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Clubhouse News and he is also the associate chair of Cinematographers Day at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Kodak Contest For the second year in a row, Peter James, ASC, ACS will judge the finalists in the Kodak Filmschool Competition, a duty previously carried out by ASC members Caleb Deschanel, Frederick Elmes and Laszlo Kovacs, among others. Now in its eighth year, the contest provides an opportunity for students to showcase their best work in three regions: Latin America, Asia Pacific and U.S./Canada. Films compete first at the national level, where local judges select the projects that will go on to vie for top honors in the regional competitions, which will be judged by James. The grand prizes include screening of the winning entries at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France, where the filmmakers will participate in a number of activities hosted by Kodak. More information about the competition can be found at www.kodak.com/go/filmschoolcom petition. Burum on Campus Stephen H. Burum, ASC spent the spring of 2007 as the Kodak Cinematographer in Residence at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television. An alumnus of UCLA’s undergraduate and graduate theater arts programs, Burum kicked off his engagement by screening a 70mm print of Casualties of War, the third of his eight collaborations with director Brian De Palma. Burum also hosted eight lighting workshops and held weekly office hours, during which he met with students to discuss their work and answer questions. New Member Frederic Goodich, ASC, was recently welcomed into active membership by the Society. Goodich’s affinity for the visual arts began with an interest in drawing and painting, and soon carried over into still photography. When it came time to enroll in college, he embraced cinematography as the perfect combination of all his interests, which also included science and technology. At the City College of New York’s Hans Richter/Robert Flaherty Institute, Goodich formed an appreciation for avant-garde and documentary films, and a part-time job as a film handler at the Museum of Modern Art enabled him to study works in both fields. Some of Goodich’s post-college adventures found him working in Washington, D.C., for a magazine-style show; shooting travelogues aboard a four-mast windjammer; and assisting Isidore Mankofsky, ASC at Encyclopedia Brittanica Films, where he soon became a staff director/cameraman. Goodich’s cinematography credits include features, documentaries, telefilms, short films, music and fashion videos, and commercials. Some of his recent features are GI Jesus, Surviving Eden and The Affair. He is a lecturer in the cinematography program at the American Film Institute, 98 July 2007 AC Contributors Win Awards At the Music Video Production Association Awards in May, AC contributor and technical editor Christopher Probst was feted with the top honor in the cinematography category for his work on Muse’s “Knights of Cydonia” music video. Filmed on location in the Romanian desert, “Knights” lays on the camp as it blends Spaghetti Westerns with kungfu action and retro 1980s sci-fi. Meanwhile, across the Pacific, AC’s Australian correspondent, Simon Gray, took home the trophy for best cinematography in the student section of the National Australian Cinematographers Society Awards. Working with digital video, Gray photographed the short film Afterlife during his first year in the cinematography course at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Lubezki Travels to Vietnam Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC, recently participated in a delegation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, traveling to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for the country’s first-ever “American Film Week.” Lubezki and fellow Academy members contributed to a series of screenings, workshops and seminars, sharing their experiences of working in the American film industry and learning from their Vietnamese counterparts. This marked the first time that such a group from the U.S. has been officially invited to Vietnam, and the first time in over 25 years that an Academy delegation has been hosted by another nation’s governmental film agency. — Jon D. Witmer s

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