As an aspiring filmmaker, you can learn a lot from these iconic local artists. We tend to think of filmmaking as something exclusive to Hollywood. But plenty of directors from the Chicago area have made their best work while living in the city. All of these artists started somewhere small, and have plenty of thoughtful advice for aspiring filmmakers everywhere. The Wachowski Sisters: The Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed The Matrix (1999), may have spent plenty of time in Hollywood, but for years they kept a studio running in the Chicagoland area. Even their biggest Hollywood blockbusters are influenced by their Midwestern