The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has unveiled the first group of nominees for the 61st Annual ICG Publicists Awards.
The awards honor the publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists who uplift the talented filmmakers and exceptional projects in the motion picture and television industry. Winners will be celebrated at a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 8, 2024 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
ICG Publicists Award chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main announced the nominees in the following categories:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
- Natalie Bjelajac, Netflix
- Linda Brown, Unit Publicist
- Kira Feola, KC Feola PR
- Gabriela Gutentag, Unit Publicist
- Carol McConnaughey, Unit Publicist
Publicist of the Year Award
- Katie Lovick, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Julia Neal, Paramount Pictures
- Chris Garcia Nutley, Warner Bros.
- Cynthia Swartz, Strategy PR/Consulting
- Shelly Williams, Unit Publicist
Excellence in Unit Stills Photography – Motion Pictures
- Claudette Barius
- Daniel McFadden
- Jessica Miglio
- Michele K. Short
- Jojo Whilden
Excellence in Unit Stills Photography – Television
- Jessica Brooks
- Justin Lubin
- Jake Giles Netter
- Erin Simkin
- Lacey Terrell
Press Award
- Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter
- Angelique Jackson, Variety
- Perri Nemiroff, Collider
- Sasha Stone, Awards Daily
- Jen Yamato, LA Times
International Media Award
- Raya Abirached, MBC International
- Baz Bamigboye, Deadline International
- Wenlei Ma, Seven West Media (Australia)
- Raquel Laguna Pardo, Europa Press (Spain)
- Marlene von Arx, CH Media Newspapers (Switzerland)
The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, during a voting period from Jan. 24 – Feb. 2, 2024.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More