‘All American’ and ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ Production Assistants Vote to Unionize

The elections constitute the latest organizing wins for Production Assistant United, a movement that aims to organize these ...
Los Angeles Times

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a location manager

In Lori Balton’s career working in locations in Hollywood, she has scouted for 1992’s “A River Runs Through It,” 2002’s “Catch Me If You Can” and 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” She found the site in ...
Backstage

How to Become a Unit Production Manager

Unit production manager is one of those jobs seen on a call sheet or in the end credits of a project that is absolutely crucial to the overall production, but whose role few people really ...
GameSpot

Warner Bros. Animation And Cartoon Network Are Attempting To Unionize With The Animation Guild

With SAG-AFTA, WGA, and soon possibly the IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) joining them as soon as Friday, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network workers have also ...
Backstage

What It’s Really Like to Work as a Production Manager

Sticking to a budget, making sure things get done, keeping people on track—all in a day’s work for Aimee Whelan, a U.K.-based production manager. Whelan, who started out in the industry as an actor, ...