After four years in the making, A Good Man, the feature-length documentary about choreographer Bill T. Jones’ creation of a dance-theatre piece about the life of Abraham Lincoln, will air
STEVEN HILLER of Hesperus Films is shooting Rachel Cook’s Microlending Film: A Documentary About Enterprising Women in India and Bangladesh this month. They filmed in Paraguay last fall.
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STEPHEN CONE’S DRAMA, “In Memoriam” will compete with 65 films when it premieres at the 33rd Big Muddy Film Festival, Feb. 18-27 at SIU in Carbondale, one of the oldest
Columbia College film professor Julian Grant drew on the aesthetic of George Romero and “Carnival of Souls” to build the apocalyptic world of “Defiled,” in practical locations and sets in
BIG, IMPORTANT NEW SOUNDS are coming from Mindy Verson and David Kaplan’s Audio Producers Group as they are now representing 15 chart-topping musical recording artists,
Timing really is everything. Consider: Freelance colorist Tom Rovak attended Foundation Post’s recent S3D event and met up with president Samantha Hart, who had been considering an expansion
Christian TV producer Total Living Network, which sold its Aurora studio complex in a leaseback deal last December, is aggressively retooling for a transition to producing short-form content for the
DOCUMENTARIAN KEN BURNS comes to Chicago Sept. 16 to speak at a luncheon and presentation for his new book, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” at the Union
PEOPLE WERE STANDING IN LINE in Stamford, Connecticut this week waiting to be admitted to the first live taping of “The Jerry Springer Show,” a fixture in Chicago-originated television
While the country is draped in gloom and doom, a music supervisor and licensing expert wants to spread some, well, Joy to the visual media business.
TeamWorks Media takes its seven-year-old partnership with the Big Ten Conference to a new level, with a massive PSA series bowing during the opening games of the NCAA football games
Whooee! Illinois revenues from film production soared to $155 million in 2007 ? an all time record high for movies, TV shows and commercials, an 80% increase over 2006’s
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions’ “Humboldt Park,” principal photography will begin in quick secession on six different studio and independent features from now through May,
STARTING FEB. 13 with State Street Productions’ “Humboldt Park,” principal photography will start in quick order on six studio and independent features.
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MEGAN VIDAS JOINS THE IFO in charge of the TV commercials sector in mid-November. Vidas, wife of uber-rep Rich Newman, is a former producer of political videos and commercials,
Charles F. Larimer aims to bring his great-great grandparents’ Civil War experiences to big and small screens with “Love and Valor,” his “documentary/art film” now in production, with narration from
A NEW AD AGENCY called Houlihan Madison Most has been formed by Kevin Houlihan and Brad Most, for many years with the Chicago Creative Partnership. While HMM is clientless
Towers Productions, the 16-year old producer of cable content, is Chicago’s largest production company, with estimated billings of $10 million.
ReelChicago’s Catherine Rategan talked
Figures released last month by Actors Equity Association (Equity) confirm that Chicago once again fueled Equity’s 13-state Central Region to a record-setting year, as measured by total work weeks booked
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,
