ICG Magazine

03/09/2024

The September issue, featuring a cover story on "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," is available to read on icgmagazine.com! The issue also includes a story on the NY-based production “His Three Daughters,” as well as a special on the eight Emerging Cinematographer Awards honorees.

📷: Nicole Rivelli

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22/08/2024

Where exactly is technology leading us? The August issue of features interviews with 10 professionals, from an Oscar-winning Director of Photography to the current president of SMPTE, to find out how people and machines mesh at this historic inflection point. https://bit.ly/3ywDLvT

“With every film I’m doing, the technology is progressing at a rate of massive change… It’s all about maximizing efficiency, so the quality we can achieve – in the limited hours we have to shoot – is increased,” says Director of Photography Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS.

📷: Niko Tavernise (Director of Photography Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS), Troy Harvey (Director of Photography Alice Brooks, ASC), Elizabeth Fisher (Director of Photography Fred Murphy, ASC)

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19/08/2024

Guild Director of Photography James M. Muro rides into the often treacherous breach of the American West for Kevin Costner’s sprawling cinematic anthology, .

Read about Muro and his union camera crew in the August ’24 issue: https://bit.ly/3ywDLvT

📷: Richard Foreman

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06/08/2024

Guild Director of Photography Dariusz Wolski, ASC, takes one career giant leap in the new romantic comedy, Fly Me to the Moon. Read the story in the August issue of : https://bit.ly/3ywDLvT

“I don’t think I’ve learned more in the last decade in this business from anybody than I did watching Dariusz on set. It was one of the highlights of my [working] life,” says Director Greg Berlanti.

📷: Daniel McFadden (.mcfadden.520 on Instagram)

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01/08/2024

Guild Director of Photography Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC, SASC, flies into a weather vortex for Universal Pictures disaster-flick update, Twisters Movie

“When you see an analog movie, one shot on location, your brain stops comparing it with the way other things look, and you get immersed in the story,” says Mindel.

📷: Melinda Sue Gordon, SMPSP ( on Instagram)

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23/07/2024

Viewers recently had to say goodbye to one of TV’s most beloved (and popular) comedies, Young Sheldon. The parting is just as hard for Director of Photography Buzz Feitshans IV and his ICG camera team, who spent all seven years together on the series.

“Young Sheldon was – simply put – the best work experience of my life,” A-Camera Operator Neil Toussaint.

June/July issue: https://bit.ly/4ewh1wd

📷: Bill Inosh*ta

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15/07/2024

Union sustainability activists from across the industry come together at the 2024 Hollywood Climate Summit to share their knowledge – and action items.

“To fundamentally make a difference on set, we need to change people’s mindsets and to do that, we need to draw the connection between why being a member of the camera department means we should care about the impact our productions are having on climate change,” Local 600 Operator and Western Region chair of Local 600’s Sustainability Committee Allison Elvove.

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Union sustainability activists from across the industry come together at the 2024 Hollywood Climate Summit to share their knowledge – and action items. by Margot Lester / Photos by Katherine Bomboy     In late June, film and television community members gathered at the Hollywood Climate Summit, ...

24/06/2024

FX’s new series about “that other L.A. basketball team” takes a fly-on-the-wall approach to visualize one of the first scandals of the Internet age. Read about the union camera team, including Guild DPs Bryce Fortner and Jonathan Furmanski, behind on icgmagazine.com.

📷: Kelsey McNeal ( on Instagram)

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FX’s new series about “that other L.A. basketball team” takes a fly-on-the-wall approach to visualize one of the first scandals of the Internet age. by David Geffner / Photos by Kelsey McNeal/FX   There’s a moment in Clipped, the new dramatic limited series from FX (streaming exclusively on...

21/06/2024

As in its two prior years, season 3 of the hit drama The Cleaning Lady FOX showcases the craft skills of a highly motivated New Mexico-based union team. Read the article in the June/July issue: https://bit.ly/4ewh1wd

📷: Jeff Neumann

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04/06/2024

For the Apple TV+ series , Guild Directors of Photography John Lindley, ASC, and Jeffrey Greeley, along with a strong Chicago-based team, plumb infinite options offered by the roads not taken.

📷: Sandy Morris (.blood on Instagram)

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16/05/2024

Netflix’s dramatic series, “A Man in Full” (based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel), is a tale of Atlanta society – top to bottom and back again. Read ’s web exclusive, featuring Guild DPs Tobie Marier Robitaille, CSC, and Craig Wrobleski, ASC, CSC, on icgmagazine.com.

📷: Mark Hill ( on Instagram)

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Netflix’s dramatic series, A Man in Full (based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel), is a tale of Atlanta society – top to bottom and back again. by Margot Lester / Photos by Mark Hill / Netflix / Framgrabs Courtesy of Netflix   Netflix’s A Man in Full, based on novelist Tom Wolfe’s late 1990s bes...

10/05/2024

Minhal Baig’s indie gem, , shot by Director of Photography Pat Scola with an all-local team, is an ode to boyhood, Chicago-style. Read about the feature in the May issue of : https://bit.ly/4dxFalA

📷: Danielle Scruggs ( on Instagram)

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02/05/2024

Five ICG Directors of Photography, led by Stuart Dryburgh, ASC, and Teo Maniaci, help transpose one of pop culture’s most enduring video games to the small screen. Read all about Prime Video’s in the May issue of .

📷: JoJo Whilden, SMPSP ( on Instagram)

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29/04/2024

Make your plans to attend Cine Gear Expo LA! June 7-8, 2024 at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, CA Register here:
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26/04/2024

The killing of America’s 16th president flung a nation into mourning; the search for his assassin became high drama of Shakespearean proportions. Read about the Local 600 camera crew who brought Apple TV's to life, including Guild DPs Robert Humphreys, ACS, and Trevor Forrest, in ’s April issue: https://bit.ly/3VIDsHu

📷: Chr!s Reel ( on Instagram)

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14/04/2024

For live coverage of Local 600 at NAB Show, check out the Local’s Insta Stories (). Are you a member in attendance? Reach out!

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08/04/2024

The 61st Annual ICG luncheon reveled in fun and funny before an audience of PR professionals who went above and beyond to respond to 2023’s challenges.

📷: Trae Patton ( on Instagram), Julia Neal, winner of the Publicist of the Year Award, is celebrated by her publicity cohort from Paramount Pictures.

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The 61st Annual Publicists Guild Awards luncheon revels in fun and funny before an audience of PR professionals who went above and beyond to respond to 2023’s challenges. by Pauline Rogers / Photos by Trae Patton and Evans Vestal Ward   The 61st Annual Publicists Guild Awards hit both fresh and f...

03/04/2024

Check out the April issue’s article on the Local 600 publicity team behind Genius: MLK/X. “Collaborating with [Still Photographer] Richard DuCree and [EKP/BTS Camera Operator] Jeremy Emerman on a show of such magnitude was a dream job,” says the show’s Unit Publicist Shelly Williams. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VIDsHu

📷: Richard DuCree ( on Instagram)

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01/04/2024

The April issue of is available now on icgmagazine.com, featuring Apple TV’s . Creator Abe Sylvia wanted to make a show that mirrored the work of celebrity photographer Slim Aarons; Guild Directors of Photography David Lanzenberg and Todd McMullen were thrilled to accommodate the ask.

📷: Erica Parise ( on Instagram)

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22/03/2024

Mauro Fiore, ASC, AIC, teams with Marvel TV veteran S.J. Clarkson to spin a complex new web for a Marvel character unlike any other: Madame Web.

Says Clarkson about Fiore, “I love how [he] wasn’t afraid of my wanting the color to pop.”

Read about the union camera team behind the film in ’s Feb/Mar issue: https://bit.ly/3T1CTFF

📷: Jessica Kourkounis + Claire Folger ( + on Insta)

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06/03/2024

ICG: International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) is hosting a booth and panel at Cine Gear Expo NY on Friday, March 15 & Saturday, March 16 in Industry City, Brooklyn, NY. Join us at booth #105!

At 10:15 am (EST) on Saturday, March 16, join the Local for “The Art of Camera Motion” panel where some of the Guild's leading Directors of Photography & Camera Operators will be discussing how they work with directors to develop camera moves that define emotion, add impact, and shape audience involvement.

Register for FREE: https://www.cinegearexpo.com/ny-expo/

📷: Gwendolyn Capistran ( on Insta)

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01/03/2024

Charlotte Bruus Christensen, ASC and her Guild camera team search for “true north” in the undiscovered country of cyberspace in FX Networks’ "A Murder at the End of the World." Read the story on icgmagazine.com: https://bit.ly/3T1CTFF

📷: Chris Saunders ( on Insta)

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20/02/2024

Describing the look of Netflix’s , Guild DP Armando Salas, ASC, has said, “[it] couldn’t throw you down the rabbit hole of darkness all the time, but we didn’t want to glamorize it, either. It was always about finding the best version of Miami that fit our story.”

Read more about the union camera team behind the new crime drama in the February/March issue of .

📷: Elizabeth Morris ( on Insta)

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13/02/2024

“We had to use every available cinematic technique at different moments to make the style fit the emotion of each scene. This meant using long takes, Steadicam, a Trinity rig, slow motion, zoom lenses, programmed lighting changes, real locations and different aspect ratios,” says Guild DP Bill Kirstein of his and the camera team’s work on “Mean Girls.” Read the web exclusive on icgmagazine.com.

📷: JoJo Whilden, SMPSP ( on Insta)

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A new feature version of the Broadway hit (and, before that, Hollywood box office smash) recently debuted on screens: head back to high school with Mean Girls (the musical). by Pauline Rogers / Photos by JoJo Whilden/Paramount Pictures   Let’s face it: high school is war, and no one comes out uns...

02/02/2024

"Ahsoka" creator Dave Filoni says both Quyen Tran, ASC and Eric Steelberg, ASC are “incredibly talented at being able to carry a sense of emotion throughout their lighting and compositions. They understood that we wanted to create a series that had ties to the films that Star Wars was based on even more than Star Wars itself.” Read more about Tran, Steelberg and the Local 600 camera crew who brought "Ahsoka" to life in the January issue: https://bit.ly/486ZN46

📷: Suzanne Tenner + Nicola Goode

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26/01/2024

The annual Local 600 / ICG Magazine "Snowdance" Party at the Sundance Film Festival brought together members with projects in the festival, members there to support their peers, aspiring members, agents and managers, representatives from camera houses, producers, and directors. Our thanks to all the attendees. See you next year!

📷: Tobin Yelland ( on Insta)

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Local 600 and ICG Magazine met up with members in Park City, UT for the Sundance Film Festival, its 40th year celebrating independent cinema. Many members with projects featured at the festival were in attendance, participants on panels, and there to catch up with their peers behind the camera. The....

23/01/2024

'Oppenheimer' leads the noms with a total of 13 noms, followed by 'Poor Things' with 11, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' with 10 and 'Barbie' with eight. They will compete for best picture with 'American Fiction,' 'Anatomy of a Fall,' 'The Holdovers,' 'Maestro,' 'Past Lives' and 'The Zone of Interest.'

16/01/2024

Local 600 camera teams head up to Park City with stories of reconciliation, remembrance, and renewal to unpack. Read ’s 2024 web exclusive on icgmagazine.com.

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Local 600 camera teams head up to Park City with stories of reconciliation, remembrance, and renewal to unpack. by David Geffner / Photos Courtesy of Sundance Institute Unless Otherwise Noted   It’s been a tough few years for the U.S. film and television industry, under siege from everything from...

16/01/2024

ICG: International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) / ICG Magazine will host our annual Sundance Film Festival "Snowdance" Party at Cafe Terigo on Monday, January 22, 2-4 pm (MST). A networking gathering, which brings together members, directors, producers, agents, and aspiring members, this is a "don't miss" event of the fest. Local 600 members should RSVP by Friday, January 19: https://bit.ly/48ViV5V

📷: Tobin Yelland ( on Insta)

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16/01/2024

Film Festival 2024 single film tickets are on sale now! In-person and online screenings available, starting at $25. Buy tickets now at festival.sundance.org/tickets. Sundance Film Festival