ICG Publicists Awards 2022: Copolla, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo and MGM’s Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy Honored

Spider-Man: No Way Home’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ Take Top Prizes

Francis Ford Copolla, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo and MGM’s Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy were also honored during the luncheon event.

Marvel/Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso won the Maxwell Weinberg awards for motion picture and television publicity campaign, respectively.

Five-time Oscar winner Coppola won the lifetime achievement award, which was presented by Emmy-winning producer and past president of the Motion Picture Academy Sid Ganis. The presentation included a clip reel of the writer-producer-director’s celebrated films, including The Godfather (which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month) and its sequels, Apocalypse NowThe ConversationPeggy Sue Got Married and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, among others.

The Bob Yeager Award for community service was given to Chrissy Quesada Valentine, (VP Global Still Photography, Sony Pictures Entertainment) for her passionate efforts, energy, and talents to help advance the cause of animal rights and welfare.

Marvel/Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso won the Maxwell Weinberg awards for motion picture and television publicity campaign, respectively.

Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy received the show persons award for film, presented by Licorice Pizza star Alana Haim. The chair and president, respectively, of MGM Motion Pictures were honored for their stewardship and supporting “filmmaker-driven material.”

This year, MGM earned eight Oscar nominations including best picture for Licorice Pizza, the studio’s first best picture nominee since 1988’s Rain Man.

Oscar-winner Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo were honored with the showpersons award for TV. The duo co-created FX/Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, which broke ground as the first TV series to feature an all-Indigenous writing and directing team and series regulars. Reservation Dogs’ Zahn McClarnon presented the award.

The full list of winners as follows.

MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD–MOVIE PUBLICITY
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony/Marvel) (WINNER)
Dune (Warner Bros.)
F9: The Fast Saga (Universal Pictures)
The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount Pictures)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)

MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD–TV PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Batwoman (The CW)
The Underground Railroad (Amazon)
WandaVision (Disney+)

LES MASON AWARD CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLICITY (TIE)

Sheryl Main – Unit Publicist (WINNER)
David Waldman – EVP Domestic Publicist, Paramount Pictures (WINNER)

Jackie Bazan – Agency Publicist, BazanPR
Kira Feola – Awards Publicist, Walt Disney Studios
Gabriela Gutentag – Unit Publicist
Leonard Morpurgo – Independent Publicist

PUBLICIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
Marshall Weinbaum – Studio Global Publicist, Walt Disney Studios (WINNER)

Michelle Alt – Studio Domestic Publicist, Paramount Pictures
Hayley Morrow – Studio International Publicist, Paramount Pictures
Annalee Paulo-Hensley – Agency Publicist, 42West
John Pisani – Unit Publicist
Claire Raskind – Unit Publicist

BOB YEAGER AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Chrissy Quesada, VP Still Photography, Sony Pictures Entertainment (WINNER)

EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY–MOVIES
Matthew Kennedy (WINNER)
Chiabella James
David Lee
Daniel McFadden
Hopper Stone

EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY–TV 
Atsushi Nishijima (WINNER)
Justin Lubin
JoJo Whilden
Nicole Wilder
Chuck Zlotnick

PRESS AWARD
Adam Weissler – Extra TV (WINNER)
Kyle Buchanan – The New York Times
Tim Leong – Entertainment Weekly
Nekesa Mumbi Moody – The Hollywood Reporter
Andy Reyes – Entertainment Tonight

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AWARD
Dean McCarthy – Hit.com.au (Australia) (WINNER)
Vera Anderson – Cine Premiere (Mexico)
Yong Chavez – ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
Helen Hoehne – ProSieben/RTL/TV Movie (Germany)
Raquel Laguna Pardo – Europa Press (Spain)