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    “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked” among nominees for ICG Publicists Awards’ Best Motion Picture Campaign

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    Karla Sofía Gascón (r) and Zoe Saldaña in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” (photo by Shanna Besson/courtesy of Netflix)
    LOS ANGELES --

    The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) have unveiled the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, a category honored during the annual ICG Publicists Awards.

    Celebrating outstanding achievement in motion picture publicity by members of the union, the winner will be announced during the awards luncheon on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

    2025 MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR MOTION PICTURE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN NOMINEES:

    —Bad Boys: Ride or Die – Sony Pictures Entertainment
    —Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Warner Bros. Pictures
    —Deadpool & Wolverine – Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios
    —Emilia Pérez – Netflix
    —Gladiator II – Paramount Pictures
    —The Strangers: Chapter 1 – Lionsgate Films
    —Wicked – Universal Pictures

    “We’re delighted to celebrate the Local 600 publicists who worked on these outstanding films,” shared Tim Menke and Sheryl Main, joint chairs of the ICG Publicists Awards committee. “Their tireless creativity shines a light on the year’s best films, ensuring these important stories find their audience.”

    The final winners of the ICG Publicists Awards are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, during the voting period Jan. 23-Jan. 30.

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    Merman makes its signing of Ritesh Gupta official; company takes on U.S. representation for the director

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025
    Ritesh Gupta

    Merman has officially announced the signing of director Ritesh Gupta for commercial representation in the U.S. Gupta had joined Merman last year but was working on a feature film for most of 2024 so the production company held off until now on making the signing public.

    The director is a former award-winning sports journalist and creative director. He’s created noteworthy campaigns from Budweiser’s viral “Dwyane Wade: This Bud’s for 3,” which he directed, to the multi-award winning Beats by Dre campaign “You Love Me,” which Gupta worked on as group creative director at the agency Translation. The “You Love Me” film, which was directed by Melina Matsoukas, earned a primetime commercial Emmy nomination in 2021 as well as a DGA Award win for PRETTYBIRD director Matsoukas. This marked the second Emmy nod for Gupta. Back in his MTV days he was a producer on a documentary, Aftershock: Diary of Gideon in Pakistan, which garnered a News & Documentary Emmy nomination.

    As a director, Gupta’s approach is to layer a truthful authenticity ingrained during his time as a journalist--along with an emotional intelligence he honed storytelling in the documentary world--to craft his own evocative and unique cinematic style. In addition to his two Emmy nods, he has netted four Webbys, six AICP wins, eight Cannes Lions, 25 Clios and recognition from ADCOLOR and the ANDYs.

    “Ritesh brings a unique perspective to his storytelling,” said Merman global director Ellen Clarke. “He has the ability to identify the multilayers of a narrative and its characters, weaving them impactfully together. His strength lies in his connection to the talent’s performance and discovering the authenticity within the story.”

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