Filmmaker donnie l. betts first met Oscar Brown, Jr. at a workshop in Denver when betts was a young actor there. "He inspired me to be the kind of artist I wanted to be, "an ...
Ben Byer was a 31-year-old actor and playwright in 2002 when he was diagnosed with the neuro-degenerative disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Nine months later,...
ERNIE HUDSON ("Oz," "Ghostbusters") stars in Phil Donlon's racially charged dramatic short "The Man in the Silo," which shoots in Los Angeles and Downstate Illinois in September...
The Experimental Sound Studio has been around for almost two decades, known mainly to avant garde artists, musicians and media arts organizations. Now founder/engineer Lou M...
Zack Parker's debut feature, the horror picture "Inexchange," is due for release in seven countries this fall from Tempe, Ariz. video distributor Brain Damage Films and their in...
The 11th Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video is not only the biggest it's ever been?it also showcases its strongest-ever crop of local productions, spotlighti...
The Lights, Camera, Illinois! program is poised within the next two months to add as many as six films to the roster of eight that have been awarded the low interest loan. P...
BUSY GUYS. Bob Teitel and George Tillman's "Barbershop: The Series" will air this fall on Showtime, while HBO airs their "Soul of a Nation," an exploration of black music in ...
After Oprah thanked Rhythm Caf? on the air for providing her show with rehearsal space, the Near North admusic house added substantially to its menu of services. Owned by Ji...
LANCE CATANIA of X-Ray Productions screens his debut HD horror feature "Cup of My Blood" in its theatrical premiere in a weeklong engagement at the Gene Siskel Film Center begin...
Nine holes or 18, or post-event dinner only, the fun's still there at The Hummel Golf Outing Monday, Aug. 22 that brings together 130-140 golfers and non-golfers for the day. ...
"MAKE THE RIGHT CALL" is the title of the 5-minute video aimed at school kids in an effort to reduce prank calls to the 911 Center. Del Hall Video was tapped by the City of Ch...
Robin Peters of Based-based Dreamscape Cinema wraps production in mid-July on his third feature in three years, the independent comedy-drama "Angst." Peters' co-writer Michae...
At a North Side location for "The Break Up" and in sweltering weather, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the extension of the wage tax credit bill through 2006. Illinois Producti...
John Griffin of Creative Input headed to Germany and the Netherlands July 11 on a corporate identity shoot for longtime client and Aurora medical supply manufacturer Dunlee. ...
VINCE VAUGHN, whose every meal, drink and partying fills inches of column space, will give columnists serious delirium long after his film, "The Break Up," wraps and the players...
GERARD JAMROZ' Dogme-style black and white digital feature "Chicago Poems" has its local premiere July 14 at the Lakeshore Theater. "Chicago Poems" tells the intertwining st...
Hank Neuberger and Terry Fryer's ultra-busy Third Wave Productions produced the John Mayer "Soundstage" episode with special guest Buddy Guy that aired on PBS July 14. It was b...
SCOTT GRENKE of Beverly Hills/Chicago-based West Bridge Entertainment wrapped second unit shooting in Cary in late June on his sci-fi comedy "Space Daze 2." The picture star...
A leading improviser and comic actor, David Pasquesi has appeared in films including "The Fugitive" and "Father of the Bride," and Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day" and "Stuart Save...
