"ABBOTT ELEMENTARY" AND TOP GUN: MAVERICK PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS WIN TOP HONORS AT THE 60TH ANNUAL ICG PUBLICISTS AWARDS
Quinta Brunson Accepts the TV Showperson Award; Motion Picture Showpersons Award Presented to Jerry Bruckheimer on Behalf of Producers of Top Gun: Maverick
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The ICG Publicists (The International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600) announced winners of its 60th Annual ICG Publicists Awards in nine categories honoring excellence in publicity campaigns for motion picture and television programs. "Abbott Elementary" (Warner Bros. Television/ABC) won the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures/Skydance/Jerry Bruckheimer Films) won the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign. This year's luncheon, held at The Beverly Hilton, was chaired by Tim Menke and Sheryl Main.
Multi-award-winning writer, producer, comedian and actor Quinta Brunson, creator of ABC and Warner Bros. Television's groundbreaking TV series "Abbott Elementary," was bestowed with the 2023 Television Showperson Award, presented by Lisa Ann Walter, star of "Abbott Elementary."
Top Gun: Maverick's Jerry Bruckheimer accepted the 2023 Motion Picture Showpersons Award on behalf of his fellow producers Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison, presented by Danny Ramirez, Top Gun: Maverick's "Fanboy."
Additional presenters included Ming-Na Wen (Mulan, "The Mandalorian"), Vanessa Vanjie Mateo ("RuPaul's Drag Race"), Joseph Mazzello (Bohemian Rhapsody), Mychal-Bella Bowman ("The Underground Railroad"), Utkarsh Ambudkar ("Ghosts"), Ben Mankiewicz ("Turner Classic Movies"), Amber Midthunder (Prey), Ethan Peck ("Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"), Jaylen Barron ("Blindspotting") and Bob Beitcher (President & CEO, MPTF).
Baird Steptoe, Local 600 National President, congratulated the ICG Publicists on their 60-year history. The ICG Publicists also recognized the centennial anniversaries of The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Studios.
Winners of the 60th ICG Publicists Awards:
MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR MOTION PICTURE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures/Skydance/Jerry Bruckheimer Films)
MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR TELEVISION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
"Abbott Elementary" (Warner Bros. Television/ABC)
LES MASON AWARD FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLICITY
Karen Chamberlain, Warner Bros. Pictures
PUBLICIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
Sara Hull, The Walt Disney Studios
BOB YEAGER AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
James Ferrera, Unit Publicist
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – MOTION PICTURES
Eli Joshua Adé
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – TELEVISION **TIE
Beth Dubber
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle
PRESS AWARD
Andy Reyes, Entertainment Tonight
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AWARD
Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
ABOUT ICG Publicists Awards: www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-Awards
ABOUT ICG (IATSE, Local 600): www.icg600.com
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