Series launches new production house

Jan 12, 2003
A new production company with "a healthy roster of clients" is bravely opening at a time when less intrepid producers are looking for another line of work.? Director Michae...
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First state-funded film wraps

Jan 12, 2003
Executive producer Brad Wells Cheeseburger Films' Brad Wells made history of a sort when the company's urban indie feature became the very first movie to be funded by...
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Stroke fatal to audio mixer Bill Reis

Jan 6, 2003
Bill Reis, considered to be Chicago's top audio mixer, died Jan. 1 of a stroke subsequent to what appeared to be successful heart surgery a week earlier at Highland Park hospi...
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Festivals sweet on Taradash’s

Jan 6, 2003
Editor Scott Taradash spent two years and close to $500,000 of his own money to produce "Honeyboy," a feature length doc about Chicago blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwardsby....
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SHORT TAKES

Jan 6, 2003
BARBIZON LIGHTING doubled its space to 4,000-sq. ft. and added much needed storage space when it moved last month to 2525 N. Elston from 2356 N. Damen. The new separate war...
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Three win Illinois screenwriting awards

Dec 12, 2002
Sandi Stevenson, from Libertyville, a part-time copywriter with Vance Publishing, a finance attorney Richard Kohn and his writing partner Brian Adler, an L.A. producer/directo...
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Sports celebs in commercial spotlight

Dec 12, 2002
Stars of DDB's new "Power of Cheese" campaign are baseball Hall of Famers Sparky Anderson and Johnny Bench, manager and former catcher of the Cincinnati Reds, respectively. ...
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