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Nominations for the 60th annual International Cinematographers Guild's Publicists Awards were announced today honoring individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists. Winners will be revealed at an awards luncheon on March 10, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The…

In lieu of its traditional awards luncheon this year, which was canceled because of the pandemic, the Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, have raised more than $60,000 to support the guild's Hardship Fund, in donations from publicists, studios and awards sponsors. The fund assists…

EXCLUSIVE: The Cinematographers Guild will hold a special national membership meeting next month to answer questions about the recent resignation of the guild's president Lewis Rothenberg, who stepped down two weeks ago after only eight months on the job. The meeting, set for March 7, comes after more than 900 members…

Lewis Rothenberg has resigned as president of the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, citing “differences” with the union’s senior staff and national officers. He was elected to the post last May, defeating longtime incumbent Steven Poster. In a message Friday to the local's members and staff, Rothenberg said…

The International Cinematographers Guild has announced several key staff changes just weeks before its newly elected leaders are to be sworn into office. Rebecca Rhine, the guild's national executive director, described these and other staffing changes as being "on a scale we have not experienced before." The…

The International Cinematographers Guild said today that its 55th annual ICG Publicists Awards will be handed out Friday, March 2, at the Beverly Hilton. Nominations will be announced in January. IATSE Local 600 doles out its hardware in seven categories: Motion Picture Showman of the Year, Television Showman of the…

Bruce MacCallum, a veteran camera operator and longtime union activist, died in Los Angeles on June 12. Most recently he was working in TV on HBO’s The Night Of and NBC’s The Blacklist. He was 70. Among the feature films MacCallum worked on during his long career were All That Jazz (1979), Witness (1985), The Silence O…

Rosco Laboratories and IATSE Local 600 is launching a new program in support of the Safety for Sarah Foundation, a foundation that fosters safety in film production which was created in remembrance of camera assistant Sarah Jones, who was killed on the Midnight Rider film set in February, 2014. The Foundation promotes…

The Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, has filed a lawsuit against former national secretary-treasurer Alan Gitlin, claiming he refused to return $3,301 in union funds and equipment he allegedly absconded with after he lost his bid for re-election last year. Kicked off the national executive board after he…