Ambar Capoor: Targeting Areas of Need
16 Jun 2020Note: The above photo of Ambar Capoor was taken during a static shot. Airbags are disabled and the car is immobilized.
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10 Questions with Gabriel Pfeiffer
12 Jun 2020New Mexico-based 1st AC Gabriel Pfeiffer started his career at Panavision, in Dallas, TX. He transitioned to the freelance world and worked his way through various camera department classifications, on projects such as "Briarpatch," "Stargirl," "Hostiles," and "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." 
Hollywood Unions Release Protocols For Restarting Film & TV Production
12 Jun 2020Hollywood’s unions released their detailed protocols today for the safe reopening of the film and TV industry – a joint effort by the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the Teamsters. The 36-page report implements the more general guidelines set forth in a White Paper on reopening that was issued by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force on June 1. The release of the unions’ report comes just as Los Angeles County has allowed production to resume, starting today.-
Local 600 & ICG Magazine Presents "Deep Dive" with HBO's "I Know This Much is True"
12 Jun 2020Local 600 and ICG Magazine are launching "Deep Dive," a virtual panel series where we chat with the creative teams of union television and film productions. -
How COVID-19 is Transforming the Film Industry
11 Jun 2020After more than 40 years as an actor, Sheri Mann Stewart had finally taken the plunge to launch her own production company. A week after she wrapped shooting her first film for Mann Woman Productions, Atlanta went on pandemic lockdown. -
Industry Virtual Art Gallery Raises Emergency Funds
09 Jun 2020A boy dashes down a deserted street in Istanbul. Sun-bathers congregate on a rocky outcropping in Marseilles long before the term “social distancing” became part of everyday language.
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ASC Elects Stephen Lighthill as President
09 Jun 2020The board of governors at the American Society of Cinematographers on Tuesday elected Stephen Lighthill as its new president. It is the second term in the top spot for Lighthill, who takes over from outgoing ASC president Kees van Oostrum, who had served the maximum four terms. -
Black Lives Matter Protests Nationwide
08 Jun 2020In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Black Lives Matter protests, marches, and rallies have been taking place daily across the country and around the world.
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A Day in the Life with Nicola Goode
05 Jun 2020Local 600 Unit Still Photographer Nicola Goode, SMPSP, who lives with her 16-year-old son, Dylan, in a hilltop house near the Santa Monica Airport, and maintains a storefront studio near Venice Bea
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A Letter from Union Leadership to Oakland Police Department Concerning Detainment of KPIX-5 Reporter
05 Jun 2020KPIX-5 reporter Katie Nielsen was detained by the Oakland Police Department while doing her job reporting on demonstrations in Oakland on Monday 1 June. -
CA Oks Production Startup June 12
05 Jun 2020California will allow film and television shoots to resume as soon as June 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Friday, marking a major step toward reviving the entertainment business after the coronavirus outbreak crippled it nearly three months ago. -
Edward James Olmos On Turning BLM Outrage Into Change In Hollywood
03 Jun 2020Last time Los Angeles was engulfed in the kind of turmoil we’ve seen this week was the 1992 LA Riots, and the lifelong Angeleno assisted in the cleanup effort. At 73, he continues to self- quarantine, which he has done since early March. But he has watched this drama unfold like the rest of us. He shares his thoughts on what’s unfolded, and taps his own frustrations and experiences to advise how to turn Hollywood’s overtures into a tipping point that might mean not only an increase in inclusive film and TV projects, but installing more decision making executives of color.
