Native Chicagoan Johnny “Z” Zwiersko’s advertising, entertainment and film accomplishments include producing numerous national broadcast spots for J Walter Thompson (JWT),...
Matt Miller, President and CEO of AICP, announced yesterday that Robin Shenfield, Co-Founder and CEO of The Mill, will serve as Chairperson of the 2018 AICP Show: The Art & Tech...
The Escape Pod promotes Celia Jones to Chief Executive Officer
Celia Jones has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at The Escape Pod.
Jones, who joined the Chicago-b...
Chicago-born Frances McDormand, Highland Park's Rachel Brosnahan and Oprah Winfrey stood out in a sea of black dresses which symbolized the #Metoo #Timesup movements by women in...
Former DDB CCO Bob Scarpelli once told me, “All good ideas eventually find a home.” That is certainly the case with the exciting two-year-old horror film, Before I Wake, whi...
What happens to the concept of giving back when the decorations come down and the red Starbucks cups disappear?
DDB Chicago continues their strong "Neighborhood of Good" Stat...
Doner LA feasts on Del Monte
Doner LA is starting off its 2018 pretty much the same way it ended its 2017 – with a win.
The shop has now been named lead agency for Cali...
As social media has grown in relevance, so has the cacophony of voices supporting or disapproving their favorite films and TV series. A scroll through various YouTube videos of ...
My daughters used to complain about having to get up a 5 a.m. to attend a high school that was two miles down the street.
Compare their first world complaints to those of th...
The English poet John Donne may not have been the first person to consider all humankind as one giant, existential being. But he did it so excellently that here, 400 years later...
It seems like 2017 began with the February passing of Ruth Ratny, the founder of Reel Chicago.
The film, music, advertising and production communities honored her memory wit...
In 2017, we launched Reel Ad of the Week (RAW), a regular feature that showcases the commercials coming out of the Midwest and, perhaps more importantly, celebrates the people w...
Burrell Communications Group received 2017 “Supplier of the Year” honors from the American Association of Retired People (AARP) during a celebration at the Kimpton Hotel Mon...
Reel Chicago wishes all of our readers Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, Joyful Kwanzaa, and an awesome belated Solstice. But we're not the only ones.
Windy City ad, film, mu...
After joining AICP and AICE into a single association under the AICP brand, the newly formed organization announced that Craig Duncan, Managing Director and Partner of Cutters S...
More than a year after premiering at a White House educational event in Washington D.C., Augustana College-based Fresh Films has released its second feature, Alternate Universe:...
There’s a new production company in town.
Today, Hudson House, a Chicago-based team, announced their official launch. The company brings together a team of film industry p...
Chaz Ebert cohosted a sold-out screening of the award-winning documentary, STEP, with DePaul University at the school’s CDM Theatre on Saturday afternoon.
Following a year...
Today, I was telling a friend that I really want to be a better parent to my daughters, Chloe and Max. Around this time of year, I feel that I somewhat abandoned them when I got...
Traveling Picture Show volunteers at food bank
It's a holiday tradition for Reel Chicago to cover the good things that Windy City ad agencies and production companies are doi...