BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
Feb. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
JOKER AND THE MANDALORIAN
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS WIN TOP HONORS
AT THE 57TH ANNUAL ICG PUBLICISTS AWARDS
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DON MISCHER is Feted with the
Lifetime Achievement Award
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ANTHONY & JOE RUSSO Receive the Motion Picture Showman
Award;
AVA DuVERNAY Accepts the TV Showman Award
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EPK WITH PHOTOS/VIDEO AVAILABLE AFTER 4PM AT
http://www.image.net/ICGPublicistsAwards2020
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600)
Publicists today announced winners of its 57th Annual ICG
Publicists Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. JOKER (Warner Bros.
Pictures) won the top honors for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Pictures
Publicity Campaign, presented by Director Paul Feig (Ghostbusters). THE MANDALORIAN:
Season 1 (Disney+) won the Maxwell
Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign, presented
by actor Jason Lewis (Sex in the
City). This year's luncheon, which traditionally occurs the week
leading up to the Academy Awards®, was chaired by Tim Menke and co-chaired by Sheryl Main. More than 800 industry leaders
attended, including guild members, Hollywood public relations and marketing
executives, producers, studio and network executives, celebrities
and press.
"Congratulations to all the ICG Publicists Awards nominees and
winners today! Together we celebrate and acknowledge their unique
achievements and exceptional bodies of work," said Menke.
The Les Mason Award, the highest
honor the Publicists can bestow on one of its own members, was
given to Stephen Huvane (Slate PR),
by a surprise guest presenter and client Jennifer Aniston. The ICG Publicists debuted
their inaugural Publicist of the Year Award, which was presented to
Rachel Aberly, (42West) by
Leslee Dart, 42West Founder and
Co-CEO. The Bob Yeager Award for
Community Service was given to Rick
Markovitz (President of Weissman/Markovitz Communications),
presented by Lewis Rothenberg, ICG
National President.
Don Mischer received the
prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his prolific
career as an internationally acclaimed producer and director of
television and live events. The award was presented by Emmy-winning
and Oscar®-nominated actor Seth
MacFarlane (The Orville). A wonderful clip reel was shown
spotlighting the spectrum of Mischer's myriad of work earning 15
Emmy Awards and a record 10 Directors Guild of America Awards for
Outstanding Directorial Achievement, among numerous additional
accolades. As president of Don Mischer Productions, his credits
include the 71st Emmy Awards, 83rd, 84th and 85th Academy Awards,
9/11 Memorial Commemoration at Ground Zero, We Are One: The Obama
Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, The Kennedy Center
Honors, the ABC special Taking the Stage: African American Music
and Stories That Changed America, Super Bowl Halftime shows
(Prince, The Rolling Stones, Paul
McCartney and Bruce
Springsteen), the two-hour ABC special Mickey's 90th
Spectacular, among many others.
Anthony and Joe Russo, whose
critically acclaimed Avengers: Endgame is the highest grossing film
of all-time, were honored with the prestigious Motion Picture
Showman of the Year Award for their historic contributions to the
art of cinema, presented by actor Don
Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel). The Russo
Brothers are the artists and innovators of some of the world's most
successful and iconic blockbuster films. They are the only
directors to direct four record-breaking and critically acclaimed
films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain America: The Winter
Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers:
Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Avengers:
Endgame is the highest-grossing film of all-time, bringing in
$2.79 billion, obliterating their own
record set with Avengers: Infinity War. Endgame broke more than 100
box office records, including best opening weekend of any movie in
history.
Ava DuVernay, award-winning
writer, director and producer, was given the esteemed Television
Showman of the Year Award, honoring her prolific career as a
visionary television producer, presented by actress Dawn-Lyen Gardner (Queen
Sugar). Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Ava was an
entertainment publicist for 12 years with her own firm and supports
the roles of publicists in making a television or movie production.
A beautiful clip reel spotlighted DuVernay's award winning
directorial work on Selma, 13th, When They See Us, Queen Sugar, Cherish the Day, and A Wrinkle in
Time, which made her the highest grossing black woman director in
American box office history, among many others. Also highlighted
were her many television and film accolades, including her Emmys,
BAFTAs and Peabody Awards, as well as her Academy Award
nominations.
Sheryl Main, publicity and
marketing strategist with over 25 years' experience in both the
entertainment and political arenas, received the Henri Bollinger
Award, named after the renowned award-winning entertainment
industry publicist. This special award was presented in a heartfelt
speech by Rebecca Rhine, ICG
National Executive Director, and a surprise video message from
Arnold Schwarzenegger, in
recognition of Main who epitomizes the definition of special merit
in the field of entertainment.
Clark Collis, Entertainment
Weekly, was honored with The Press Award, presented by veteran
publicist Hollace Davids. The
International Media Award was presented to Nelson Aspen, Sunrise (Australia) by publicist Charles McKinnies. Honors for Excellence in Unit
Still Photography were awarded to Niko
Tavernise (Motion Pictures) and Nicole Rivelli (Television) respectively,
presented by Jesse Mesa and
Mick Mayhew.
Here are the winners at the 57th Annual ICG Publicists
Awards:
MAXWELL WEINBERG MOTION PICTURE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN: The union
publicists that worked on publicity campaigns on behalf of:
***JOKER - Warner Bros. Pictures
(winner)
MAXWELL WEINBERG TELEVISION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN The union
publicists that worked on publicity campaigns on behalf of:
***THE MANDALORIAN: Season 1 -
Gregg Brilliant, Unit Publicist
(streams on Disney+) (winner)
THE HENRI BOLLINGER AWARD
***Sheryl
Main (winner)
LES MASON AWARD FOR CAREER
ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLICITY
***Stephen
Huvane - Slate PR (winner)
PUBLICIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
***Rachel
Aberly - 42West (winner)
PRESS AWARD
***Clark
Collis - Entertainment Weekly (winner)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AWARD
***Nelson
Aspen - Sunrise (Australia)
(winner)
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD FOR MOTION
PICTURES
***Niko
Tavernise (winner)
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD FOR TELEVISION
***Nicole
Rivelli (winner)
Also attending the ICG Publicist Awards were Matt Loeb, IATSE International President;
Mike Miller, IATSE International
Vice President; Lewis Rothenberg,
IATSE Local 600, National President; Thom
Davis, IATSE 2nd International Vice President; and
John Lindley, IATSE Local 600, 2nd
National Vice President.
The 57th Annual ICG Publicists Awards gratefully acknowledges
the following sponsors including LUMINARY: Disney Television
Studios (20th Century Fox Television), Paramount Pictures, Columbia
Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures,
Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, The Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, Junket Productions Inc.; LEGEND:
Creative Handbook, Deadline Hollywood, Don Mischer Productions, The
Hollywood Reporter, Netflix, SAG-AFTRA, Variety; ICON: Disney
Television Studios (20th Century Fox Television); STAR: 1 Hotel
West Hollywood, DF Studio, Digital Fusion; CELEBRITY: Will Rogers
Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, SHOOT, SHOOT Publicity
Wire.
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ABOUT THE ICG PUBLICISTS: Entertainment publicists first formed
a union in 1937 as the Screen Publicists Guild, later becoming the
Publicists Guild. In 2002, the Publicists Guild merged with the
International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600). The first
Publicists Awards Luncheon was held in 1964 and has since grown to
an event attended annually by around 800 publicists, press, motion
picture and television industry leaders, and other IATSE leaders.
Motion Picture and Television Showmanship Awards and Lifetime
Achievement Awards have been bestowed upon numerous esteemed
actors, directors and executives. Additional awards include the
Maxwell Weinberg Awards for a Television Publicity Campaign and for
a Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, Les
Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity, and the
Bob Yeager Award for Community
Service. The Guild also publishes the Annual ICG Publicists
Directory. For more information about the ICG Publicists Awards,
visit: http://www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-Awards
#PublicistsAwards
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD (ICG) IATSE Local
600: The International Cinematographers Guild represents
approximately 9,000 members who work in film, television and
commercials as directors of photography, camera operators, digital
imaging technicians, visual effects supervisors, still
photographers, camera assistants, film loaders, all members of
camera crews and publicists. The first cinematographers' union was
established in New York in 1926,
followed by unions in Los Angeles
and Chicago, but it wasn't until
1996 that Local 600 was born as a national guild. ICG's ongoing
activities include the Emerging Cinematographer Awards and the
Publicists Awards Luncheon. The Guild also publishes the
award-winning ICG Magazine.
CONNECT WITH THE ICG:
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