Tell Congress: pass the bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA)! Link to online letter: Tell Congress: pass the bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA)! Link to online letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/te… MPTERA is a federal entertainment industry incentive that, if passed, will help level the playing field, bring film and television jobs back to the United States, and strengthen opportunities for entertainment workers. For more than a year this legislation has been the top priority for the IATSE federal agenda. Already members, allies, and partner organizations have sent over 20,000 letters to Congress urging passage before the end of 2026. But we need more. Follow the link and join the effort!

Send a letter to Congress to push for a federal film and television incentive: iatse.net/political-legislat… Yesterday Congress introduced the bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, that, if passed, will help level the playing field, bring film and television jobs back to the United States, and strengthen opportunities for entertainment workers. This legislation has been the top priority for the @IATSE federal agenda, so we are now engaging members, allies, and partner organizations in a nationwide advocacy campaign to get it passed by the end of this year. Learn more about the bill: iatse.net/iatse-lauds-introd…

Our ADG Young Artists Committee invites All Local 800 members to join TOMORROW, Saturday, September 19th at 10AM PT for our Member Orientation! This event will be IN PERSON at the ADG office with an option to join by Zoom. ADG members look for your email with the link to RSVP! This event is a great opportunity to meet fellow members and learn about our organizational history, benefits, and resources. It’s intended to be useful for all members- those who have joined in recent years, and also those who want to brush up on certain aspects of being a union member.

The @IATSE joined a press conference yesterday hosted by the newly formalized U.S. Film & TV Production Coalition, as part of a broad alliance of labor organizations, studios, guilds, industry advocates, and bipartisan members of Congress to unveil a new study on the economic benefits of a federal film and television production incentive. Read more: iatse.net/iatse-joins-specia… Matthew D. Loeb, International President of IATSE, participated alongside MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin, Representatives Brian Jack and Laura Friedman, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, former DGA leader Thomas Schlamme, SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin, and Special Ambassador to Hollywood Jon Voight in calling for federal action to strengthen domestic film and television production. The study found that a federal incentive operating alongside existing state programs could generate approximately $125 billion in additional U.S. production spending between 2027 and 2035, contribute nearly $250 billion in economic activity, and support roughly 143,500 additional full-time equivalent jobs annually. Participation in the event underscored the IATSE’s ongoing advocacy for policies that keep production work in the United States, protect middle-class entertainment industry jobs, and help American workers compete against increasingly aggressive international production incentive programs.

All @IATSE members are invited to join for an evening of fun and excitement at the biggest Political Action Committee (PAC) fundraising event of the year! Support our efforts to win a Federal Film and Television Jobs Program in Washington, all while participating in Drag Queen Bingo, Axe Throwing, Plinko, Live Sketches, Firepit & S’mores, Dancing & a $1500 members-only door prize! All the excitement, mystery and magic happens in Burbank at the IATSE Local 80 offices. #adg800 members look for your email about the event which contains the link to RSVP, donate to the raffle, or sign up to volunteer.

Congratulations to all the Emmy winners from the Art Directors Guild, @IATSE Local 800 at the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More): Pluribus: Denise Pizzini, Production Designer Dins Danielsen, Supervising Art Director Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More): Fallout: Howard Cummings, Production Designer David Lazan, Supervising Art Director Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour): Widow’s Bay: Steve Arnold, Production Designer Peter Borck, Supervising Art Director Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Or Reality Series: The Traitors: Stuart Frossell, Production Designer Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special: The Muppet Show: Denise Pizzini, Production Designer Chet Maxwell, Art Director Robert Aguirre, Art Director In total, an amazing 41 #adg800 members were nominated for their work on 19 separate productions across 6 categories! Congrats again to all of this year’s winners and nominees.

Congratulations again to the Art Directors Guild, @IATSE Local 800 members who were nominated for the 2026 Emmy Awards! In total, an amazing 41 #adg800 members were nominated for their work on 19 separate productions across 6 categories. We wish you all the best of luck this weekend at the ceremonies for the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Our nominated members: Euphoria: Francois Audouy, Production Designer A. Todd Holland, Supervising Art Director The Pitt: Nina Ruscio, Production Designer Josh Lusby, Art Director Pluribus: Denise Pizzini, Production Designer Dins Danielsen, Supervising Art Director Fallout: Howard Cummings, Production Designer David Lazan, Supervising Art Director Palm Royale: Jon Carlos, Production Designer Rachel Aguirre, Art Director Amelia Brooke, Art Director Mark Robert Taylor, Art Director Spider-Noir: Warren Alan Young, Production Designer Mark Larkin, Supervising Art Director Stranger Things: Sean Brennan, Supervising Art Director Hacks: Rob Tokarz, Production Designer Jeanine Ringer, Art Director Leanne: Francoise Cherry-Cohen, Production Designer Gail Russell, Assistant Art Director Widow’s Bay: Steve Arnold, Production Designer Peter Borck, Supervising Art Director Jimmy Kimmel Live!: David Ellis, Production Designer Hillarie Brigode, Art Director RuPaul’s Drag Race: Jen Chu, Production Designer Tyler Stone, Art Director The Traitors: Stuart Frossell, Production Designer The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny: Bruce Rodgers, Production Designer Shelley Rodgers, Supervising Art Director Leticia Leon, Art Director 68th Annual Grammy Awards: Kristen Merlino, Art Director Gloria Lamb, Art Director Ellen Jaworski, Art Director Scott Welborn, Art Director Kaydee Lavorin, Set Decorator The Muppet Show: Denise Pizzini, Production Designer Chet Maxwell, Art Director Robert Aguirre, Art Director The Oscars: Alana Billingsley, Production Designer John Zuiker, Art Director Jonathan Stoller-Schoff, Art Director 78th Annual Tony Awards: Steve Bass, Production Designer Murderbot: Lance Slaton, Illustrator

New federal film and television incentive development: the @IATSE welcomed on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s public endorsement of a federal film and television production incentive and is encouraged to see growing support for a policy the union has championed for years. IATSE was the first labor group in the United States to call for a federal incentive to strengthen domestic film and television production. The union has long believed a federal incentive is an necessary tool to level the playing field with countries that have aggressively attracted produuction through generous, and often permanent incentive programs. IATSE has been at the forefront of efforts to advance a federal production incentive and is actively working with Special Ambassador Jon Voight and industry stakeholders to develop a framework that can win broad support. Earlier this year, Voight highlighted the importance of a federal approach to strengthening domestic production and protecting American entertainment jobs. Through that effort, IATSE has worked as the tip of the spear in bringing labor’s voice directly into the conversation and ensuring that workers remain at the center of any solution. IATSE is actively engaged with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Congress to draft, introduce, and pass federal incentive legislation as quickly as possible to return and maintain film jobs in America.

The California Film and Television Jobs Program has been threatened in recent weeks by California budget bill 122. The urgency and action taken by @IATSE #adg800 members (and members of other Hollywood unions) led to an unprecedented 450,000 letters being sent to the California legislature, clearly communicating the negative impact that SB 122 would have on union member livelihoods, families and communities. With very little time to find solutions, union member action helped Assemblymember Rick Zbur and Senator Ben Allen see the imminent danger, and they worked diligently to achieve passage in the final hours of this legislative session for AB/SB 186 late Monday night. hollywoodreporter.com/busine… This legislation contains critical modifications to budget bill SB 122, passed earlier this summer, which would have undermined the competitiveness of the California Film and Television Jobs Program. AB/SB 186, which will now be sent to Governor Newsom to sign, includes provisions that: *Exempt independent film productions from limits that will impede financing. *Extend timelines for studio projects that created jobs in the past, keeping promises made. *Elevate refundability and improve timeline to ensure 4.0 credits do not lose value over time. *Require employers to be active participants in the 4.0 program to access the expanded timelines. We believe these changes to SB122 will keep the integrity of the CA jobs program, giving the confidence to studios and streamers that California can be trusted to keep to their word in the promises made to incentivize production work across our state. As a reminder, the first year of the 4.0 program alone has been reported to generate $6.6 billion in economic activity for the state and create almost 35,000 cast and crew jobs across California.

We invite our extended @IATSE #adg800 community to support the family of ADG member Brittany Bradford, whose husband Nick unexpectedly passed away on August 20th, leaving Brittany and their three young children behind. Please show your love for the Bradfords by supporting in every way you can. Visit the GIVE IN KIND portal to donate via Go Fund Me or by sending gift cards: giveinkind.com/inkinds/M0E3X… Your contribution, no matter the size, can provide the Bradfords with some much-needed relief during this difficult time. Sharing the support link with your network would also be a tremendous help. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.

On Saturday, July 25th a number of ADG @IATSE Local 800 members provided one of the hightlights of @Comic_Con International when they presented the panel “The Design is in the Details: Graphic Designers in Film and Television” in front of a packed room. Now everyone can watch the recording of our panel on our #adg800 YouTube Channel: piped.video/NBwhjUx-KfI?si=Z248… Click the link to watch Hilary Ament (The Odyssey, One Battle After Another), Dianne Chadwick (Iron Man, Licorice Pizza), Kristopher Gifford (Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Space Jam: A New Legacy), Kelly Rae Hemenway (Moana, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), and Maybelle Pineda (Superman, Godzilla vs. Kong) discuss how they navigate different genres and time periods, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the craft of graphic design for film and television. Moderated by Kate Weddle (Yellowstone, Dutton Ranch).

We need all @IATSE and #adg800 members to send letters to Sacramento telling them our jobs are vital to the Califirnia economy! Each of these three links sends 40 letters to different legislators urging them to include an exemption in the bill for Film and Television: 1) actionnetwork.org/letters/ke… 2) actionnetwork.org/letters/ke… 3) actionnetwork.org/letters/ke… Budget bill SB 122, recently passed and signed, directly threatens the California Film and Television Jobs Program. It reneges on commitments already made and reduces the competitve structure of the incentives moving forward. Don’t let what we fought so hard for just last year get undermined by a shortsighted bill.

Sponsor recognition time! This year’s #adg800 booth at @Comic_Con International looked incredible thanks to our friends at @AstekInc Thanks again to everyone who participated and stopped by to say hello at this years Con- see you all again next year!

Congratulations to “Mandocultural” who was awarded the Art Directors Guild, @IATSE Local 800 Cosplay Award for Original Concept Design!! Thanks to our #adg800 member judges Kate Weddle, Michael Allen Glover, Linia Hardy and Hilary Ament. And to @Comic_Con International for putting on another fabulous Masquerade on-stage costume competition!

Congratulations to “For the Better” who was awarded the Art Directors Guild, @IATSE Local 800 Cosplay Award for Best Visual Media Design!! Thanks to our #adg800 member judges Kate Weddle, Michael Allen Glover, Linia Hardy and Hilary Ament. And to @Comic_Con International for putting on another fabulous Masquerade on-stage costume competition!