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The International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) named Alex Tonisson as its new National Executive Director Saturday afternoon during a meeting of its Executive Board in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Chaim Kantor has been named interim National Executive Director of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. He succeeds Rebecca Rhine, who stepped down in September and is now the Western Executive Director of the DGA.

Michaela Zee editorThe Directors Guild of America (DGA) has hired Rebecca Rhine as western executive director. Rhine recently served as the national executive director of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, where she expanded the Local’s focus on safety, communications and legislation.Under her new position at DGA, Rhine will have oversight of contracts and agency relations, as well as work with the lobbying team that handles state and local governments.

Rebecca Rhine is moving from the Cinematographers Guild to the Directors Guild. She’ll be the DGA’s new Western Executive Director starting in October.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaE. Gunnar Mortensen, a camera assistant on “Transparent” and the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show,” died on Monday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

The International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, will host two panel discussions at the Cine Gear Expo on Saturday that will explore on-set safety and sustainability on sets. The Expo, which is being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, runs from June 9-12, offering a wide range of talks, exhibits and master classes on state-of-the-art technology, workflow software, support equipment, and the production services for the entertainment industry.

Baird Steptoe Sr. has been elected national president of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. Steptoe, currently the guild’s 2nd national vice president, won the presidency in a four-way race against Jamie Silverstein, the guild’s national assistant secretary-treasurer, national executive board member Dianne Farrington, and camera operator Casey Shaw.

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Rhine, who has served as national executive director of the International Cinematographers Guild since December 2015, is stepping down when her contract expires at the end of September.

MGM’s Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will receive the ICG Publicists’ Motion Picture Showpersons Award at the group’s 59th annual awards luncheon on March 25. The news was announced today by awards chairs Tim Menke and Sheryl Main.

Glenn Berger, longtime national controller for the International Cinematographers Guild, died today at work in the union’s headquarters on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. He was 64 and just four days away from retirement.

International Cinematographers Guild president John Lindley and national executive director Rebecca Rhine flew to New Mexico over the weekend to meet with the Rust camera crew and provide comfort and support to their members in the wake of the fatal shooting on the film’s set that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday.

health and safety at work,” said Rebecca Rhine, national executive director of the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. “The health and safety issues, the unsafe hours, the not breaking for meals, those were the exception for many years in the industry, which is a tough industry.

David Robb Labor EditorAs Hollywood’s unions and guilds continue their negotiations with management’s Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for the safe restarting of film and TV production, the Cinematographers Guild’s leadership has provided a video update.In her latest message to members, Rebecca Rhine, national executive director of the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, said: “Getting back to work safely is the subject again this week of negotiations between the unions and

By David Robb

By David Robb

By David Robb