Industry & Labor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) strongly condemns President Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox, an unprecedented and unlawful attack on workers’ rights in the United States.

Members in the Los Angeles area continue to face significant challenges due to the recent LA wildfires. During this difficult time, your union is here to offer support, resources, and guidance to help you navigate recovery efforts.

Negotiations between IATSE and the Atlantic Theater Company have broken down, prompting crew members to go on strike effective immediately. The Union remains committed to reaching a fair deal for the workers who make Atlantic Theater's productions possible.

IATSE is offering assistance to its members displaced due to the wildfires.

Your region directors play a vital role in supporting members by leading the staff at each of the regional offices and managing areas relating to collective bargaining agreements, contract enforcement, negotiations, organizing, and overall representation of our members.

Long drawn to filmmaking as an artistic medium cultivating "a radical form of empathy," cinematographer Jomo Fray took that concept in an immersive new direction with "Nickel Boys," the first narrative feature from Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross.

Crawley details the fast-paced shooting schedule (34 days!) of Brady Corbet's epic and reveals the scene that really thwarted him.

"In 'Wicked,' the light is actually the darkness and the darkness is actually the light," says cinematographer Alice Brooks in a new "Wicked" featurette. "All through movie one, the pink sun rises for Glinda, and the sun is always setting for Elphaba."

The indie cinema icon, collaborating with Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín for the second time, breaks down how he entered into the mind of Anglelina Jolie's Maria Callas with exquisitely painterly images in various styles and formats.

Cinematographer now turned director Rachel Morrison knows a thing to two about managing an impressive feat and breaking boundaries as a woman. In 2018, Morrison, best known for her work on Fruitvale Station and Black Panther, became the first female cinematographer ever nominated for an Academy Award. Reflecting on garnering her nomination for Netflix's Mudbound, she acknowledges the hoops women in the industry have to go through.

"Gladiator II" picks up 16 years after the first film ends. When director Ridley Scott was conceiving the original, the approach was, "Build the sets, fight real tigers, shoot real arrows," says cinematographer John Mathieson. This time around, things had moved forward and the Colosseum was at its height. But also there had been huge improvements in technology, and processes were now faster, easier and 3D printing technology had since evolved.

TheAnimation Guild(IATSE Local 839) and AMPTP have reached a tentative deal for a new three-year contact.