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The honorees for the 2016 ECAs have been announced.

"We're trying to figure out what works and what doesn't work [in VR]," said International Cinematographers Guild's Michael Chambliss.

“Know Before You Fly” is an educational campaign that provides prospective users with the information and guidance they need to fly safely and responsibly.

New IATSE and AICP Three-Year National Commercial Production Agreement Prioritizes Safety, Includes Wage and Benefit Increases

The Unit Publicist - "Fun and Frustration in the Trenches of Movie Making"

It was the fall women’s meeting of Local 600, the cinematographers’ union, that kindled the idea. Gathered in the Nyack, N.Y., home of Ellen Kuras, an Oscar nominee who shot “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” female directors of photography, assistants and camera operators swapped stories of their trade — and the challenges of being underrepresented in it.

Contract Services Administration Trust Fund (CSATF/CSATTF) is expanding by moving services provided to the motion picture and television industry employees to their new facility located at 2710 Winona Avenue, next door to our current location (telephone numbers will not change) as of Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

Local 600 will be at Cine Gear Expo (Los Angeles) at the landmark Paramount Studios June 3-4 at Booth #23. Stop by ACES Central, co-presented by the Academy, ICG and ASC and attend ICG's Virtual Reality session. Details below:

Local 600 members are invited to submit the names of members, in any of our Guild classifications, who would be deserving of this prestigious award. The deadline for receipt of nominations is July 15, 2016.

It has been reported that an email titled "Photographer needed for a commercial production" has been going around from a production company claiming to be Black Lab Production. This email has been reported as a phishing scam.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, May 16 - June 10, 2016

The tentative results of Local 600's 2016 Officer and Delegate Elections have been posted. The results remain unofficial until they are reviewed and approved by the National Executive Board at its June 2016 meeting.