documentary "HMX-1 55th Reunion," a segment of FIDO 's two-hour in-progress doc "Marine One," tracing the...

Borowski self-releasing “Holmes” doc on DVD; two other films in the works

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

John Borowski has self-released 1,000 signed and numbered DVDs of his hour-long documentary "H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer." It details the life and exploits...

Chicago the location next month for Seattle producer’s feature thriller

Jun 14, 2004

Seattle corporate producer Martin Whitehead is set to direct his feature debut here this July, the digital supernatural thriller "The Promise Keeper."Whitehead and his New Y...

Independent Film Production Update

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

STANDUP COMIC DARYL MOON wrapped production in early May on his feature directorial debut, the office war satire "The House of Water and Light." "Nicholas Prigge and I st...

SUBWAY SERIES.

Jun 14, 2004

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 ...

Up & Down the Avenue – 06/14/04

Jun 14, 2004

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, ...

Ace engineer David Axelbaum helms new Airstream Audio creative post

Jun 14, 2004

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...

Independent film production update

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 7, 2004

STANDUP COMIC DARYL MOON wrapped production in early May on his feature directorial debut, the office war satire "The House of Water and Light." "Nicholas Prigge and I started ...

TOP BRASS HONOR SILVER WINNER.

Jun 7, 2004

Bob Scarpelli, DDB Chicago chairman/DDB U.S. chief creative officer (third from left) receives congratulations on receiving the AAF Silver Medal Award from Dick Rogers, DDB pres...

Wage tax credit to end in January

Jun 5, 2004

The hard-won wage tax credit to benefit Illinois filmmaking will expire Jan. 1, 2005. The bill that would have extended the tax credit for an additional year never made it to a...

Music expert Joy Tillis tags the next scoring trend in spot music

May 31, 2004

Joy Tillis of WJOY Music is Chicago's leading music supervisor, or "search artist," as she calls it. For the past 12 years she has connected ad agencies' commercial music...

Producers set high school film contest to encourage creativity

May 31, 2004

Producer Rogelio Gazga's SPI-TV Media and Andres Lombana's Mas Communications have launched a high school film production contest to encourage kids, especially minorities, to "g...

A production assistants’ guide to the camera rental house

May 31, 2004

At the recent AICP-sponsored Production Assistants seminar at Essanay, Schumacher Camera general manager James Pope offered expert advice regarding responsibilities when pickin...

Griot filmmakers to make studio debut with Usher for MGM, will shoot here

By Ed M. Koziarski May 31, 2004

The filmmakers of Griot Filmworks will return to Chicago for their first major studio production when the MGM film, "Step in the Name of Love," shoots here later this year.Produ...

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