600 News Archives

Watchmen's Cinematographer Larry Fong Interviewed (Firstshowing.net, April 27) Radiohead Use Video to Promote Good Cause: Directed by Oscar-Winning Cinematographer John Seale (Contact Music, April 30) Victor J. Kemper Named Kodak Cinematographer in Residence at UCLA Interview with 'The Visitor' cinematographer Oliver Bokelberg (MonstersandCritics.com, April 18) Phedon Papamichael: Intelligent Teen Movie Or An Intelligent Movie With Teens? (Huffington Post, April 21) Digital Seminar for Still Photographers & Publicists Exhibit Offers Close-up of Iconic Mexican Cinematographer (Arizona Republic, April 11) BC Locals Organize Space Buddies IATSE, majors still without deal. New media, health plans on union's agenda (Variety, April 9) Members Talk First Hand about About Receiving Help from MPTF Hundreds Attend Local 600 Membership Meeting Feb. 23 CEO’s Pocket Big Pay While Their Companies Tank Local 600 Leaders Vote to Waive Dues for Members Hit by Strike NEB Votes on New Rules for D.I.T. Classification (Members only) Local 600 Now Accepting Applications for The 2008 Emerging Cinematographers Awards Local 600 NEB Makes Historic Decision to Waive Dues for Members Hurt by the Strike. Click here for PDF of Steven Poster's letter and the Dues Credit application form SOC goes 'Wild' for Jouffret IATSE Organizes "Like Dandelion Dust" 45th Annual Publicists Awards Results Urgent Notice to Local 600 Members: Do Not Accept Work for Because I Love You (aka Without Borders) Robert Elswit Wins ASC Cinematography Award for There Will Be Blood; Ben Nott and Glen Winter Claim Top TV Honors  Free P2 Training for Local 600 Members from Panasonic & HD Expo Letter from Executive Director on New Central Region Director-John Hilsman Congratulations to 2008 Academy Award Nominees for Achievement in Cinematography Notice to Local 600 Members on Axium Bankruptcy 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awards Event Set by Society of Camera Operators IATSE and LA County Fed Community Services Hold Workshop on Surviving Strike Local 600 Members from Across the Country Attend Mega Digital Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico + Photo Gallery WGA Strike: Information on Unemployment Compensation  for Local 600 Members WGA Strike: Resources Available for Local 600 Members Eastern Region 2007 Holiday Party (Photo Gallery) Jan. 21 Letter from President Poster on DGA Contract with AMPTP Jan. 13 Message from President Poster on DGA Talks with AMPTP (Members Only) ASC Names Feature Film Nominees; Deakins, Elswit, Kaminski and McGarvey Vie for Outstanding Achievement Award Entertainment Public Relations Pioneer Constance L. Stone Dies at 79 Local 600, Universal Discuss Solutions to Diversify Industry Workforce 10 Cinematographers Vie For Annual ASC Television Honors Special Membership Meeting Event Western Region Director Steve Flint Retires; Local 600 Staff Fill Transition IA President Short appeals to WGA: Let's All Get Back to Work (PDF) 2008 ICG Publicists Awards Schedule Now Available NEB Stresses Need to Reach Out to Members, Improve Union Technology to Capture More Work Local 600 Members Create Foundation to Train Wounded Marines to Work in the Entertainment Industry IATSE Endorses Clinton for President Hundreds of Local 600 Members and Their Families Turned Out to the Holiday Party Dec. 1 DGA Likely to Begin Negotiations in December Local 600 Members Attend East Coast Lighting Workshop Oct. 26, 2007 IATSE President Tom Short: Members Must Honor Contract IATSE Local One and  League of American Theaters and Producers Reach Tentative Agreement Local 600 Mourns the Death of Robert 'Chip' Monk IATSE Signs Romney Ad Production Companies AFTRA and IATSE Conclude First Meeting of Joint Strategic Alliance Committee IATSE and Local 600 Organize Web-Based Series “quarterlife" 600 Business Reps First Line of Defense for Addressing Issues on the Set Oscar-Winning Local 600 Member  Richard Edlund To Receive ASC Tribute Local 600 Cooperates with Department of Labor Investigation Local 600 Members: Report Meal Abuses on the Set Condolences to Friends and Family of Local 600 DP Morris Bleckman Local 600 Member Creates Foundation to Help Wounded Veterans Train for Career in Entertainment Industry Local 600 Member Buddy Squires to Receive Cinematography Award from International Documentary Association Local 600 Member Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC to Present and Talk about Caravaggio Ojai Film Festival Honors Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC Stephen Burum Will Receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award Hundreds Attend First ICG Emerging Cinematographer Awards at DGA Congratulations to 2007 Emmy Winners IATSE Reaches Tentative Three-Year Agreement with AICP Local 600 Director of Photography Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC to Mentor 2007 Participants of Hungarian Masterclass Applications for Eighth Annual International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship Grants Now Available IATSE and Local 600  organize Reality Show Farmer Wants a Wife Tribute to Laszlo Kovacs, ASC George Spiro Dibie to Receive ASC Television Career Achievement Award Emerging Cinematographers Awards Senator, filmmaker campaign against Fox News ASC Dedicates Annual Student Award to Laszlo Kovacs Local 600 Member Howard Anderson, Jr. to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from TV Academy IATSE Vice President Appointed Co-Chair of Alberta Film Advisory Council Local 600 Offers Condolences to the Family and Friends of Scott Rathner ASC Calls for TV Entries in Annual Awards Competition Local 600 President Steven Poster, ASC and Local 600 Members Discuss Art of Collaboration at UFVA Conference IATSE, AFTRA Seek Closer Strategic Alliance Eastern Region Digital Workshop in Philadelphia Aug. 17-18 Legendary Director of Photography Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, Died July 22 Congratulations to Local 600's 2007 Emmy Nominees JL Fisher Open House Local 600 First Assistant Runs Organizes 50 Lemonade Stands Across City for Los Angeles Charity Event, Big Sunday Committee Reports from June 9-10 NEB Meeting (Members Only) Local 600 President Steven Poster, ASC to Lead Seminar about Role of Camera Crew at Annual University Film &Video Association Conference New NEB Takes Office, Pledges New Direction for Local 600 IATSE Local 720 Wins Election for Stage Technicians in Las Vegas  Local 600 Helps Organize Symphony, New Symphony Pictures IATSE Organizes Disneyland Pyro Technics Unit Congratulations to the 2007 Honorees of the Emerging Cinematographers Awards Newly Elected National Officers Sworn in at NEB Share Your Thoughts on Laszlo & Vilmos for Documentary Film at CineGear Local 600 Member Uta Briesewitz to be Honored at Women In Film Celebration As Good As it Gets Screens at UCLA June 21 Films from ICG 2006 Film Showcase Screen at CineGear, This Year's Honorees to be Announced Certified Guild Election Results Announced Local 600 Member Michael Ballhaus Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award Poster Posts Win Over Wexler for Local 600 Prexy Local 600 Member Vince Mata Joins Union as New Business Rep Visual Effects Society Invites Local 600 Members to 2007 VES Festival of Visual Effects Local 600 Holds 17th Annual ICG Golf Tournament Screening and Q&A – Amy Vincent’s Black Snake Moan IATSE Demands NBC Discipline “Law & Order” Producer for Reported Racist and Sexist Remarks New Publicists Rep Joins Local 600 Breakthrough for Publicists In Historic Breakthrough for Local 600 Publicists, Producers to Pay Benefits for Those Hired Outside Los Angeles County Memorial Service for Asst. Donald E. Cook Local 600 Still Photographers Asks Fellow Members to Support Jurisdiction and Refrain from Bringing Personal Cameras to the Set Stephen Burum, ASC Named UCLA Cinematographer in Residence More than 400 Local 600 Members Attend 2007 Master Lighting Workshop at Paramount Studios Read What Local 600 Members Have to Say about Recent National Craft Meetings IA President Short Appoints Safety Chairman Congratulations to Local 600 Members Who Won ASC Awards Setting The Record Straight New York Media Room Now Open for Members IA Signs Agreement with Arclight Cinemas IA Organizes E! Channel Members Who Re-Rate to Higher Classifications Without Informing Guild Face Higher Penalties Local 600 Eastern Region Operator Workshop: View Photos Kovacs, Zsigmond 50-Year Anniversary Tribute Feb. 11 at UCLA National Membership Meeting and Nominations Meeting: Saturday, Feb. 24 (Members Only) Local 600 member Thomas Loizeaux Dies of Heart Attack Congratulations to Local 600 Academy Award Nominees for Best Cinematography 2006 American Society of Cinematographers Announces Feature Film Nominees Sony Offers Free Online HD Media Seminars Local 600 Holds Camera Operators Workshop Nov. 18, 2006 Photo Gallery IATSE and Comcast Sportsnet Reach Agreement IATSE, Producers Announce New Low Budget Agreement Local 600 Invites Members to Submit Entries to the 2007 ICG Film Showcase Society of Camera Operators Holds 2007 Lifetime Achievement Awards IATSE and Comcast Sportsnet Reach Agreement Assistant Tim Barry Dies Pulling Relatives From Surf IATSE National Benefit Funds Office is Moving! IATSE Organizes Ballet Austin Local 600 Members Featured on HD EXPO Panels Nov. 2006 (Streaming Video) 'America's Next Top Model' Crew Votes to Join IATSE Local Holds First National Craft Meeting for Operators Diversity Committee Hosts Screening, Co-Hosts Networking Event for Members To all Directors of Photography: Don't Waive Your Rest Period Longtime Western Region Business Representative Tim Wade Retires “America’s Next Top Model” Crew to Vote Dec. 4 on Whether to Join Union For Publicists Local 600 Offers Professional Training Opportunities ICG 600 Votes Down Filing Petition 301(a) as Way to Fight Runaway Production Tribute to Acclaimed Directors of Photography Local 600 Member Richard Crudo, ASC Sparks Creation of Digital Printer Lights IATSE Nears Agreement to Unionize "America's Next Top Model" SAG Gives $50,000 to FTAC Campaign to Fund Petition Challenging Foreign Film Subsidies Stanley Brossette, Publicist to Elvis Presley and Other Stars, Dies a 69 IATSE Local 600 Eastern Region Endorses New Jersey Candidates (Members Only) Local 600 Presents Billy Bitzer Awards Nov. 11 Job Opening for IATSE Local 600 Organizer/Business Representative Congratulations to the 2006 International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship Awardees Local 600 Holds First Meeting for Operators Nov. 12 Local 600 Offers Condolences to the Family of Terry Clairmont Retired Local 600 Member Gerald Hirschfeld To Receive ASC Presidents Award Chair of the IATSE Labor/Management Safety Committee Stresses Value of Safety Pass Program Local 600 Organizes Dream Boy Apply for Seventh Annual International Cinematographers Guild Scholarships Condolences to the Family of Brother James Glennon, ASC (1942-2006) Local 600 Member Allen Daviau To Receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award IATSE Raises Funds for Angelides Support IATSE 33 Stagehands at LA Forum Rally Actors Fund Workshops in New York Offers Seminars on Issues Ranging from Healthcare, Resumes, Housing and Interviews The Nov. 7 Election: What's at Stake for Local 600 Members New IATSE Digital, Videotape Agreements: Take Effect Oct. 1 Cinematographer Style Explores the Art of Filmmaking Through Interview with 110 Cinematographers Local 600 Responds to Crew Complaints on Guardian, Gets Better Conditions on Set Academy Screenings Make a Difference for Local 600 Members in the Nov. 7 Election IATSE Hosts Phil Angelides Reception, Fundraiser Oct. 3 IATSE Organizes "Set For Life" Haskell Wexler to Receive the International Documentary Association's 2006 Career Achievement Award Local 600 Screens Haskell Wexler's Documentary Who Needs Sleep? Spitzer and Cuomo, Candidates Endorsed By Local 600 Eastern Region Council, Win N.Y. Primary IATSE Appoints Local 600 Member New Publicity Representative Understand the Union Steward's Role President Steven Poster Outlines Priorities, New Programs for Local 600 Steven Poster, ASC, Elected President of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600 Local 600 NEB Member Fran Zell Retires from 20th Century Fox Local 600 Members Win Emmy Awards  for 05-06 Season 2006 Emmy-Nominated Cinematographers Honored by Kodak Career Coaching Panel and Discussion (PDF) Publicists Awards Set For Ealier Date! Local 600 May 2006 Golf Tournament Children and Grandchildren of Local 600 Members Win Scholarships Eastern Region 2005/2006 Billy Bitzer Awards 2006 ICG Film Showcase Hundreds of IA 33 Members and Los Angeles Union Members Protest at Pearl Jam Concert 120 IATSE 33 Stagehands, Janitors & Engineers Still On the Sidewalk at LA Forum Photo gallery of Local 600 June Training in Genesis Photo gallery of Local 600 June Training in HD Publicist Tips For Making Perfect Pitch Local 600 Directors of Photography Share Insight in Master Lighting Workshop Local 600 Publicists' Schedule of Events Local 600 Names 11 Films to Annual Showcase; World Premiere Screening at DGA Theatre on July 23 Local 600 Member Daryn Okada Elected President of American Society of Cinematographers Local 600 Member and Director of Photography Finds Success in a 10-Hour Workday 2006 ICG Film Showcase Honorees Announced May 6 National Membership Meeting Hundreds of IA 33 Members and Supporters Rally for Fair Wages at LA Forum Crew Solidarity Was Key in Organizing Home of the Brave Local 600 Member Maryse Alberti Will be Feted at Women in Film Celebration Call for Nominations from Eastern Region 2005/2006 Billy Bitzer Awards ICG and EPPS Hold Monthly Publicists Breakfast in April IATSE Local 48 Ratifies Contract at University of Akron NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT (Members Only) Local 600 Named UCLA Cinematographer in Residence, First Screening of Punishment Park Apr. 17 New York City Central Labor Council Holds National Day of Action Rally Apr. 10 for Immigrant Rights Services to be Held for Local 600 Member and Director of Photography Kenneth Peach, Jr. on Apr.8 Dion Beebe Wins 2005 Oscar for Cinematography Brian Van’t Hul Wins 2005 Oscar Beebe, Greenberg, and Hope Claim Top ASC Awards Local 600 Members Win Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Haskell Wexler's Documentary "Who Needs Sleep?" Draws Strong Response at the Sundance Film Festival NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Members Only) ASC Hosts Open House And Online Internet Chat with Local 600 Members Local 600 Members Win Academy Award Nominations SPECIAL NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Members Only) American Society of Cinematographers Nominates Local 600 Members In Annual TV Competition Local 600 Organizes Original Internet Production Just Four Hours Before Strike Deadline Local 600's Finest Directors of Photography Lead Lighting Workshop in New York Local 600 Member Haskell Wexler's Documentary Who Needs Sleep? Local 600 Donates Gifts for Children's Bureau of Southern California Diversity (or lack of it) in Hollywood Today: ICG and SAG Explore the Topic Jan. 21 ASC Unveils 2005 Feature Film Nominations New Central Region Business Rep Brings Organizing and Industry Experience to Job Annual Halloween Screening for Kids (PHOTO GALLERY) Local 600 Holds Screening of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Viper Training Workshop at Plus 8 Digital HDFEST Held in Los Angeles Gilbert Taylor, ASC Will Receive ASC International Achievement Award 2006 Publicists Awards Schedule ICG Offers 2005 Scholarship Local 600 Members Help Defeat Prop. 75 Mayor Bloomberg Wins Historic Re-election Victory, Two Democrats Win Governorships Wal-Mart Movie Screening on Nov. 16 Lifestyle Newspaper-Magazine to Premier in November Local 600's Kovacs, Zsigmond to Receive Award From Hungarian Cinematographers Local 600 Cordially Invites You to the HD Expo Local 600 Member to Conduct an Entertainment Public Relations Course at UCLA Extension Local 600 Member Laszlo Kovacs to Judge Kodak Filmschool Competition Local 600 Helps Fellow Members Displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Rita Move Forward ICG New York Master Lighting Workshop To Feature World’s Finest Directors of Photography Local 600 Shows Union Pride at Annual New York City Central Labor Council Labor Day Parade on Sept. 10. Richard H. Kline to Receive ASC Lifetime Achievement TV Academy Honors Members Local 600 Members Attend Camera System Training at DALSA Digital Cinema Local 600 Members Attend Training on Remote Head and Crane Operation Local 600 Members Hone Skills at Camera Assistant Workshop in Los Angeles Notice to Local 600 members regarding the “Greenberg, et al. Class Action Settlement” ICG Members Receive HD Training Hurricane Katrina Wreaks Havoc on Hundreds of Thousands, including Local 600 Members and Crew Local 600 Dodger Family Day on August 14 Kodak Honors MTV Video Music Award Nominees Zsigmond, Schwartzman To Mentor 2005 Hungarian Masterclass Condolences to Family of Michael Stone, Local 600 Operator Report on the June 2005 National Executive Board Meeting Local 600 Takes its Training On the Road Boston Features One-Day HD Workshop Panavision HD Camera Workshop Actors Fund of America Key Resource Local 600 Members Honored With Emmy Nominations Children of Local 600 Members Win Scholarships Local 600's Seminar at Cinegear Expo 2005 a Great Success 36th Annual Scholarship for Children of IATSE Members Laszlo Kovacs to Discuss Easy Rider, Paper Moon and Shampoo at LA Film Festival June 25 LA Golf Tourney Turns Out the Fans Rep. Dennis Kucinich Pledges Help on Runaway to Cinematographers Guild Women in Film Tabs Tami Reiker for Kodak Vision Award NY Hosts Camera Assistants Seminar Defining the Workplace: "Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll - What does it really take?" Cine Gear Expo 2005 2005 Film Showcase New York Premiere Antonio Villaraigosa Wins Landslide Election with the Help of IATSE Dialogue with ASC Cinematographers Roger Deakins Will Mentor UCLA Film Students 2005 Short Film Showcase Debuts April 10 in Los Angeles National Membership Meeting April 30, 2005 IATSE Endorses Antonio Villaraigosa for Los Angeles Mayor Long time activist Henry Minski passes on Former Business Representative Marlene Mattaschiam leaves behind a legacy of activism Storaro to Accept Coolidge Award April 6 in Boston Richardson Claims Oscar Okada Speaks on Role of Cinematographer with Congressional Staff Brent's Rule Memorial Statement 600 Member Loses Battle with Pancreatic Cancer 600 Member Seeks Help in Tracking Down Stolen Equipment 600 Members Among Oscar Nominees ASC TV Nominees are Familiar Bunch Local 600 Endorses Anti-Discrimination Policy I.A.T.S.E. Anti-Discrimination and Harassment-Free Workplace Policy 600 Members Get ASC Feature Film Nods 600 Member Wins Deffie Award Kovacs Tapped to Judge Kodak Student Competition 600 Celebrates Golden Members in NY The Cinematographer Roll Call 1.3.05 IATSE Informational Picket Targets Trump, Apprentice Guild Presents Bitzer Awards in NY The Cinematographer Roll Call 11.30.04 Members Get Brought Up to Speed at Digital Photography Seminar Member's Photography on Display in L.A. Guild Hosts Halloween Screening in LA Putting Up a Good Fight to Organize TV Reality Show 'Law Firm' IA Makes Gains in HBO Contract Guild Launches 9th Annual Film Showcase Fore! Eastern Region Members Teed Off. Hundreds of Guild Members Fill Dodger Stadium on Dodger Family Night Guild Anglers Hit Mother Lode on Third Annual Fishing Trip ICG Scholarship Applications Available Guild Members Earn Emmys 600 Members Join NY Rally to 'Take Back America' 600 Member, Famous Documentarian Dead at 90 The Cinematographer Roll Call 9.3.04 Guild Members Honored at MTV VMA Awards Congratulations to Our Emmy Nominees Fred Koenekamp To Receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award Cinematographer Killed in Florida Crash New Administration Sets up Shop at June NEB Guild Files Comments with US Commerce Dept. on Outsourcing Guild Heralds 2004 Scholarship Winners Gary Dunham and Tom Weston: Greetings, Brothers and Sisters/In the Future Gary Dunham Wins Local 600 Presidency Publicists Awards Celebrate Kaplan, Pirates, The OC and More