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Steve Poster reelected as president of Cinematographers Guild

By Richard Verrier
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The International Cinematographers Guild has reelected Steven Poster for a second term, three-year term as president of the union.

Poster, a veteran cinematographer and past president of the American Society of Cinematographers, ran unopposed for the position.

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The guild, known as Local 600 in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, represents 6,600 camera crew professionals and publicists in film and television production nationwide.

Poster vowed to expand the guild’s training programs. The guild recently helped launch a 3-D technology center at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

‘In the coming term, we will continue our work to keep our sisters and brothers trained in the latest technologies that are changing the entertainment industry,’’ Poster said in statement. -- Richard Verrier

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Richard Verrier

Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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