Industry Association, Union, Guild News
The Guild of Television Cameramen announces the election of Keith Massey as Chair. Recipient of a prestigious Royal Television Society Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, he is a highly experienced and well-respected cameraman based in Yorkshire.
A new study by ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Reed Smith reveals that nearly one-third of U.S. marketers are aware of rebates / incentive payments from media companies to agencies that may not be reimbursed to the advertiser.
Six first-time governors have been elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – Dante Spinotti, representing the Cinematographers branch; Lisa Cholodenko, Directors branch; Dick Cook, Executives; John Knoll, Visual Effects; Scott Millan, Sound and Bill Co
Producer Hawk Koch was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight (July 31) by the organization's Board of Governors. This will be his first term in the office.
PromaxBDA, the leading global association for marketing, promotion and design professionals in the entertainment industry, today announced that Joe Earley, President, Marketing and Communications, for the Fox Broadcasting Company, has been elected to serve as Co-Chairman of the PromaxBDA Board of
The National Board of Directors of the newly formed SAG-AFTRA met for the first time over May 19 and 20, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
SAG-AFTRA announced that it had reached tentative agreement with the major record labels — Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI Music and The Walt Disney Co. — on a first-ever industry wide contract to cover dancers and other performers on music videos.
Stephen Lighthill has been elected to serve as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). The vote was made by the newly elected Board Of Governors who also elected ASC Officers, Vice Presidents Richard Crudo, Daryn Okada and Kees Van Oostrum; Treasurer Victor J.
The Association of Music Producers (AMP) premiered Muse2Music on May 31st, a ground-breaking showcase of original music in collaboration with film. Twelve AMP composers converged to demonstrate their craft by each writing their own score for one of three short films.