Columnist: Daniel Patton

Last fall, Optimus directing duo Mark Pallman and Amanda Speva spent nearly two weeks filming throughout the Land of Lincoln for the Illinois Office of Tourism campaign Are...

Quriosity Productions spent days preparing to shoot Purina’s Big Moments campaign for St. Louis agency CheckMark Communications. But when the cameras started rolling, it all c...

In the course of abstaining from all animal products, including milk and eggs, Daily Planet Productions' president and dedicated nonmeat-eater Scott Marvel was enlightened by a ...

LA-based commercial and feature writer/director Ashley Avis brought a unique perspective to Seed Media Arts when she joined the company’s directorial roster this week.“I lov...

Affect Advertising’s Battle of the Garage Bands campaign for LiftMaster dials up the traditional music promotion to a chart-topping level of professionalism.Although it follow...

Mix Kitchen composer and vocalist Lauren Duski advanced to the top 11 finalists of NBC’s The Voice last Tuesday night.The Michigan native wowed the crowd with her performance ...

Ruth L. Ratny, founder and former publisher of ReelChicago, was honored with a Memorial Resolution by the City Council of Chicago on March 29. She joins a list of recipients tha...

After Red Bull’s “Batting Practice in the Streets” promotion on the Chicago River ended last week, Bridges Media executive producer Cannon Kinnard was only about halfway t...

With help from a handful of Chicago shops, Beast editor Dean Gonzalez built a larger-than-life commercial for the Edmonton Oilers.The 60-second It’s in the Blood ope...

Chicago director Kristina Perreault is not afraid of things going wrong on the set, especially if they happen overseas.“When traveling, sometimes stuff happens and you have to...

The promotional video for Big Teeth Productions’ Sit Stay Social campaign has incited viewers to say things like “shame on you” and “it’s just wrong.” According to p...

Chicago post-production company Utopic condensed the Chicago Cubs’ epic 2016 World Series journey into At Last, a 60-second video for the Chicago Tribune that will play a...

Odd Machine director James Mann received the James Beard Foundation’s 2017 nomination for Video and Technical Expertis for the web series Uncharted,&n...

Filmmaker Larry Ziegelman’s new webseries, Geek Lounge, dramatizes the interaction of six friends who hang out in a bar that caters to lifelong Trekkies, obsessive Harry Potte...

The Chicago Cubs have been a remedy for happiness in actor/producer Ann Hagemann’s family since 1945.That’s when her father began supporting the team as a young boy who want...

Chicago actor David Pasquesi will revive his role as Andrew Meyer on HBO’s Veep for the show’s sixth season beginning April 16.Playing the ex-husband of character Selina Mey...

The Chicago International Movie and Music Festival — CIMMfest — debuts its inaugural Spring Fling Thing at Wicker Park multipurpose venue Chop Shop & 1st Ward from April...

Barbara Roche officially became publisher of ReelChicago on April 1. Wielding decades of production and pre-production experience, Roche is the former cofounder and partner...

Heart, Brains & Nerve founder Nathan Skillicorn knew that Seed Media Arts was worth his time long before he agreed to rep it this month.Besides knowing that the live ac...

Among the discoveries that Cory Coken and a team of sound designers from NoiseFloor made while preparing to build a new augmented reality / virtual reality (AR/VR) studio was, �...