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L.A. editor D’Andre to Red Car here

Jan 16, 2004

Red Car editor Marc D'Andre wanted a change from L.A. and let it be known around the water cooler that he was looking to move. "Somebody heard me and the next thing I kne...

Prime Shorts celebrates first year
with Best of 2003 at Film Center

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 16, 2004

Xan Aranda recalls the "sad thrill" of seeing short films she loved at Sundance and other festivals."The life of a short film can be so fleeting," she said. "I wanted to be...

Personal doc on a ’30s German Jewish school to air on national PBS in May

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 16, 2004

Rudolph Caplan was staying overnight in an infirmary on the night after Kristallnacht in November 1938 when Nazis raided his school and shipped all the male students over ...

Partners Paoli and Halihan back from L.A. to make dramatic short film here

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 16, 2004

The Chicago expatriates of Soul Mate Pictures are back in town this January to make the company's third film, "Rain Today."Directed by veteran stuntman Carl Paoli ("Minority...

Four-figure “Nightingale” one of 12 features competing at Slamdance

Jan 16, 2004

Among the many Chicagoans at Park City, Utah this week is Leigh Jones. She's not at Sundance, however, but at Slamdance 2004, where the film she produced was one of 12 th...

Horror, heavy metal and art combine in feature, five years in production

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 7, 2004

Justin Baron is nearing the end of a five-year odyssey to complete his debut feature, "Peep Show."Baron began shooting the 16mm film shortly after he graduated from Columbia...

Chicago director’s Indian feature garners international acclaim

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 7, 2004

Chicago filmmaker Satish Menon walked across a stage in New York a few weeks ago and received an award from fellow Indian expatriate Salman Rushdie. The renowned novelist...

Writer raises idea of converting County Hospital into film production center

Jan 7, 2004

Lerner newspaper columnist Ed Schwartz is promoting the idea that the old Cook County Hospital, that County Board president John Stroger is just itching to demolish, could...

Monthly DVD and CD releases of short films/music are free, thanks to ads

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 7, 2004

Rich Seng wants to be an underground media mogul and he could be well on his way with his new concept: Cherry Bomb, free, monthly DVD compilations of film shorts and music...

In expectation of its first TV series, TeamWorks expands facility, staff

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 7, 2004

When Chicago Bull Jay Williams visited the United Center in December, for the first time since his debilitating motorcycle injury last summer, TeamWorks Media was right th...

Turner, Altman and “The Company”

Jan 7, 2004

By Jan Lisa Huttner After a long professional acquaintance that began on an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," director Robert Altman and screenwriter Barbara Turner...

Moline’s Silver Oaks shoots 5-camera HD Christmas concert for PBS

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 7, 2004

Moline-based Silver Oaks Communications undertook an ambitious project for its first HD production: a five- camera shoot of the 14th Annual First Presbyterian Church Christ...

Heaven-ly film submissions sought

Jan 7, 2004

Wicker Park's Heaven Gallery ? the people responsible for the upcoming Z Film Festival ? is planning monthly screenings and seeks film/video submissions. The Jan. 10-1...

Two 10-Second Kellogg’s spots by Radar

Jan 7, 2004

Scooby Doo promos created by Radar's live action and CGI magic, a boy at breakfast pulls off a mask from a box to reveal Scooby Doo cereal in one and a cheese crackers box...

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