#IASolidarity Takes Social Media By Storm
21 Jul 2021
All the Hollywood Locals, including the three national locals 600, 700 and 800, are working in solidarity to secure the best contract for our members.
CA Gov.Newsom Signs Bill Adding $330M to Film Industry
21 Jul 2021
As expected, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that offers Hollywood a generous boost.
Did Hollywood Abandon Racial Justice Efforts in 2020?
15 Jul 2021
Racial justice activists who have been working on divesting Hollywood from police ties and pushing the industry to invest more in Black creators say that there hasn’t been meaningful follow-through after they raised anti-racist demands and took meetings with industry leaders last year.
New Craft, Same Commitment for New Eastern Region Assistant Director
14 Jul 2021
When your parents were the president of an SEIU local and a staff member at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, you’re pretty much fated to have a career in labor, right?
Loki DP on “Love Story” and Brawls
13 Jul 2021
Loki’s penultimate episode, “Journey Into Mystery,” reunited Loki (Tom Hiddleston) with Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Mobius (Owen Wilson), but only after introducing us to a dazzling array of Loki variants (#AlligatorLoki).
Cinematographer Sees a Dream Come True With ‘Black Widow’
09 Jul 2021
Gabriel Beristain was named the cinematographer of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Black Widow,” a film that is projected to be the most anticipated movie of the summer of 2021.
Cannes Cinematography: Cameras and Lenses Used on 52 Films
08 Jul 2021
IndieWire reached out to the directors of photography whose feature films are premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival to find out which cameras and lenses they used and, more importantly, why these were the right tools to create the look and visual language of these highly anticipated films.
A Day in the Life with Western Region Still Photographers
07 Jul 2021
They may be just a little prejudiced, but Western Region still photographers like to boast almost anything is available to capture when they turn their eyes from the set and follow their passion.
Roger Deakins Announces Book of Still Photography
03 Jul 2021
Roger Deakins, the revered British cinematographer with 15 Academy Award nominations and two wins, announced via Instagram that he will soon release his first book of still photographs. Byways will be available in the U.K. in August and in the United States this coming fall.
IATSE & Producers Postpone Contract Talks Until August
02 Jul 2021
IATSE and management’s AMPTP have agreed to push back next week’s scheduled resumption of bargaining for a new film and TV contract until mid-August to allow time for the producers and Hollywood’s unions to work out a new agreement on modifications to the industry’s Covid-19 return-to-work protocols.
To Promote and Serve
01 Jul 2021
In any given month, the topic could be inclusion or safety on sets, high-flying drones or new frontiers in digital filmmaking.
Ten Targeting 9,000: 600’s Committee of Fun
23 Jun 2021
As anyone who has ever tried to lose weight will tell you, being active isn’t easy. And staying engaged? Pandemic or no pandemic, that can be a steep hill to climb as well.