The publicity campaigns for “Sinners” and “The Pitt” took top honors at the 63rd annual International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Friday.
The ceremony honors individual publicists and unit still photographers who further publicity campaigns for film and TV as well as entertainment journalists.
Variety’s senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson and senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay earned nominations from ICG in the Press Award category.
Cynthia Swartz received the Bob Yeager Award for Community Service and Pamela Golum was presented with the Henri Bollinger Award for Special Merit.
Jimmy Kimmel was given the President’s Award. The Award is presented only on occasion of extraordinary circumstances, and honored Kimmel’s resilience in face of censorship.
During his speech, Kimmel joked, “When they told me I will be getting the president’s award, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s great. I thought he hated me.’”
“He called me and tried to force me off the air. Then I found out the President was John,” Kimmel said referring to the Guild’s president.
Kimmel went on to thank the publicists and the guild. He said, “I especially want to thank you for your support over the last year, I heard from many of you, personally, I heard from many of your clients over my brief vacation in September, and I will never forget it. I do want to thank you, and I want to dedicate this to those of you who work so hard to shine a light on everyone other than yourselves.”
Filmmakers and actors Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”) and Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”) were given the Television Showperson of the Year and Motion Picture Showperson of the Year awards, respectively.
Full list of winners below.
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign
“28 Years Later “– Sony Pictures Entertainment
“The Housemaid” – Lionsgate
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Netflix
“Lilo & Stitch” – Walt Disney Studios
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” – Paramount Pictures
“Sinners” – Warner Bros. Pictures. – WINNER
“Wicked: For Good” – Universal Pictures
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign
“Andor” – Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm/Disney+
“Beyond the Gates” – CBS Studios/CBS
“Nobody Wants This” – 20th Television/Netflix
“The Pitt” – Warner Bros. Television/HBO – WINNER
“Stranger Things 5” – Netflix/Netflix
“The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” – 20th Television/Hulu
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Carri McClure, Unit Publicist
Chrissy Quesada, Sony Pictures – WINNER
Claire Raskind, Unit Publicist
Gina Soliz, Warner Bros. Pictures
Kimberly Wire, Sony Pictures
Publicist of the Year Award
Michelle Alt, Paramount Pictures – WINNER
Frankie De La Vara, Walt Disney Studios
Katie Lovick, Sony Pictures
Liza Nedelman, Warner Bros. Pictures
Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
International Media Award
Jason Di Rosso, The Screen Show, ABC Radio Network, Australia
Elaine Guerini, Valor Econômico, Brazil
Cleide Klock, Freelancer, Brazil
Ali Plumb, BBC Radio, United Kingdom – WINNER
Gill Pringle, Freelancer, United Kingdom / Australia
Press Award
Erik Davis, Fandango
Angelique Jackson, Variety
Kevin McCarthy, On Film . . . With Kevin McCarthy – WINNER
Jazz Tangcay, Variety
Kara Warner, Freelancer
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Motion Picture
Justin Lubin
Atsushi Nishijima – WINNER
Macall Polay
Stefania Rosini
JoJo Whilden
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Television
Jessica Brooks
Brian Douglas
Jake Giles Netter – WINNER
Elizabeth Morris
Erin Simkin
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