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Clubhouse News
Christensen, Freeman Join Society T.C. Christensen and Jonathan Freeman have joined the Society as active members. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, T.C. Christensen, ASC credits a childhood crush on actress Hayley Mills for his desire to get behind a camera. He started making films when he was 12, and despite a highschool aptitude test that declared he would make an excellent candy wrapper, Christensen went on to attend the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on cinematography. Christensen has distinguished himself with shorts and features for screens large and small in a variety of formats, including Imax and 3-D. His large-format credits include Sea Monsters, Roving Mars, Lewis & Clark and Olympic Glory . Other credits include The Jerk Theory , Forever Strong and The Work and the Glory . Additionally, he has earned directing credits on such projects as Emma Smith: My Story (codirected with Gary Cook), The Penny Promise (co-directed with Timothy J. Nelson) and Bug Off! Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jonathan Freeman, ASC was introduced to the powerful effects of light and shadow at an early age by his mother, a painter. It was Star Wars that prompted Freeman to paint with light and pursue a career behind the camera. He earned a bachelor’s degree in film production from Concordia University in Montreal, and he cut his professional teeth on low-budget dramas and sciencefiction pictures. Since then, he has earned credits on such series as Rome, Damages and Sons of Anarchy, and features such as The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio ; Hollywoodland, and Remember Me. Freeman earned ASC Award nominations for his work on Prince Street, Strange Justice , Taken and Homeland Security, winning for the latter.
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Tiffen Becomes Associate Steven Tiffen, chairman, president and CEO of The Tiffen Co., has joined the ASC as an associate member. After earning a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University, he joined the family business in 1982 with a focus on improving operations and manufacturing. He was named president and CEO of Tiffen in 1987, and since then he has overseen a host of product developments. During his tenure at Tiffen, the company’s technical achievements have earned two Academy Awards, an Emmy Award and an SOC award. Tiffen is a member of the board of directors of the Photographic Manufacturers & Distributors Association, and chairman of the Digital Imaging Division of the Consumer Electronics Association. Lighthill, Romanoff, Fisher Earn Honors The International Cinematographers Guild recently presented awards to Stephen Lighthill, ASC ; ASC associate member Andy Romanoff ; and ASC honorary member Bob Fisher . Lighthill received the Deluxe/Bud Stone Award for his educational contributions to the art and craft of cinematography; Romanoff received the Kodak Award for mentoring young cinematographers; and Fisher received the Technicolor/William A. Fraker Award for his journalistic contributions to the field. Couffer Tells All BearManor Media recently published Jack Couffer, ASC ’s memoir, The Lion and the Giraffe: A Naturalist’s Life in the Movie Business . The book chronicles the Oscar-nominated cinematographer’s globe-spanning journey through the arduous terrain of the motion-picture industry, with accounts of his experiences working on Disney’s True Life Adventures and The Wonderful World of Disney, as well as such features as Jonathan Livingston Seagull,

From top: T.C. Christensen, ASC; Jonathan Freeman, ASC; associate member Steven Tiffen; the cover of Jack Couffer, ASC’s recently published memoir.

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Photo of ASC clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; LIghting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC.

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