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“Being elected to serve a second term as ASC president is a great honor and a privilege,” says Goi. “At a time when so much is going on in the industry, this is a tremendous vote of confidence that this body of incredible artists believes in my vision of where the ASC is going in the future.” 5 ASC Members Invited to Join Academy The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently invited 135 members of the film industry to join its ranks, including ASC members Shane Hurlbut, Tom Hurwitz, Dan Mindel, Tobias Schliessler and Robert Yeoman. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions to the Academy’s roster of voting members this year. Papamichael Honored for Career Achievement Phedon Papamichael, ASC was honored with the Orpheus Award for Career Achievement at this year’s Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. The award recognizes Papamichael’s professional achievements in cinematography and directing, as well as his continued support of the arts. Director Alexander Payne, who collaborated with Papamichael on Sideways, presented the cinematographer with the award. In a separate event, Arcadia Lost, a new feature that Papamichael directed and shot, was screened, and he participated in a Q&A. McAlpine Journeys to India Don McAlpine, ASC, ACS presented three sessions during the recent Cinema India Expo in Mumbai, India: a Kodak-sponsored master class, and two conversation sessions arranged by Createasphere, Cinema India’s international sales and programming partner. “The workshops in Mumbai were truly rewarding for all of us,” notes McAlpine. “The local film people seemed to be very interested in what I had to say, and attendance grew during each
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workshop. The questions were searching, and each session ran overtime. It was time well spent.” Prieto Speaks at LAFF Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC recently participated in a Kodak Focus seminar during the 16th annual Los Angeles Film Festival. He showed clips from his work and discussed his collaborations with an array of directors.
Papamichael photo courtesy of Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. Prieto photo by Alexandra Wyman/WireImage, courtesy of Film Independent.

Top: Phedon Papamichael, ASC. Bottom: Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC.

2010-2011 Board, Officers Elected Michael Goi, ASC has been elected to a second term as president of the Society. His fellow officers for 2010-11 are Vice Presidents Richard Crudo, Owen Roizman and John C. Flinn III; Treasurer Matthew Leonetti; Secretary Rodney Taylor; and Sergeant-at-Arms Ron Garcia. Other members elected to the Board of Governors are John Bailey, Stephen Burum, Curtis Clark, George Spiro Dibie, Richard Edlund, Stephen Lighthill, Isidore Mankofsky, Daryn Okada, Robert Primes, Nancy Schreiber, Kees Van Oostrum, Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond. Alternates are Fred Elmes, Rodney Taylor, Michael D. O’Shea, Sol Negrin and Michael B. Negrin.
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ASC Participates in Cine Gear Expo Cine Gear Expo, an annual showcase of cutting-edge motion-picture technology, unfolded over four days in June at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, and ASC members were involved in a number of events. Peter Anderson, ASC delivered the keynote to kick off a daylong 3-D symposium, after which began a series of Premiere Seminars. Seminar participants included ASC members John Leonetti (discussing Piranha 3-D); Wally Pfister (discussing Inception); Richard Edlund (moderating a panel for the Visual Effects Society); and John Bailey, Daniel Pearl, James Chressanthis and Rodney Taylor (panelists for the Kodak-sponsored “Truth About Film and Digital Production”). George Spiro Dibie, ASC moderated an ASC panel comprising Society members Russ Alsobrook, Stephen H. Burum, James L. Carter, Allen Daviau, Michael Goi, Johnny E. Jensen, M. David Mullen, Sol Negrin, Nancy Schreiber and Christian Sebaldt; Joe Dunton, BSC also joined the panelists, and Donald M. Morgan, ASC participated from the audience. Rounding out the weekend, Society members Amy Vincent, Bill Bennett, Gabriel Beristain, Ron Dexter and Stephen Lighthill participated in master classes at Mole Richardson, and associate member Volker Bahnemann received the Cine Gear Expo Lifetime Achievement Award. ●

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