“Abbott Elementary” and “Top Gun: Maverick” received top honors at the 60th annual International Cinematographers Guild (Icg) Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday.
The awards honor individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists who further publicity campaigns for film and TV. Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay and senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson each earned nominations from Icg.
Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary” received the TV showman of the year honor, and the producers of “Top Gun: Maverick” received the honor on the film side, with Bruckheimer accepting on behalf of all four.
In her speech, Brunson had the crowd laughing as she commended the role of publicists. “I didn’t know that this award show existed…but I’m happy that it does exist, because you all do a job that is incredible, crucial and underappreciated,” Brunson said. “It’s important to have publicists who understand the vision,...
The awards honor individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists who further publicity campaigns for film and TV. Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay and senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson each earned nominations from Icg.
Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary” received the TV showman of the year honor, and the producers of “Top Gun: Maverick” received the honor on the film side, with Bruckheimer accepting on behalf of all four.
In her speech, Brunson had the crowd laughing as she commended the role of publicists. “I didn’t know that this award show existed…but I’m happy that it does exist, because you all do a job that is incredible, crucial and underappreciated,” Brunson said. “It’s important to have publicists who understand the vision,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
The Icg Publicists Guild today revealed the six nominees for its 2023 Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaigns, which include the teams behind last year’s two biggest movies.
The billion-dollar grossers Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick will vie for the marquee prize along with Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nope and The Woman King.
The award honors active members working on motion pictures whose achievements in publicity and promotion campaigns during the previous calendar year are deemed outstanding.
“The outstanding nominations this year shine a bright light not only on the diversity of the films submitted but also the individual challenges the publicity teams faced in this highly competitive field,” said Sheryl Main, who announced the nominees along with fellow Icg Publicists Awards Chair Tim Menke.
Another billion-dollar pic, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, won the guild’s Maxwell Weinberg Award for movies last year,...
The billion-dollar grossers Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick will vie for the marquee prize along with Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nope and The Woman King.
The award honors active members working on motion pictures whose achievements in publicity and promotion campaigns during the previous calendar year are deemed outstanding.
“The outstanding nominations this year shine a bright light not only on the diversity of the films submitted but also the individual challenges the publicity teams faced in this highly competitive field,” said Sheryl Main, who announced the nominees along with fellow Icg Publicists Awards Chair Tim Menke.
Another billion-dollar pic, Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, won the guild’s Maxwell Weinberg Award for movies last year,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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 announcement was made by Tim Menke and Sheryl Main, Icg Publicists Awards Chairs.
And the nominees are:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
• Natalie Bjelajac, Netflix
• Karen Chamberlain, Warner Bros. Pictures
• Gabriela Gutentag, Unit Publicist
• Carri McClure, Unit Publicist
• Carol McConnaughey, Unit Publicist
• Claire Raskind, Unit Publicist
Publicist of the Year Award
• Michelle Alt, Paramount Pictures
• Heidi Falconer, Unit Publicist
• James Ferrera, Unit Publicist
• Sara Hull, Walt Disney Studios
• Gianluca Lignola, Universal Pictures
• Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award – Motion Pictures
• Eli Joshua Ade
• Quantrell Colbert
• Kevin Estrada
• Chiabella James
• Jojo Whilden
Excellence in Unit Still Photography — Television
• Beth Dubber
• Richard Foreman
• Hilary Bronwyn Gayle...
And the nominees are:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
• Natalie Bjelajac, Netflix
• Karen Chamberlain, Warner Bros. Pictures
• Gabriela Gutentag, Unit Publicist
• Carri McClure, Unit Publicist
• Carol McConnaughey, Unit Publicist
• Claire Raskind, Unit Publicist
Publicist of the Year Award
• Michelle Alt, Paramount Pictures
• Heidi Falconer, Unit Publicist
• James Ferrera, Unit Publicist
• Sara Hull, Walt Disney Studios
• Gianluca Lignola, Universal Pictures
• Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award – Motion Pictures
• Eli Joshua Ade
• Quantrell Colbert
• Kevin Estrada
• Chiabella James
• Jojo Whilden
Excellence in Unit Still Photography — Television
• Beth Dubber
• Richard Foreman
• Hilary Bronwyn Gayle...
- 12/7/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
The International Cinematographers Guild has announced six additional award nominations for the 60th Annual Icg Publicists Awards.
The ceremony recognizes individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists that facilitate film and television publicity campaigns. Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay and Senior Entertainment Reporter Angelique Jackson each scored a nomination for the 2023 Press Award.
As previously announced, the nominees for the 2023 Maxwell Weinberg Award for television publicity campaigns are “Abbott Elementary,” “Ghosts,” “Prey,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.”
The Maxwell Weinberg Award for motion picture publicity campaign nominees will be announced on Jan. 12, while the Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award will be revealed at a later date.
The 2023 Icg Publicists Awards will take place on March 10 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
See the complete nominees list below:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Natalie Bjelajac,...
The ceremony recognizes individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists that facilitate film and television publicity campaigns. Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay and Senior Entertainment Reporter Angelique Jackson each scored a nomination for the 2023 Press Award.
As previously announced, the nominees for the 2023 Maxwell Weinberg Award for television publicity campaigns are “Abbott Elementary,” “Ghosts,” “Prey,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.”
The Maxwell Weinberg Award for motion picture publicity campaign nominees will be announced on Jan. 12, while the Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award will be revealed at a later date.
The 2023 Icg Publicists Awards will take place on March 10 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
See the complete nominees list below:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Natalie Bjelajac,...
- 12/7/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Publicists for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Ted Lasso” won the top awards at the 59th annual Icg Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Friday.
Director Francis Ford Coppola, who recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was also honored with a lifetime achievement award in honor of the 50th anniversary of his film “The Godfather.” In his speech, Coppola called out Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, saying, “It breaks my heart … what is happening in the world, this absurd reality of this world today, and I can’t not speak about that.”
Each year, the International Cinematographers Guild awards honors the best in film and television publicity. This year’s awards luncheon was helmed by Paramount Pictures publicist Tim Menke and unit publicist Sheryl Main. More than 700 industry leaders, from IATSE Local 600 members to public relations executives, producers and journalists,...
Director Francis Ford Coppola, who recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was also honored with a lifetime achievement award in honor of the 50th anniversary of his film “The Godfather.” In his speech, Coppola called out Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, saying, “It breaks my heart … what is happening in the world, this absurd reality of this world today, and I can’t not speak about that.”
Each year, the International Cinematographers Guild awards honors the best in film and television publicity. This year’s awards luncheon was helmed by Paramount Pictures publicist Tim Menke and unit publicist Sheryl Main. More than 700 industry leaders, from IATSE Local 600 members to public relations executives, producers and journalists,...
- 3/25/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The International Cinematographers Guild has pulled back the curtain on the motion picture nominees for its 59th annual Icg Publicists Awards.
Vying for the Les Mason Award for Achievement in Publicity are unit publicists Gabriela Gutentag and Sheryl Main, BazanPR agency publicist Jackie Bazan, Walt Disney Studios awards publicist Kira Feola; independet publicist Leonard Morpurgo; and Paramount’s EVP Domestic Publicity David Waldman.
The half-dozen nominees for Publicist of the Year are Paramount’s senior domestic publicist Michelle Alt, Paramount’s senior international publicist Hayley Morrow, 42West agency publicist Annalee Paulo-Hensley, Walt Disney Studios’ studio global publicist Marshall Weinbaum and unit publicists John Oisani and Claire Raskind.
The 2002 Icg Publicists Award winners will be revealed during a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 25, at the Beverly Hilton. The Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award recipients will be announced soon, and the...
Vying for the Les Mason Award for Achievement in Publicity are unit publicists Gabriela Gutentag and Sheryl Main, BazanPR agency publicist Jackie Bazan, Walt Disney Studios awards publicist Kira Feola; independet publicist Leonard Morpurgo; and Paramount’s EVP Domestic Publicity David Waldman.
The half-dozen nominees for Publicist of the Year are Paramount’s senior domestic publicist Michelle Alt, Paramount’s senior international publicist Hayley Morrow, 42West agency publicist Annalee Paulo-Hensley, Walt Disney Studios’ studio global publicist Marshall Weinbaum and unit publicists John Oisani and Claire Raskind.
The 2002 Icg Publicists Award winners will be revealed during a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 25, at the Beverly Hilton. The Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award recipients will be announced soon, and the...
- 1/11/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Nominees for the 59th annual Icg Publicist Awards have been announced. The publicists behind Oscar-nominated movies “A Quiet Place II,” “Encanto” and “West Side Story” are all nominated in the motion picture publicity campaign category.
Michelle Alt, Hayley Morrow, John Pisani, Annalee Paulo-Hensley, Claire Raskin and Marshall Weinbaum are all nominated for publicist of the year. Weinbaum and the team at Disney are behind Oscar contenders “West Side Story,” “Encanto,” “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Luca.” The team also worked on Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals.” Disney publicist Kira Feola is also nominated for a career achievement in publicity.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Nekesa Mumbi Moody is up for the press award.
The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the general membership, which will be held Feb. 14-24, and will be announced at the Icg Publicists Awards Luncheon ceremony on March 25.
Les Mason Award For Career Achievement...
Michelle Alt, Hayley Morrow, John Pisani, Annalee Paulo-Hensley, Claire Raskin and Marshall Weinbaum are all nominated for publicist of the year. Weinbaum and the team at Disney are behind Oscar contenders “West Side Story,” “Encanto,” “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Luca.” The team also worked on Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals.” Disney publicist Kira Feola is also nominated for a career achievement in publicity.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Nekesa Mumbi Moody is up for the press award.
The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the general membership, which will be held Feb. 14-24, and will be announced at the Icg Publicists Awards Luncheon ceremony on March 25.
Les Mason Award For Career Achievement...
- 1/11/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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