Industry & Labor

Getting a “foot in the door” of the television and filmmaking business is an often daunting and difficult first step. The Sarah Jones Opportunity offers just that: an open door.

To meet the demands of unscripted TV audiences, camera operators, directors of photography and lighting directors are combining real-time, visual know-how with unique, predesigned approaches to storytelling.

This Saturday, April 28, 2018, the labor movements in the U.S. and Canada will observe Workers Memorial Day and the National Day of Mourning. These days serve as an annual remembrance of workers killed or injured on the job, and renewal of the fight for strong safety and health protections.

The ICG Safety App is a safety reference and reporting tool for the motion picture and television industry.

Moms-in-Film (MIF) designed its first ever, industry-wide Care Needs Survey to get as comprehensive as possible a view of the realities that parents working in the entertainment industry currently face. 

We have been notified by Contract Services that a large percentage of Local 600 members that are on the roster are behind on their required safety classes.

In order to accommodate the increased training volumes resulting from negotiated Refresher Training and the roll-out of additional training requirements, Contract Services will be operating with extended hours in April, including early morning and evening classes.

As part of the IMDbPro Affiliate Program, members of International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) will receive 30% off their IMDbPro membership.

Visit your My600 Profile and get current with your contacts, credits, agents, skills, member links, profile photo, websites, resumes, photo galleries, press links, social media links, video links and more.

Local 600 will be expertly represented at the annual NAB show, April 7-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ICG Magazine's David Geffner will hold a panel with two-time Oscar-winning Director of Photography Janusz Kaminski on Monday, April 9.

"Get Out" and "Stranger Things 2" Publicity Campaigns Win Top Honors at Publicists Awards

If Sinclair’s proposed merger with Tribune is approved, the conservative broadcast company will own more than 230 television stations across 108 media markets. The results? Compromised local news, higher prices, less opinions, and local jobs lost.