Remembering Halyna Hutchins
27 Oct 2021
ICG Local 600 and the entertainment community lost a beloved sister when Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins lost her life on the set of the film Rust.
IATSE, Producers Reach Tentative Theatrical and TV/MP Area Standards Agreement
27 Oct 2021
NEW YORK – Late Sunday, 23 Local Unions of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) reached a tentative three-year agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for the 2021 Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Area Standards Agreement.
Union Activism: Organizing at Starbucks, Dollar General and Amazon
22 Oct 2021
Shellie Parsons never thought she'd be supporting an effort to win union representation at the Dollar General store where she's worked for a bit more than a year.
‘Dune’ Cinematographer Greig Fraser in THR’s ‘Behind the Screen’
21 Oct 2021
After a series of pandemic-related delays, Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune, a Warner Bros. production based on Frank Herbert’s novel, has, at last, arrived in theaters.
‘Life Aquatic’ DP on staging Wes Anderson's scene
19 Oct 2021
By the standards of Wes Anderson's career at that point, 2004's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was a massive undertaking.
IATSE Reveals Most Thorough Details Yet Of Proposed New Deal; Full Contract To Be Unveiled
19 Oct 2021
Less than a week after IATSE struck a strike-averting tentative agreement with the Hollywood studios, streamers and networks for a new film and TV contract, members of the union will learn the actual details of the deal as soon as this weekend.
International Film and TV Unions Drawing Inspiration From IATSE Dealmaking
18 Oct 2021
The new, tentative three-year film and TV deal agreed upon between the studios and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union representing below-the-line entertainment workers, still has to be ratified by union members.
Union Calls Deal to Avert Strike 'a Hollywood Ending' as Negotiations Continue for Workers in Other
16 Oct 2021
A threatened strike on major TV and film production was averted Saturday night, just hours before a midnight deadline.
See Something? Say Something
15 Oct 2021
Sensitivity and anti-harassment training have become regular features/conditions of employment, often as a way of satisfying state regulations or protecting the employer from potential liability.
DP Michael Fimognari on Innovation in Shooting Netflix’s ’Midnight Mass’
15 Oct 2021
In Midnight Mass, the arrival of a new priest upends the small, isolated fishing community of Crockett Island. It’s an original idea from writer/director Mike Flanagan, who made his name in the horror genre adapting Shirley Jackson, Henry James and multiple Stephen King opuses.
TV and Film Crews May go on Strike as Early as Monday
15 Oct 2021
Work on TV and film sets might come to a standstill as soon as Monday if 60,000 crew members working nationwide go on strike.
IATSE’s Labor Push Is Part of Broader Worker Struggle Across U.S.
14 Oct 2021
IATSE isn’t working alone when it comes to pressing for better labor conditions.