‘Sinners’ and ‘The Pitt’ take home top honors at ICG Publicists Awards
The publicity campaigns for “Sinners” and “The Pitt” took top honors Friday at the 63rd annual International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
The ceremony honors individual publicists and unit still photographers who promote film and TV publicity campaigns and entertainment journalists.
Variety 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 received the Henri Bollinger Award for Special Merit.
Jimmy Kimmel received the President’s Award. The award is only given in extraordinary circumstances and is a tribute to Kimmel’s resilience in the face of censorship.
During his speech, Kimmel joked, “When they told me I was going to get the president’s award, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s great. I thought he hated me.'”
“He called me and tried to force me off the air. That’s when I found out the president was John,” Kimmel said, referring to the Guild’s president.
Kimmel then thanked the publicists and the guild. He said: “I especially want to thank you for your support over the past year. I’ve heard from many of you personally, I’ve heard from many of your customers during my short break in September, and I’ll never forget it. I want to thank you and I want to dedicate this to those of you who work so hard to shine a light on everyone but yourself.”
Filmmakers and actors Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”) and Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”) received the Television Showperson of the Year and Motion Picture Showperson of the Year awards, respectively.
Full list of winners below.
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Film Publicity Campaign
“28 Years Later” – Sony Pictures Entertainment
“The Maid” – Lionsgate
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Netflix
“Lilo & Stitch” – Walt Disney Studios
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” – Paramount Pictures
“Sinners” – Warner Bros. Images. – 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 Story 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. Images
Kimberly Wire, Sony Pictures
Publicist of the Year Award
Michelle Alt, Paramount Images – WINNER
Frankie De La Vara, Walt Disney Studios
Katie Lovick, Sony Pictures
Liza Nedelman, Warner Bros. Images
Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
International Media Prize
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, Variation
Kevin McCarthy, on film. . . With Kevin McCarthy – WINNER
Jazz Tangcay, variation
Kara Warner, Freelancer
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for film
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
