International Press Academy

Ivo Felt and Zaza Urushadze - Tangerines, a winner of Motion Picture, International

Bruce Davison, Louise Fletcher, Robert M. Young, Maria Conchita Alonso & Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos, Louise Fletcher & Arie Verveen

"House of Others" (Georgia) team

Bruce Davison with Roger Corman, Auteur Honoree

Bob Mackie, Mitzi Gaynor & Carl Reiner

Bryan Cranston & Tracey Ullman

Baz Luhrmann and Ewan McGregor

Mad Men Cast - Satellite Award Winners

Vanessa Williams & James Cameron

Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten

Flight's Visual Effects Team

News

IPA Reveals Noms for 22nd Satellite™ Awards, Plus Robert Legato for Tesla Award & Greta Gerwig as Auteur Recipient

November 29, 2017

Los Angeles, CA – November 29, 2017 – The International Press Academy (IPA) today announced its nominations for the 22nd Annual Satellite™ Awards in Motion Pictures and Television, along with naming VFX luminary Robert Legato as the 2017 Tesla Award more…

Subject: From Viggo to Int. Press Academy for today’s ceremony

February 20, 2017

From: “viggo mortensen” Thank you, International Press Academy, for recognising Matt Ross’ beautiful original story, “Captain Fantastic”. This award means a great deal to a relatively small, independent movie like ours. With the encouraging attention that such an honour brings, many more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS EDWARD JAMES OLMOS WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS MARY PICKFORD AWARD

December 18, 2016

Los Angeles/ December, 2016 – The International Press Academy (IPA) is proud to name actor and activist Edward James Olmos as the recipient of one of its highest honors, The Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS JOHN TOLL WITH THE TESLA AWARD FOR VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGY

December 18, 2016

Los Angeles/ December 2016 – One of the awards season’s most unique honors is the Tesla Award, handed out for recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology by the International Press Academy, which this year will be presented to John Toll, acclaimed more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS TOM FORD WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS AUTEUR AWARD

December 18, 2016

Los Angeles/ December 2016 – The International Press Academy established the Auteur Award in 2005 to honor filmmakers whose singular vision and unique artistic control are reflected in films that influence audiences and fellow artists alike. This year’s Auteur Award more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS PATRICK STEWART WITH ITS HUMANITARIAN AWARD

December 18, 2016

Los Angeles/ December, 2016 – His superhero characters have saved the world many times on film and television, but people may not know that actor Patrick Stewart has also involved himself in many social causes and issues, which is why more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS GEORGIAN DIRECTOR RUSUDAN GLURJIDZE FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE “House of Others”

December 16, 2016

Los Angeles/ December 2016 – The International Press Academy (IPA) is proud to honor Rusudan Glurjidze with the Special Achievement Award for Best First Feature for her dramatic gripping personal story depicted in the film “House of Others” for the more…

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21st ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY SATELLITE™ AWARDS

November 29, 2016

Los Angeles/ November 28, 2016 – The International Press Academy (IPA) announces its nominations for the 21st Annual Satellite™ Awards and for the first time the IPA is awarding a separate independent film and major studio film as Best Picture. more…

IPA’s Tip of the Cap to Louise Fletcher: The Mary Pickford Award

January 25, 2016

Los Angeles, CA, January 25, 2016 –The International Press Academy (IPA) today announced Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award® as Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” as the 2015 Mary Pickford Award honoree for Outstanding Contribution to more…

Murray Weissman Remembered

January 5, 2016

The IPA mourns Murray Weissman, one of brightest lights in the publicity world and the architect of many legendary Oscar campaigns, who also was the recipient of our first Special Achievement Award with Dick Delson. He was a great friend more…

Spike Lee Raises Issues, IPA’s Choice for Humanitarian Award

November 30, 2015

Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2015 – When Spike Lee released his latest movie Chi-Raq through new Hollywood player Amazon Studios, heads turned in a departure from traditional avenues; then, as the recent tragedies unfolded in Paris and around the world more…

Hive Lighting Plasma Wizards to Receive Tesla Award

November 29, 2015

Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2015: Since Nikola Tesla’s early experiments with lighting included producing “a wireless plasma lamp,” The International Press Academy’s namesake Tesla Award In Recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology for 2015 will go to Hive Lighting, more…

Alive Inside The Camera: Director Robert M. Young Nabs Auteur Award

November 29, 2015

Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2015: Whether it’s living with traditional Eskimos,trekking 400 miles with rebels during the Angola war, or filming with 1,000 extras, director Robert M. Young’s specific passion for filmmaking is being recognized this year as the International Press Academy (IPA) honors more…

International Press Academy honors Lohud celeb Ellen Burstyn

February 16, 2015

Legendary actress Ellen Burstyn, a longtime Rockland resident who recently sold her Nyack home, is heading to California this month to accept a prestigious honor from the International Press Academy. The Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner will receive the Mary Pickford more…

Satellite Awards honor ‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Penny Dreadful’ and ‘Transparent’

February 16, 2015

It’s still anyone’s call for the Academy Awards this year, as honors remain split between “Birdman” and “Boyhood,” but there’s no doubt that Julianne Moore is still the Best Actress. The most recent indicator of that was when “Birdman” and more…

Michael Keaton – Birdman Soars At Satellite Awards

February 16, 2015

Michael Keaton and his acclaimed drama Birdman added to their awards season haul by taking the top prizes at the International Press Academy’s Satellite Awards on Sunday night (15Feb15). The film, which is hotly tipped to win the Best Picture Academy Award later more…

Independent Producer of the Year Award Shlomi Elkabetz

February 7, 2015

Producer, director and writer Shlomi Elkabetz turned a spotlight on the oppressive world of divorces in Israel. He works closely with his sister, actress Ronit Elkabetz, who also co-wrote and co-directed the award-winning critically-acclaimed trilogy of films To Take a Wife, more…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY HONORS INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC WITH TESLA AWARD

February 7, 2015

The International Press Academy will honor the team of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) with one of their highest honors, the Tesla Award, awarded in recognition for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology. Past recipients of the award has included Douglas more…

THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY NAMES ELLEN BURSTYN and MARTYN BURKE TO RECEIVE MAJOR HONORS

February 3, 2015

Legendary actress Ellen Burstyn and journalist/ novelist/ director Martyn Burke will be on-hand to receive the most prestigious honors bestowed by the International Press Academy, the largest group of entertainment journalists to recognize accomplishments in the film, television and digital more…

Sebastian Junger Wins Satellite’s Humanitarian Award

February 3, 2015

Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger is being honored with the International Press Academy’s prestigious Humanitarian Award and will be presented with the award at the 19th Annual Satellite Awards at the ceremony on February 15, 2015. Junger is the more…