ICG 61st annual Publicists Awards reveals six category nominations

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has announced the first group of nominees for the 61st Annual ICG Publicists Awards.

The awards honor the publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists who uplift the talented filmmakers and exceptional projects in the motion picture and television industry. Winners will be celebrated at a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 8, 2024 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.

ICG Publicists Award Chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main announced the nominees in the following categories:

Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity

Natalie Bjelajac, Netflix

Linda Brown, Unit Publicist

Kira Feola, KC Feola PR

Gabriela Gutentag, Unit Publicist

Carol McConnaughey, Unit Publicist

Publicists of the Year Award

Katie Lovick, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Julia Neal, Paramount Pictures

Chris Garcia Nutley, Warner Bros.

Cynthia Swartz, Strategy PR/Consulting

Shelly Williams, Unit Publicist

Excellence in Unit Stills Photography – Motion Pictures

Claudette Barius

Daniel McFadden

Jessica Miglio

Michele K. Short

Jojo Whilden

Excellence in Unit Stills Photography – Television

Jessica Brooks

Justin Lubin

Jake Giles Netter

Erin Simkin

Lacey Terrell

Press Award

Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter

Angelique Jackson, Variety

Perri Nemiroff, Collider

Sasha Stone, Awards Daily

Jen Yamato, LA Times

International Media Award

Raya Abirached, MBC International

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline International

Wenlei Ma, Seven West Media (Australia)

Raquel Laguna Pardo, Europa Press (Spain)

Marlene von Arx, CH Media Newspapers (Switzerland)

The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, during a voting period from Jan. 24 – Feb. 2, 2024.