Mauro’s short film wins top Vatican festival prize
WRITER/DIRECTOR LUCIA MAURO’S “In My Brother’s Shoes,” won “Best Short Film” in the prestigious ‘il Pesce d’ Argento’ (the Silver Fish) award
WRITER/DIRECTOR LUCIA MAURO’S “In My Brother’s Shoes,” won “Best Short Film” in the prestigious ‘il Pesce d’ Argento’ (the Silver Fish) award
My Sister Fred, the virtual agency led by a pair of former conventional agency creatives, went global
THE LATEST STAR to join the cast of Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” is Jennifer Hudson, who appears along with
MARK RUFFALO will receive the 2015 Renaissance Award from the Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC) of the Art Institute of
OLIVER PLATT (“The Big C”) is the latest lead actor to join the ensemble cast of
The advertising community gave generously to the Off the Street Club Holiday Luncheon, as demonstrated by their record-breaking contributions of over $570,000 raised exclusively through the
Agency organizers of the Off the Street Club’s Holiday Luncheon Dec. 4 at the Swissotel anticipate
DAN WAYMACK, DICTIONARY FILM’S NEW DIRECTOR/DP filmed the entire Colorado town of Crested Butte, population, 1,500, for Bud Light/Energy BBDO’s
POST PRODUCER CARRIE HOLECEK, former executive producer at Red Car Chicago, returns to Chicago Thursday, Sept. 11 for the first time since
THE BARKERS — the husband-and-wife team of Kristen and Chris Barker — has been signed by STORY for commercial advertising
Key Code Media’s Chicago/Central Region branch, led by digital/new media products pro John Connelly, Sr., and now settled into own 6,000-sq. ft.
For the first time, CIMMfest is appealing to the advertising industry by featuring a panel directed weekend’s CIMMfest. Its May 3 CIMMCon panel features
CIMMfest has grown 30% this year, its sixth, over last year and no one should be surprised to learn that it
R/GA RAMPED UP its 4-year old Chicago digital
CHICAGO’S BIGGEST AGENCY, Leo Burnett, fittingly starts the New Year news cycle off with two noteworthy achievements. The first: This month the Chicago agency takes over all ad duties for
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER sure got it wrong when it published its July 27 inaugural list of 25 top film schools in the world and egregiously omitting Columbia College
TOURISM NARROWS AGENCY CHOICES. The local branches of three foreign-owned ad agencies got the nod from the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as finalists for the $12.5 million
BBDO OPTS OUT. BBDO declined to participate in the review for Tourism’s $12 million account. Agency CEO Tonise Paul said “agency resources could be better utilized serving other areas