IATSE is one step closer to averting another strike this summer.
IATSE Local 600, or the International Cinematographers Guild, has reached a tentative deal with the studios — the AMPTP — on a new contract that addresses issues specific to cinematographers.
“Today marked the conclusion of our bargaining team’s in-person local negotiations with the AMPTP regarding our Camera and Publicist Agreements. We’ve reached a tentative agreement on Local 600 specific issues,” the guild said in a statement to members, and obtained by IndieWire, late on March 20. “We wish the remainder of the West Coast Studio Locals best of luck as they negotiate their local specific issues. We look forward to building on the success in the General Negotiations, which this tentative Local 600 specific agreement will be part of. Once a tentative deal is reached, all members will have the opportunity to vote to ratify the agreement.”
“I am extremely proud of our lead negotiator,...
IATSE Local 600, or the International Cinematographers Guild, has reached a tentative deal with the studios — the AMPTP — on a new contract that addresses issues specific to cinematographers.
“Today marked the conclusion of our bargaining team’s in-person local negotiations with the AMPTP regarding our Camera and Publicist Agreements. We’ve reached a tentative agreement on Local 600 specific issues,” the guild said in a statement to members, and obtained by IndieWire, late on March 20. “We wish the remainder of the West Coast Studio Locals best of luck as they negotiate their local specific issues. We look forward to building on the success in the General Negotiations, which this tentative Local 600 specific agreement will be part of. Once a tentative deal is reached, all members will have the opportunity to vote to ratify the agreement.”
“I am extremely proud of our lead negotiator,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The International Cinematographers Guild hosted its 25th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards in Los Angeles this past weekend with a luncheon at the ASC Clubhouse on Sept. 29 and an awards ceremony at the Television Academy on Oct. 1.
The awards celebrated the work of eight up-and-coming cinematographers, whose short films were all screened at the Television Academy. Additionally, Stephen Lighthill was awarded the ASC Mentor Award and Janusz Kamiński, Steven Spielberg’s longtime collaborator, was given the Distinguished Filmmaker Award.
The eight awardees included Connor Van Bodell (“Nisei”), Brook Lee Karner (“The Coop”), Petros Antoniadis (“Flickering Souls Set Alight”), Drew Dawson (“For Those Who Don’t Know How”), Grant MacAllister (“Blood Positive”), Edward Guinn (“Torn”), Sarah Anne Pierpont (“Juliet”) and Yusuke Sato (“White Now Please”).
“Neither pandemic nor industry strikes will stop the creative vision of our membership. Congratulations to all the honorees and to our ASC awards recipient,” said Baird B. Steptoe,...
The awards celebrated the work of eight up-and-coming cinematographers, whose short films were all screened at the Television Academy. Additionally, Stephen Lighthill was awarded the ASC Mentor Award and Janusz Kamiński, Steven Spielberg’s longtime collaborator, was given the Distinguished Filmmaker Award.
The eight awardees included Connor Van Bodell (“Nisei”), Brook Lee Karner (“The Coop”), Petros Antoniadis (“Flickering Souls Set Alight”), Drew Dawson (“For Those Who Don’t Know How”), Grant MacAllister (“Blood Positive”), Edward Guinn (“Torn”), Sarah Anne Pierpont (“Juliet”) and Yusuke Sato (“White Now Please”).
“Neither pandemic nor industry strikes will stop the creative vision of our membership. Congratulations to all the honorees and to our ASC awards recipient,” said Baird B. Steptoe,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
The International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) has approved the creation of a Work Slowdown Hardship Fund and additional financial relief policies for members impacted by the writers strike, which began on May 2 over a contract dispute with studios, repped by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
The new Fund allocates $250,000 – with an option to increase to $500,000 – to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual Local 600 members in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry labor actions in 2023, including the Writers Guild of America strike.
During the guild’s national executive board meeting last weekend, the board additionally approved a dues opt-out option for the fourth quarter of 2023 and deferring the collection of initiation, delinquency and any other installment plans through September 2023.
According to Thursday’s announcement, the criteria for Hardship Fund eligibility will be determined by...
The new Fund allocates $250,000 – with an option to increase to $500,000 – to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual Local 600 members in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry labor actions in 2023, including the Writers Guild of America strike.
During the guild’s national executive board meeting last weekend, the board additionally approved a dues opt-out option for the fourth quarter of 2023 and deferring the collection of initiation, delinquency and any other installment plans through September 2023.
According to Thursday’s announcement, the criteria for Hardship Fund eligibility will be determined by...
- 6/29/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
International Cinematographers Guild to offer financial relief to members affected by writers strike
2023 Work Slowdown Hardship Fund allocates $250,000 to provide grants, with option to increase to $500,000.
International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) has assembled a financial relief package for members impacted by the ongoing writers strike.
The 2023 Work Slowdown Hardship Fund allocates $250,000 to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual Local 600 members in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry industrial action this year including the ongoing Writers Guild Of America (WGA) strike.
The measure, approved at the national executive board meeting in California last weekend, contains an option to increase to...
International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) has assembled a financial relief package for members impacted by the ongoing writers strike.
The 2023 Work Slowdown Hardship Fund allocates $250,000 to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual Local 600 members in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry industrial action this year including the ongoing Writers Guild Of America (WGA) strike.
The measure, approved at the national executive board meeting in California last weekend, contains an option to increase to...
- 6/29/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, has created a Work Slowdown Hardship Fund for members in need of financial assistance because of the ongoing Writers Guild strike, which is now in its 59th day. Money will also be distributed from the fund if SAG-AFTRA goes on strike. Local 600 offered similar financial support to its membership at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new fund allocates $250,000 – with an option to increase it to $500,000 – to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual members of Local 600 in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry labor actions in 2023, including the ongoing WGA strike.
The guild’s National Executive Board also approved two other motions designed to provide economic relief to members affected by entertainment industry labor disputes, including a dues opt-out option for the fourth quarter of 2023, and deferring the collection of initiation,...
The new fund allocates $250,000 – with an option to increase it to $500,000 – to provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual members of Local 600 in good standing who are in financial need due to work lost or delayed by any entertainment industry labor actions in 2023, including the ongoing WGA strike.
The guild’s National Executive Board also approved two other motions designed to provide economic relief to members affected by entertainment industry labor disputes, including a dues opt-out option for the fourth quarter of 2023, and deferring the collection of initiation,...
- 6/29/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) has named Alex Tonisson its new national executive director, Saturday during an executive board meeting.
Initially hired as the Western region director of the Icg in June 2019, Tonisson is a 19-year veteran of the labor movement, who has been serving as the interim exec director of the Guild since early May. He succeeded Chaim Kantor, who held the interim role since the resignation last Fall of national exec director Rebecca Rhine. (She now serves as DGA’s Western executive director.)
Said Tonisson in a released statement, “I am excited for this opportunity to continue the important work that Icg does, including the crucial support the Guild provides during this industry-wide [Writers Guild] strike that has impacted so many of our members. During this critical moment of technology-driven change in film and the arts – it’s my honor to represent the best interests of our members who...
Initially hired as the Western region director of the Icg in June 2019, Tonisson is a 19-year veteran of the labor movement, who has been serving as the interim exec director of the Guild since early May. He succeeded Chaim Kantor, who held the interim role since the resignation last Fall of national exec director Rebecca Rhine. (She now serves as DGA’s Western executive director.)
Said Tonisson in a released statement, “I am excited for this opportunity to continue the important work that Icg does, including the crucial support the Guild provides during this industry-wide [Writers Guild] strike that has impacted so many of our members. During this critical moment of technology-driven change in film and the arts – it’s my honor to represent the best interests of our members who...
- 6/24/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Top Gun: Maverick team is set to receive another prize for the record-breaking sequel.
The Icg Publicists Awards will honor the film’s producers with its motion picture showpersons of the year award, chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main announced. Jerry Bruckheimer will accept the award on behalf of his fellow producers Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison at the 60th annual awards luncheon held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel luncheon on March 10.
“The producers of Top Gun: Maverick have brought together an incredible team to create a legendary blockbuster,” Baird Steptoe, Icg National President, said in a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter. “The film is credited with saving cinema, having brought movie-loving audiences back to the theaters post-Covid. From conception to production, through multiple pandemic delays, to a record-breaking award-winning theatrical release, the Maverick journey has been a feat of spectacular showmanship.”
According to Icg, the...
The Icg Publicists Awards will honor the film’s producers with its motion picture showpersons of the year award, chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main announced. Jerry Bruckheimer will accept the award on behalf of his fellow producers Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison at the 60th annual awards luncheon held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel luncheon on March 10.
“The producers of Top Gun: Maverick have brought together an incredible team to create a legendary blockbuster,” Baird Steptoe, Icg National President, said in a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter. “The film is credited with saving cinema, having brought movie-loving audiences back to the theaters post-Covid. From conception to production, through multiple pandemic delays, to a record-breaking award-winning theatrical release, the Maverick journey has been a feat of spectacular showmanship.”
According to Icg, the...
- 2/28/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Talk to me, Goose.
Icg Publicists said today that Jerry Bruckheimer the Oscar-nominated producers of Top Gun: Maverick — Tom Cruise, David Ellison and Christopher McQuarrie — will receive its 2023 Motion Picture Showpersons Award. Bruckheimer will accept the honor at the 60th annual Icg Publicists Awards on March 10 at the Beverly Hilton.
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“The producers of Top Gun: Maverick have brought together an incredible team to create a legendary blockbuster,” Icg National President Baird Steptoe said in a statement. “The film is credited with saving cinema, having brought movie loving audiences back to the theaters post-Covid. From conception to...
Icg Publicists said today that Jerry Bruckheimer the Oscar-nominated producers of Top Gun: Maverick — Tom Cruise, David Ellison and Christopher McQuarrie — will receive its 2023 Motion Picture Showpersons Award. Bruckheimer will accept the honor at the 60th annual Icg Publicists Awards on March 10 at the Beverly Hilton.
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“The producers of Top Gun: Maverick have brought together an incredible team to create a legendary blockbuster,” Icg National President Baird Steptoe said in a statement. “The film is credited with saving cinema, having brought movie loving audiences back to the theaters post-Covid. From conception to...
- 2/28/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Chaim Kantor has been named interim National Executive Director of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. He succeeds Rebecca Rhine, who stepped down in September and is now the Western Executive Director of the DGA.
Baird B. Steptoe, National President of the Cinematographers Guild, made the announcement Thursday, saying Kantor’s appointment was unanimously confirmed by the guild’s National Executive Board. He added that in his new post Kantor now has “the authority to exercise direct supervision over the staff and operation of the guild on a national basis.”
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Kantor, who has served as the guild’s Eastern Region Director since January 2003, was also the guild’s Associate National Executive Director,...
Baird B. Steptoe, National President of the Cinematographers Guild, made the announcement Thursday, saying Kantor’s appointment was unanimously confirmed by the guild’s National Executive Board. He added that in his new post Kantor now has “the authority to exercise direct supervision over the staff and operation of the guild on a national basis.”
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Kantor, who has served as the guild’s Eastern Region Director since January 2003, was also the guild’s Associate National Executive Director,...
- 10/27/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher — whose credits include The Hangover, Joker and upcoming Black Adam — urged the next generation of cinematographers to take risks as he accepted the Distinguished Filmmaker Award at the International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600) Emerging Cinematographer Awards.
“Continue to take risks. … and be gentle and kind to yourself. That will keep you going,” he told this year’s 10 honorees during the ceremony, held Sunday at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center. “What I love about the industry and being a member of Local 600 is that you can move up and do these things. [Your honored work] is incredible. You are risk takers. At ever stage of my career I tried not to think of the same path [and] dropped the safety net.”
Following a montage of his work, including some memorable moments from hit comedy The Hangover, he quipped, “I make a living shooting dumb shit.
Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher — whose credits include The Hangover, Joker and upcoming Black Adam — urged the next generation of cinematographers to take risks as he accepted the Distinguished Filmmaker Award at the International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600) Emerging Cinematographer Awards.
“Continue to take risks. … and be gentle and kind to yourself. That will keep you going,” he told this year’s 10 honorees during the ceremony, held Sunday at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center. “What I love about the industry and being a member of Local 600 is that you can move up and do these things. [Your honored work] is incredible. You are risk takers. At ever stage of my career I tried not to think of the same path [and] dropped the safety net.”
Following a montage of his work, including some memorable moments from hit comedy The Hangover, he quipped, “I make a living shooting dumb shit.
- 10/3/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
E. Gunnar Mortensen, a camera assistant on “Transparent” and the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show,” died on Monday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was 39.
Mortensen was a member of Local 600 for 13 years. In that capacity, he served on the National Executive Board of the International Cinematographer’s Guild since 2013 and as a co-chair of the Active Engagement Committee since 2017. His most recent work was on the upcoming feature “Your Place or Mine,” a romantic comedy with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.
“We have reached out to the family to offer our condolences and any support we can provide,” Icg National President Baird Steptoe, Sr. and National Executive Director Rebecca Rhine wrote in a note to members. “I know all of you share our deep sadness about this unbearable loss for Gunnar’s wife, Keely, his son, Lars, and our local, to which he gave so much,...
Mortensen was a member of Local 600 for 13 years. In that capacity, he served on the National Executive Board of the International Cinematographer’s Guild since 2013 and as a co-chair of the Active Engagement Committee since 2017. His most recent work was on the upcoming feature “Your Place or Mine,” a romantic comedy with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.
“We have reached out to the family to offer our condolences and any support we can provide,” Icg National President Baird Steptoe, Sr. and National Executive Director Rebecca Rhine wrote in a note to members. “I know all of you share our deep sadness about this unbearable loss for Gunnar’s wife, Keely, his son, Lars, and our local, to which he gave so much,...
- 7/6/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Safety, including adequate rest during productions, is the top priority of camera technician Baird B. Steptoe Sr., who started his term this week as newly elected national president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), which represents 9,000 members.
The first Black guild member to be elected to the office, Steptoe started his industry career in the mail room at Walt Disney Studios, while at the same time attending night school in the Los Angeles City College film department. The first production he worked on as a paid professional was Disney’s 1976 TV movie Flight of the Grey Wolf, produced by Roy Disney Jr.. Since then, he earned more than 100 credits on projects including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Signs, The Sixth Sense, Young Sheldon and True Blood.
Steptoe comes into office as safety is top of mind, after the death of Halyna Hutchins,...
Safety, including adequate rest during productions, is the top priority of camera technician Baird B. Steptoe Sr., who started his term this week as newly elected national president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), which represents 9,000 members.
The first Black guild member to be elected to the office, Steptoe started his industry career in the mail room at Walt Disney Studios, while at the same time attending night school in the Los Angeles City College film department. The first production he worked on as a paid professional was Disney’s 1976 TV movie Flight of the Grey Wolf, produced by Roy Disney Jr.. Since then, he earned more than 100 credits on projects including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Signs, The Sixth Sense, Young Sheldon and True Blood.
Steptoe comes into office as safety is top of mind, after the death of Halyna Hutchins,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The International Cinematographers Guild have elected Baird B. Steptoe Sr. as National President for a three-year term, Peter Hawkins, chair of the Guild’s Election Committee, announced on Friday.
Steptoe replaces John Lindley, who decided not to seek a second term. Steptoe becomes the first Black president in the guild’s history.
Steptoe currently serves as Second National Vice President and has been a long-time member of Local 600’s National Executive Board.
Approximately 32.4 of eligible voters cast a ballot. Steptoe led the voting with 1,106 votes, followed by Jamie Silverstein who had 909 votes, Diane Farrington had 416 votes and Casey Shaw 121 votes.
The National Executive Board will have its next board meeting on June 18-19, where the election results will be summitted for approval.
The 9000+ member union also elected Chris Silano as National Vice President based in the New York City, Deborah Lipman as First National Vice President based in the Central...
Steptoe replaces John Lindley, who decided not to seek a second term. Steptoe becomes the first Black president in the guild’s history.
Steptoe currently serves as Second National Vice President and has been a long-time member of Local 600’s National Executive Board.
Approximately 32.4 of eligible voters cast a ballot. Steptoe led the voting with 1,106 votes, followed by Jamie Silverstein who had 909 votes, Diane Farrington had 416 votes and Casey Shaw 121 votes.
The National Executive Board will have its next board meeting on June 18-19, where the election results will be summitted for approval.
The 9000+ member union also elected Chris Silano as National Vice President based in the New York City, Deborah Lipman as First National Vice President based in the Central...
- 5/13/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Five months ago, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees was bitterly divided over a new contract, which was ratified by a historically narrow margin.
Half of the membership defied their leaders and voted “no,” as opponents blamed International President Matthew Loeb for settling for too little and for not capitalizing on the threat of an industrywide strike.
But while some of that anger remains, there is little evidence that the issue has carried over into local leadership elections this spring. Even where local unions have thrown out their leaders, turnout has been low, and the issues seem to turn more on personalities than on the contract.
One of the hotbeds of resistance to the deal was IATSE Local 80, the union that represents 3,800 grips, crafts service workers and set medics. Nearly 70 of the union voted “no” on ratification, and the union’s longtime leader, business manager Thom Davis, resigned in December rather than seek re-election,...
Half of the membership defied their leaders and voted “no,” as opponents blamed International President Matthew Loeb for settling for too little and for not capitalizing on the threat of an industrywide strike.
But while some of that anger remains, there is little evidence that the issue has carried over into local leadership elections this spring. Even where local unions have thrown out their leaders, turnout has been low, and the issues seem to turn more on personalities than on the contract.
One of the hotbeds of resistance to the deal was IATSE Local 80, the union that represents 3,800 grips, crafts service workers and set medics. Nearly 70 of the union voted “no” on ratification, and the union’s longtime leader, business manager Thom Davis, resigned in December rather than seek re-election,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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