Introducing a roundup of news about film activities throughout all that landscape Downstate, from south of Route 1-80 to Cairo at the tip of the state.
Springfield — “Before ‘I Do,’
MEET. DRINK. TALK. — that’s the official title of AICP-Midwest’s popular annual event held exclusively for Midwest agency, commercial production and editorial professionals Thursday, April 7 at The Underground.
More than 300
Fast-growing 321Fastdraw, having outgrown its offices and its owners eager to be back in the bustle of production, in early spring will move into new space
AFTER 14 YEARS IN LA, talent agent Emily Rabinowitz of RTA has returned to the area and set up shop representing a roster
The Team Companies’ Chicago staff of four will set up its new Chicago offices the first week of March
“ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE” is the Illinois Lottery slogan, except perhaps for the actual possibility of Northstar, hiring
The first of Ari Golan’s legendary Halloween parties, in 1986, was actually a one-year anniversary party for his Golan Productions Inc. that he had
KESLOW CAMERA doubled its Chicago staff to eight, with the
Victoria and Christopher Kelley of Downstate Quincy take pride in the fact that they are a husband-and-wife team of filmmakers.
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Digital Kitchen has gone global with its acquisition by Kyu, the new strategic operating
Jerry Bryant has put up for sale his massive, one-of-a-kind JBTV archive of 30,000 remastered, first generation digibeta music videos from
Craig Leffel’s inaugural project for his new company took off in a big way — a Delta Airlines’ online
Picture Show Films’ “Real Guys, Real Grooming” campaign for Wahl internationally-sold line of men’s facial trimmers and clippers
There’s a theatrical flair to Leo Burnett’s current YouTube and Vimeo campaign for client ComEd. Three videos
NGN PRODUCTIONS (The Mask) of Studio City is developing the thriller feature The End of the Night
New Pink Hippo Productions is possibly the first company formed in Chicago by
Kevin and Patricia Sinnott of Warrenville-based production company Sinnott Productions are gearing up for next spring’s year two of CoffeeCON, which they bill as the first coffee convention
NEW YORK’S 59E59 THEATERS continue to provide welcoming off-Broadway accommodations for shows that originated in Chicago. Bruce Graham’s The Outgoing Tide, which had its world premiere in 2011
It would hardly be a stretch to suggest Cirque du Soleil has become part of a circle of entertainment events that can, in a way, call Chicago a home.
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