HOLLYWOOD – The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), IATSE Local 600, have revealed the first round of nominees for the 63rd Annual ICG Publicists Awards, including the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign.
The ICG’s annual awards event recognizes the achievements of its publicist members, including unit publicists, individual publicists, studio publicists, as well as unit still photographers and members of the media. Winners will be named during a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 13, 2026, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The nominees for the 2026 Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign are:
Andor – Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm/Disney+
Beyond the Gates – CBS Studios/CBS
Nobody Wants This – 20th Television/Netflix
The Pitt – Warner Bros. Television/HBO
Stranger Things 5 – Netflix/Netflix
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox – 20th Television/Hulu
“The publicity campaigns behind these six TV shows are outstanding and worthy of recognition and we are happy to honor the publicity teams who created them,” says Tim Menke, co-chair of the Publicists Awards committee.
The Publicists of the ICG have also revealed nominees in six key awards categories, highlighting publicity and journalistic achievements.
“These nominees are among the best in their professions, from the publicists who tell Hollywood’s stories, to the journalists we collaborate with when promoting projects, to the photographers who create images that help amplify our stories to our audiences,” says Sheryl Main, co-chair of the Publicists Awards committee.
Here are the nominees:
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Carri McClure, Unit Publicist
Chrissy Quesada, Sony Pictures
Claire Raskind, Unit Publicist
Gina Soliz, Warner Bros. Pictures
Kimberly Wire, Sony Pictures
Publicist of the Year Award
Michelle Alt, Paramount Pictures
Frankie De La Vara, Walt Disney Studios
Katie Lovick, Sony Pictures
Liza Nedelman, Warner Bros. Pictures
Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
International Media Award
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
Gill Pringle, Freelancer, United Kingdom / Australia
Press Award
Erik Davis, Fandango
Angelique Jackson, Variety
Kevin McCarthy, On Film . . . With Kevin McCarthy
Jazz Tangcay, Variety
Kara Warner, Freelancer
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Motion Picture
Justin Lubin
Atsushi Nishijima
Macall Polay
Stefania Rosini
JoJo Whilden
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Television
Jessica Brooks
Brian Douglas
Jake Giles Netter
Elizabeth Morris
Erin Simkin
The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership.
For more details about the 2026 ICG Publicists Awards, visit: www.icg600.com/about-us/awards/publicists-awards
ABOUT THE ICG PUBLICISTS AWARDS:
Entertainment publicists first formed a union in 1937 as the Screen Publicists Guild, later becoming the Publicists Guild. In 2002, the Publicists Guild merged with the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600). The first Publicists Awards Luncheon was held in 1964 and has since grown to an event attended annually by some 800 publicists, press, motion picture and television industry leaders, and other IATSE leaders. Motion Picture and Television Showperson Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards have been bestowed upon numerous esteemed actors, directors and executives. Additional awards include the Maxwell Weinberg Awards for Television and Motion Picture Publicity Campaigns, Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity, Bob Yeager Award for Community Service, Publicist of the Year, Press Award, International Media Award and Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for both Motion Pictures and for Television. The Guild also publishes the annual ICG Publicists Membership Directory.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD (ICG) IATSE LOCAL 600:
The International Cinematographers Guild represents approximately 9,000 members who work on feature films, television, streaming, commercials, news broadcast, documentaries and industrials as directors of photography, visual effects supervisors, camera operators, camera assistants, loaders, utilities, still photographers, digital imaging technicians, video controllers and publicists. The first cinematographers union was established in New York in 1926, followed by unions in Los Angeles and Chicago, but it wasn’t until 1996 that Local 600 was born as a national guild. In addition to its work organizing, bargaining and enforcing contracts, advocating for legislation that serves working families, training and mentorship, ICG’s ongoing events include the Emerging Cinematographer Awards and the ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon.
FOR MORE ABOUT THE PUBLICISTS AWARDS:
Visit: www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-Awards #PublicistsAwards
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