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In Memoriam: ASC Associate Fred Godfrey Associate member Dennis Fred Godfrey died on March 22 at the age of 84. Godfrey was born on May 28, 1927, in Morgantown, West Va. After graduating from Washington State College, he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a job at the Eastman Kodak Co. He served as a liaison between Kodak and the cinematography community, and his place within the community was recognized early on: Godfrey became an associate member of the ASC in January 1956. Godfrey was a key figure of the ASC Awards Committee for many years. For his service to the Society and the industry as a whole, he became the first recipient of the ASC Bud Stone Award of Distinction at this year’s ASC Awards ceremony. Adams, Bokelberg, Sivan Join Society N ew active member Marshall Adams, ASC was born in Minneapolis, Minn., but grew up in California, where his father worked as an architect and was frequently hired by members of the entertainment industry. One such client noticed Adams’ interest in making 8mm films and invited him to watch a TV-show shoot on the Universal backlot, an experience that cemented Adams’ desire to work in the motion-picture business. He entered the industry through the electric department, where he climbed the ranks and eventually worked as a gaffer on features such as Block Party, Baby Geniuses and Gods and Monsters, and on series that included Babylon Five and Felicity. Adams stepped up to cinematographer in 2000, and since then has earned credits on the series Alias, The Agency, Kojak, Monk and CSI: NY, among others. Oliver Bokelberg, ASC, BVK was born in Hamburg, Germany, where his father had a photography studio. As a teenager, he began working for his father as a film runner and editor’s assistant, and he was later accepted into N ew York University’s undergraduate film program. Upon graduating, he began shooting music videos, shorts and documentaries. Bokelberg’s first feature credit was
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From top: Marshall Adams, ASC; Oliver Bokelberg, ASC, BVK; Santosh Sivan, ASC, ISC.

Charms Incidents, which he followed with a string of independent features. In 2002, he shot Thomas McCarthy’s The Station Agent, and they have since also collaborated on The Visitor and Win Win. Bokelberg won a Kodak Vision Award in 2000 for the feature The Citizen. He earned ASC Award nominations in 2007 and 2008 for the pilots Raines and My Own Worst Enemy, respectively. Santosh Sivan, ASC, ISC grew up in Kerala, India. The son of a renowned filmmaker, his passion for motion pictures was kindled at an early age, and he credits his exposure to American Cinematographer with focusing his sights on cinematography. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1984, and went on to earn numerous awards for his work as a director of photography through the 1980s and ’90s. His honors include Best Cinematography N ational Awards for the features Perumthachan, Kaalapani, Mohiniyattam, Iruvar and Dil Se. In 1995, Sivan became a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers. While continuing to work as a cinematographer, he has also notched numerous credits as a director on features such as Halo, The Terrorist, Before the Rains and Tahaan. He teaches cinematography at the Film and Television Institute and Whistling Woods in India, and at the Maisha Film Lab in Africa. ●

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Photo of Clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; lighting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC. Godfrey photo by Douglas Kirkland.

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