Local 44 News
The 2013 Emmy Nominations are in and Local 44 members continue to get the recognized. Here's this year's nominees: Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series The Big Bang Theory • The Date Night Variable • The Bakersfield Expedition • The Love Spell Potential • CBSAnn Shea, Set DecoratorHow I Met Your Mother • Farhampton • P.S. I Love You • The Final Page (Part Two) •...
Hollywood Cinema Production Resources and West Los Angeles College have teamed up to provide vocational training for careers in the Artists, Crafts and Technicians departments of the entertainment industry AND earn college credits.For more information, visit the Hollywood CPR Training page here, or paste the URL below in the address bar of your browser.http://hollywoodcpr.org/training/...
Lynn Elber, of the Associated Press, reports on the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences changes to the EMMY categories for Special Effects. Read her article and get the full details here or paste the url below into the address bar of your browser.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_EMMYS_SPECIAL_EFFECTS_GTV--?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Set Decorator Ron Franco was featured and interviewed by the L.A. Times for his work on True Blood. Read the interview here or paste the link below in your browser.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/06/true-blood-the-authority-suzuki-ingerslev.html
California Senate Committee Approves Tax Credit Extension, Cuts Term to 2 Years The state will continue to allocate $100 million per year to film and television projects but not for the five originally proposed by SB 1167, while a similar bill won't be reviewed by the State Assembly until Aug. 6.A bill to extend California’s tax credits, designed to stop film and television production from...
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Sacramento, the State Senate Governance and Finance Committee will consider SB 1167.Please write a letter or an email today to these State Senators. SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEELois Wolk, Chair(916) 651-4005 senator.wolk@sen.ca.govCounties – Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, YoloMain cities – Davis, Fairfield, Manteca, Stockton, Tracy Vacaville...
Why did the IATSE negotiate early? There are several reasons for this strategy. First and foremost is the fact that early negotiations promote industry stability and prevent work slowdowns and stoppages.These negotiations didn’t begin until March and concluded on April 12th. This is the latest start and latest conclusion to negotiations in recent history.There is value to...
In an email to all members of the IATSE Hollywood Locals, President Loeb announced a tentative agreement with the AMPTP for the next Basic Agreement. Below is the text from that email.In an email to all members of the IATSE Hollywood Locals, President Loeb announced a tentative agreement with the AMPTP for the next Basic Agreement. Below is the text from that email. ...