News & Articles

Ava DuVernay, award-winning writer, director and producer, is set to receive the prestigious Television Showman of the Year from the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists, honoring her prolific career as a visionary television producer.

Don Mischer, award-winning producer and director, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists, honoring his prolific career as an internationally acclaimed producer and director of television and live events.

The ICG Publicists have announced the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign to be presented at the 57th Annual ICG Publicists Awards.

The International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship Fund is offering ten $5,000 educational scholarships for Local 600 members in good standing, and their eligible children, step-children, grandchildren, step-grandchildren and dependents where legal guardianship applies.

Submit your short film now! The Entry Deadline is Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

If you are a Local 600 member who has been impacted by the California Wildfires, we want you to know that there are resources available to assist you.

Anthony and Joe Russo, who helmed Marvel Studios’ critically acclaimed "Avengers: Endgame," are set to receive the prestigious Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award for their historic contributions to the art of cinema and television.

The California IATSE Council and the Entertainment Union Coalition applaud and thank Governor Newsom for signing AB 51 into law today and thanks its author Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez for her tireless work to pass this legislation over the past two years.

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) honored writer/director Patty Jenkins, best known for Wonder Woman, Monster and The Killing, with the inaugural Distinguished Filmmaker Award presented by Panavision at the 2019 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA).

ICG will host the "Nailing a Commercial's Look & Sailling Thru Post" panel at this year's NAB New York. 

ICG will honor cinematographer John Simmons, ASC, with the ASC Cinematography Mentor Award and journalist Debra Kaufman with the Technicolor William A. Fraker Award at the 2019 ECA Luncheon in the ASC Clubhouse on Friday, October 4, 2019.

Congratulations to all the Local 600 members who were honored with Emmys this past weekend.