Four members of AICP Midwest were newly elected to the 13-member board of directors in the annual election held Tuesday, Sept. 23. They are Megan Maples, executive producer of Dictionary
Guess we can add food critic to adman Vinny Warren’s list of accomplishments now. He has just put the finishing touches on a spectacular new in-cinema commercial for Oscar Mayer
For the second time within the span of a week, a privately-held local visual media has been acquired by a larger entity. Trio Video’s purchase by
And then there were two. Late Friday afternoon — very late — Illinois Lottery private manager Northstar Lottery Group posted the two finalists still in the running for the Lottery’s
It wasn’t long ago that NBC Universal stages in the NBC Tower were bustling with weekday production of the Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos’ syndicated TV shows.
That was prior to
ONE AT OPTIMUS has expanded its Chicago-Santa Monica directorial roster with the addition of L.A.-based Jim Matlosz, who will focus on sports and product/tabletop, and Ryan Bosworth, who has a
The Architecture and Design Film Festival comes to Chicago May 5-9 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. “With Chicago’s rich architectural history, we couldn’t think of a more fitting host
Claire Simon Casting so far has cast the most Chicago AFTRA actors in network television shows, 371 in all – 198 in the 13 episodes of Fox’ “The Chicago Code,”
Backyard Productions and Optimus are sharing their mighty resources in a newly formed “creative production home,” operating autonomously out of Backyard’s Venice, California office.
Backyard president Blair Stribley and Optimus
DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH’S “CONTAGION” arrives in Chicago Oct. 19 as a worthy successor to “Transformers 3” in terms of big budget, cast and shooting schedule.
Mark Androw says he usually doesn’t speculate about how business will shape up in the future. “But this year is different,” states the AICP Midwest Chapter president and STORY
Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent, teams up with prodigious producer (57 films, seven currently in production) Randall Emmett for their fourth movie together, to be shot in Grand Rapids in
That overly long Hollywood dry spell will finally end in early March, with three TV pilots getting underway, a fourth being talked about for early spring, and a Vince
Simage Network has ambitious plans for the year ahead and is seeking new ideas to be part of them.
“We are taking pitches for
THE 24 HOUR FILM SCHOOL the afternoon of Dec. 12 promises to deliver some real world insights and inside info from four specialists, including that rare Hollywood species in
COLONIE, A NEW EDITING BOUTIQUE, has been formed by four former Avenue Edit veterans: Producer Mary Rieger and editors Brian Stepanic, Bob Ackerman and Joe
A SURFEIT OF ADVERTISING RICHES comes to Chicago in late November in the form of two hours worth of the world’s best commercials from two famous New
Chicago-founded film collective, Four Birds Pictures, won IFP’s first-ever ? and biggest – $50,000 finishing grant for its debut feature, “A Thing as Big as the Ocean.”
IFO premieres Joe Swanberg’s “Nights and Weekends,” his fourth feature, on Video On Demand Sept. 28 before its theatrical debut Oct. 10 at the IFC Center in New York, followed
Forty-three experts will bring the future of new media in all its forms into the present for the 1,500 attendees expected to attend the Sept. 15-16 Chicago New Media Summit
