Optimus assistant editor Aaron Porzel won the Grand Prize for Editing at the 4th annual 2014 AICE Camp Kuleshov Chicago trailer editing contest. The presentation last Wednesday at
IFP/Chicago’s annual Filmmaker Conference will return to its longtime home at Columbia College’s Film Row Cinema on Oct. 10-11 after being dormant for several
“A WHIRLWIND” SEASON of production – starting with a rush of commercials, four primetime network TV series, along with corporate and webs
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMMAKER Tod Lending’s documentary, All the Difference, five years in the making, has received a $1.1 million grant
Key Code Media’s Chicago/Central Region branch, led by digital/new media products pro John Connelly, Sr., and now settled into own 6,000-sq. ft.
THE INAUGURAL FIFTH STAR AWARDS to honor “exemplary artists and arts institutions,” as proclaimed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and
The reigning IRB Rugby World Cup Champion, the internationally heralded New Zealand All Blacks, will play their first US match in 24 years
Web-based media company Big Thinking By The Hour (BTBTH) is completing the last of 45 instructional <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCSesqShFZY&list=UUmaEQw9bM9OwfNsDK6h-i7Q"
Optimus’ president/partner Tom Duff isn’t talking about who the special surprise guest will be at its 19th annual Block Party Friday, Aug. 1,
Super Genius’s all-Chicago produced reality series, “Garage Squad,” devoted to helping gearheads restore their cherished vintage vehicles, will premiere Friday, Aug.
Award-winning producer Carey Lundin introduces the new Holiday Channel that will celebrate the myriad of holidays, from the obvious to the obscure, year-round, that’s
Starting in June shortly after leaving Jerry Rig, Tris3ct’s production/post facility, Tyler Jay has produced and directed three major projects
Registration is now open for the 12th annual 48 Hour Film Project Chicago, Aug 22-24, that challenges filmmaking teams of all skill levels to
WRITER/DIRECTOR YONY LEYSER, whose 2010 debut feature documentary William S. Burroughs: A Man Within was released by Oscilloscope Pictures and broadcast nationally
After renting office space for the nine years they’ve been in business, Michelle DeLong of Mimi Productions and partner/husband David J. Miller
Johnson McKay Talent, opened last year by attorney Peggy Johnson and actor Antoine McKay, has become the Chicago area’s 17th SAG AFTRA franchised talent agency, to
A SPECIAL CELEBRITY FLAVOR has been added to Taste of Chicago festivities Thursday, July 10. By special invitation from
When Magnanimous Media HD video camera rentals moved from a small Bridgeport storefront to a large East Pilsen space last September,
Billy Zane (Titanic) has signed on to the already strong cast of Duane Edward’s indie comedy Supreme Ruler, planned to shoot
THE NEWS OF CH. 11 axing of dedicated and capable Holly Gilson was disheartening. In a statement explaining her termination, the station praised her
