‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ & ‘Ted Lasso’ Publicity Teams Win Top Honors At Cinematographers Guild’s Publicists Awards

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The union publicists who worked on behalf of the publicity campaigns for Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Apple’s Ted Lasso took home top honors today at the 59th annual International Cinematographers Guild’s Publicists Awards.

See the full winners list below.The Les Mason Award, the highest honor the Publicists can bestow on one of its own members, resulted in a tie between unit publicist Sheryl Main and David Waldman, EVP Domestic Publicity at Paramount Pictures.The awards luncheon, held at the Beverly Hilton, also saw legendary director Frances Ford Coppola accept the Lifetime Achievement Award.Greeted by a prolonged standing ovation, the five-time Oscar winner devoted his entire acceptance speech to a call on Russia President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine.“My heart is so filled with love of Ukrainian Americans,” he said, “and it breaks my heart what’s happening in the absurd reality of the world today.”From ‘The Godfather’ Trilogy To ‘American Graffiti’, ‘Patton’, ‘The Conversation’ & ‘Apocalypse Now’, Francis Ford Coppola Shares His Oscar MemoriesMarshall Weinbaum, studio global publicist for Walt Disney Studios, was honored as Publicist of the Year, and Chrissy Quesada Valentine, vice president of global still photography at Sony Pictures Entertainment, was presented with the Bob Yeager Award for Community Service for her efforts to advance the cause of animal rights and welfare.The Press Award was won by Extra TV’s Adam Weissler; Matt Kennedy was honored with the Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award in Motion Pictures; Atsushi Nishijima was the winner of the Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award in Television; and Dean McCarthy, of Australia’s Hit.com.au, won the International Media Award.