The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) announced nominees for the 52nd annual ICG Publicists Awards to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 20.
The nominees for the Les Mason award, the highest honor that publicists can bestow on one of their own members, are:
Melissa Kates, ViewPoint LA
Elaine La Zelle, Walt Disney Studios
Sheryl Main, Unit Publicist
Maureen O’Malley, Warner Bros. Pictures International
Murray Weissman, Weissman/Markovitz Communications
The Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Motion Picture award nominees are:
20th Century Fox for The Fault in Our Stars
Columbia Pictures for The Interview
Marvel — Walt Disney Studios for Guardians of the Galaxy
Warner Bros. Pictures for The Lego Movie
Paramount Pictures, Pathé and Harpo Films for Selma
Universal Pictures for Unbroken
The Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Television award nominees are:
Warner Bros. Television for Gotham
CBS Television Studios for Jane the Virgin
CBS Television Studios for Madam Secretary
Netflix for Orange is the New Black
Bonanza Productions, Inc., in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television for The Flash
The press award nominees are:
Grae Drake, RottenTomatoes.com
Mike Fleming Jr., Deadline.com
Jeff Jensen, Entertainment Weekly
Dave Karger, Fandango.com
Anne Thompson, IndieWire.com
The nominees for the international media award are:
Vera Anderson, Mexico
Rocio Ayuso, Spain
Theo Kingma, the Netherlands
Elisabeth Sereda, Austria
Adam Tanswell, United Kingdom
Still photographer members of the ICG, who work closely with unit publicists, are also recognized. The nominees for excellence in unit still photography for motion pictures are:
Merrick Morton
Dale Robinette
Merie Wallace
Wilson Webb
Barry Wetcher
Excellence in unit still photography for television nominees are:
Beth Dubber
Ursula Coyote
Chuck Hodes
John Johnson
Adam Rose
