JWT’S CHICAGO OFFICE is on the brink of extinction after the loss of $180 million worth of Kraft business, an account this office has held for 70
CRIME FICTION, produced by the recent University of Chicago grads of Crime Fiction Pictures, has its world premiere in the 13th Annual Slamdance Film Festival, running Jan. 18-27.
A THREE-MAN TEAM will head DraftFCB’s ?broadcast & emerging content department’ as its called. They are FCB producers Chris Bing and Ron Lazzeretti,
Not long after ReelChicago asked if I had any thoughts on changing technology’s impact on postproduction, I came across an interview with director David Fincher. He casually mentioned
DP Jens Bojehegn will be on the other side of the camera when he hosts a segment about his historical Old Town house to be featured on HGTV’s popular “Small
A FIRE AT THE THEATRE BUILDING last week, ignited by an apparent electrical/computer surge, caused significant smoke and water damage to the box office and second floor administrative
What filmmakers love best while on location is seeking out those amazing, offbeat restaurants and cafes. It so happens that Chicago offers lots of unexplored territory for the dining adventurer.
Robin Peters of Based-based Dreamscape Cinema wraps production in mid-July on his third feature in three years, the independent comedy-drama “Angst.”
Peters’ co-writer Michael Muhney (“Veronica Mars”)
For the eighth year, Blue Sky Video’s Bruce Himmelblau donned his golf cap, picked up his camera and headed out to the Deerpath golf course where he’d have a short
Ch. 11 executive VP/television Randy King and “Chicago Tonight” executive producer Mike Leiderman have left the station. King quit out of frustration, and Leiderman was abruptly fired.
Editor Sue Lawson doesn’t mind fighting the “horrendous traffic” from Lake Bluff to the Adler Planetarium for a Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group meeting, “because they are so well
It’s been a year since freelance editors Mindy Hilt and Karla Svatos opened post house Edit Diva, and while business has ebbed and flowed, they’ve grown enough to start expanding
AMY LIKUS, former Optimus editor joined Outsider editorial? SMS Productions moved to 1229 N. North Branch after a dozen years entrenched at 676 N. LaSalle. Phone, 312/440-8963, Email, <a
VELVET STEAMROLLER PRODUCTIONS has officially signed on to produce L. Pat Williams’ horror pic “10,000 Doors.” Williams, who co-wrote with her father, composer Robert A. Williams, cited a $5
Edward T. McDougal is embarking on the biggest production of his twenty-year career. His new Civil War drama “Dog Jack,” featuring battle reenactments with hundreds of extras, shoots in Illinois
PHIL DONLON’S Super 16mm short “A Series of Small Things,” which shot here last May, has its local premiere in a private screening Wednesday,
Three locally-made features screen this month at the Polish Film Festival in America and the Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
The improv film collective Split Pillow showcases their second
When it came time for Panasonic’s consumer division to deliver on its agreement to supply new images for its multi-screen Panasonic display at Abt
Fletcher Chicago was named the Panasonic Authorized Production Reseller in the Midwest. Now included in its sales department are the Varicam 24p HD camera; the SDX-900 24p SD camera ?
“Batman” flew back to London Aug. 22 and downtown streets are back to normal after intense movie action was packed into a relatively short three
