Meet Your Regional Directors
02 Jan 2025Your region directors play a vital role in supporting members by leading the staff at each of the regional offices and managing areas relating to collective bargaining agreements, contract enforcement, negotiations, organizing, and overall representation of our members.-
How Jomo Fray’s Work With “Sentient Perspective” On Orion’s ‘Nickel Boys’ Changed His Point Of View On POV Filmmaking – The Process
20 Dec 2024Long drawn to filmmaking as an artistic medium cultivating "a radical form of empathy," cinematographer Jomo Fray took that concept in an immersive new direction with "Nickel Boys," the first narrative feature from Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross. -
2024 New York Holiday Party
17 Dec 2024Members, family, and friends gathered at Pier 59 in Chelsea to celebrate the holiday season with the Local on Monday, December 16, 2024.
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‘The Brutalist’ Cinematographer Lol Crawley on Shooting 3.5 Hour Film on 35 mm
17 Dec 2024Crawley details the fast-paced shooting schedule (34 days!) of Brady Corbet's epic and reveals the scene that really thwarted him. -
‘Wicked’ Cinematographer Alice Brooks On The Interplay Of Light And Darkness In New Featurette
12 Dec 2024"In 'Wicked,' the light is actually the darkness and the darkness is actually the light," says cinematographer Alice Brooks in a new "Wicked" featurette. "All through movie one, the pink sun rises for Glinda, and the sun is always setting for Elphaba." -
2024 Chicago Holiday Party
11 Dec 2024Local 600 hosted a holiday party in Chicago on December 7, 2024
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2024 Atlanta Holiday Party
11 Dec 2024On Saturday, December 7, Local 600 hosted a holiday party in Atlanta at Mutation Brewery.
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2024 Los Angeles Holiday Party
11 Dec 2024Members came dressed in their festive best on Sunday, December 8, for the Local's annual Los Angeles Holiday Party. Thank you to all those who attended, and to Candela La Brea for hosting us.
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“She Lived in a Heightened Reality”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Maria’ Cinematographer Ed Lachman
09 Dec 2024The indie cinema icon, collaborating with Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín for the second time, breaks down how he entered into the mind of Anglelina Jolie's Maria Callas with exquisitely painterly images in various styles and formats. -
Interview with Director Rachel Morrison On Debut Film "The Fire Inside"
06 Dec 2024Cinematographer now turned director Rachel Morrison knows a thing to two about managing an impressive feat and breaking boundaries as a woman. In 2018, Morrison, best known for her work on Fruitvale Station and Black Panther, became the first female cinematographer ever nominated for an Academy Award. Reflecting on garnering her nomination for Netflix's Mudbound, she acknowledges the hoops women in the industry have to go through. -
Call of the Wild
02 Dec 2024"Nightbitch" is a film that depicts both the loss and rediscovery of self through motherhood. The loss of self, which a child-bearing mother experiences when her offspring enters this world, hasn’t been well-documented in mainstream media. Still, the struggle is a hot topic amongst mothers whose voices have grown collectively over the last half-century. 
‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer Breaks Down Flooding the Colosseum for a Shark Battle
26 Nov 2024"Gladiator II" picks up 16 years after the first film ends. When director Ridley Scott was conceiving the original, the approach was, "Build the sets, fight real tigers, shoot real arrows," says cinematographer John Mathieson. This time around, things had moved forward and the Colosseum was at its height. But also there had been huge improvements in technology, and processes were now faster, easier and 3D printing technology had since evolved.
