OPRAH’S AUDIENCE will soon be able to leave the studio and walk across the street to her new fashion boutique at 57 N. Carpenter.
The 4,500-sq.
BEAT PHIL LEE AT BULLRIDING is the challenge the Avenue editor is hurling to creatives who need an excuse to mash up with other creatives after hours
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
If feature film production alone continues through the end of the year, 2007 could shape up as a $90-$100 million year, according to early projections.
Just months since opening their doors, Chiopolis Entertainment LLC has ambitious plans including three feature films and a dozen-plus shorts, renovating its Humboldt Park facility, and hosting the first-ever Humboldt
A SLATE OF CURENT AND UPCOMING FEATURES are bringing plenty of spring sunshine are making a lot of people happy campers.
VETERAN COLORIST BOB SLIGA was snapped up by Apple Computers and is now working for the computer giant in Cupertino, Calif. He heads up Apple’s 2K Final Touch
IF YOU’RE A PRODUCER with what you feel is a dynamite reality show idea, “America’s Next Producer,” wants to meet you Feb. 24, from noon till 4 p.m. at
THE WEATHER WAS FRIGID, but the feelings were warm as 50 guests said a fond good-bye to former IFO director Brenda Sexton at a party hosted by her friend,
CHRIS GARDNER, whose determination to succeed was amazingly chronicled in the movie “Pursuit to Happyness,” appears in a Wal-Mart spot celebrating Black History Month.
THE VENERABLE JOE PYTKA scored his 15th nomination from the DGA’s 26th annual Best Commercial Director Awards.
The other nominees were Dante
While commercials have risen like cream to the top of 2006’s total film revenues, income from features went flat at an estimated $35 million.
The Illinois
Neil Kocsis’ directorial debut, the comedy feature “Sketch,” is the first co-production between David Miller’s Mindlight Films and his wife Michelle De Long’s Mimi Productions.
“It
Most Chicagoans think of Michigan cities that curl around Lake Michigan as summer destinations, unaware perhaps that Holland is home to one of the biggest production companies in the
A MONSTER SEARS SHOOT is taking place ? 28 spots in all ?directed by Hollywood’s Patty Jenkins, writer/director of Academy Award winning “Monster,” starring
CIFF’S CHICAGO AWARD deservedly went to “Street Thief: A Filmed Record,” winning over 12 other Chicago made films. Malik Bader of the Bader Brothers directed, and edited by
GENIAL FRED BEYER, who filmmakers turn to for production insurance, reveals he is opening a downtown office for the first time after 24 years in business in South Holland
Illinois’ film tax credit is giving Chicago’s spot production a shot in the arm. Productions under 30 minutes that spend $50,000 in the state can earn a 20% tax credit
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Same space, same clients but
Now that all the jobs in-house have been completed, S2/Swell is wrapping up its 29 years of business in its eerily quiet space in the NBC Tower.
