Ballots will go out Tuesday in the election of officers for Iatse Cinematographers Guild Local 600. Steven Poster, who’s been president of the guild since 2006, is being challenged by Paul Ferrazzi, its former national secretary-treasurer, and Lewis Rothenberg, the guild’s former national vice president. Typically, in three-way union elections, the advantage goes to the incumbent, with dissident votes being split among the challengers. Ballots will be counted May 3.
Poster and Ferrazzi have been political rivals for more than a decade. Ferrazzi had been the local’s national secretary-treasurer in 2006 when Poster filed charges against Gary Dunham, the guild’s president, accusing him of violating the authority of the guild’s national executive board by posting a statement on the guild’s website urging members to reject ratification of a new film and TV contract. The board then ousted Dunham and narrowly elected Poster to replace him. Ferrazzi, who had been Dunham’s running mate,...
Poster and Ferrazzi have been political rivals for more than a decade. Ferrazzi had been the local’s national secretary-treasurer in 2006 when Poster filed charges against Gary Dunham, the guild’s president, accusing him of violating the authority of the guild’s national executive board by posting a statement on the guild’s website urging members to reject ratification of a new film and TV contract. The board then ousted Dunham and narrowly elected Poster to replace him. Ferrazzi, who had been Dunham’s running mate,...
- 4/1/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Cinematographers Guild secretary-treasurer Alan Gitlin has again been found guilty of misappropriating union funds. On Wednesday, a nine-member union trial board found him guilty of absconding with some $26,000 worth of hotel rewards points that rightfully belonged to the union. An earlier trial board had found him guilty of taking $3,301 in credit card points and computer equipment. Altogether, the union says, he took nearly $30,000 that didn’t belong…...
- 10/27/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Former Cinematographers Guild secretary-treasurer Alan Gitlin has again been found guilty of misappropriating union funds. On Wednesday, a nine-member union trial board found him guilty of absconding with some $26,000 worth of hotel rewards points that rightfully belonged to the union. An earlier trial board had found him guilty of taking $3,301 in credit card points and computer equipment. Altogether, the union says, he took nearly $30,000 that didn’t belong…...
- 10/27/2017
- Deadline
The Cinematographers Guild, Iatse Local 600, has filed a lawsuit against former national secretary-treasurer Alan Gitlin, claiming he refused to return $3,301 in union funds and equipment he allegedly absconded with after he lost his bid for re-election last year. Kicked off the national executive board after he bounced two checks to cover the debt, the suit also wants the court to order him to pay the $7,500 fine the union levied against him. The lawsuit (read it here)…...
- 4/17/2017
- Deadline TV
The Cinematographers Guild, Iatse Local 600, has filed a lawsuit against former national secretary-treasurer Alan Gitlin, claiming he refused to return $3,301 in union funds and equipment he allegedly absconded with after he lost his bid for re-election last year. Kicked off the national executive board after he bounced two checks to cover the debt, the suit also wants the court to order him to pay the $7,500 fine the union levied against him. The lawsuit (read it here)…...
- 4/17/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: The former secretary-treasurer of the Cinematographers Guild has been fined, kicked off the executive board and ordered to return $3,300 to the guild after a union trial board found that he absconded with union funds and equipment. Alan Gitlin, who was defeated in his bid for re-election last year, was accused of making off with computer equipment and keeping credit card points for himself that should have been turned over to the guild after he left office…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: The former secretary-treasurer of the Cinematographers Guild has been fined, kicked off the executive board and ordered to return $3,300 to the guild after a union trial board found that he absconded with union funds and equipment. Alan Gitlin, who was defeated in his bid for re-election last year, was accused of making off with computer equipment and keeping credit card points for himself that should have been turned over to the guild after he left office…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline
In the above photo, from left to right, are: Steven Poster, International Cinematographers Guild (Icg) national president, Jim Matlosz, chairman of Icg's Eca committee, Stephen Lighthill, recipient of the Deluxe/Bud Stone Award, Bob Fisher, recipient of the Technicolor Award, Andy Romanoff, recipient of the Kodak Award, and Alan Gitlin, Icg's national secretary-treasurer. The International Cinematographers Guild's 14th Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards were held this past Sunday, September 26, at the Directors Guild of America Theater in West Hollywood. Andy Romanoff was given the Kodak Award for Mentoring Young Cinematographers in the Art and Craft of Cinematography. Stephen Lighthill's Deluxe/Bud Stone Award was for Educational Contributions to the Art and Craft of Cinematography. Bob Fischer's Technicolor / William A. Fraker Award was for Outstanding Journalistic Contributions to the Art and Craft of Cinematography. Photo: Mathew Imaging...
- 9/28/2010
- by Zhea D.
- Alt Film Guide
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