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work. Recent credits include the features The Cutter, Heidi Four Paws and EC3, and the pilot episode of the Australian series The Johnsons. Plus Camerimage Honors Art of Cinematography The 2010 Plus Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography recently took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In the student competition — judged by Joel Schumacher; Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC; Lilly Kilvert; Chris Lebenzon; Jan Macola; and Oliver Stapleton, BSC — Johan Holmquist earned the Bronze Tadpole for Bekas, Phillip Haberlandt and Jens Hallman earned the Silver Tadpole for St. Christophorus: Roadkill and Jakub Giza earned the Golden Tadpole for I Won’t Be Here Tomorrow . In the Music Videos Competition — judged by Daniel Pearl, ASC; Shawn Kim; David Knight; Matthew Libatique, ASC ; Wojciech Mann; Wally Pfister, ASC; and Zbigniew Rybczynski — the video for Kora’s “Zabawa w chowanego” (shot by Marek Sanak and directed by Bartomiej Ignaciuk) earned Best Music Video, and Greig Fraser earned Best Cinematography for How to Destroy Angels’ “The Space Between.”In the Short Documentary Competition — judged by Robert Epstein; Ed Lachman, ASC; Robert Fischer; Malgorzata Szumowska; Magdalena Szczawinska; Anastas Michos, ASC; and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC — the honorable mention went to Marek Septimus Wieser for Out of Love , the Discovery N etworks Central Europe Award went to Jaro Valko for Arsy Versy, and the Grand Prix Golden Frog went to Piotr Stasik forThe Last Day of Summer . In the Feature Documentary Competition — judged by Jay Rosenblatt; Midge Costin; Nancy Schreiber, ASC ; Lawrence Grobel; Michael Chapman, ASC ; Marcin Koszalka; and Barbara Bilinska — an honorable mention went to cinematographer Pau Mirabet for Letters from the Desert (Eulogy to Slowness) , the Discovery N etworks
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Moss Joins Society The Society has welcomed Peter Moss, ASC, ACS into active membership. Moss’ film career began with The Day of the Dolphin, directed by Mike Nichols and shot by William Fraker, ASC, BSC. Mosswas hired as a dolphin trainer but quickly became enchanted with the camera, and after the production wrapped, he returned home to Australia and began working as a film loader. As he climbed the ranks of the camera department, he worked as an assistant for Dean Semler, ASC, ACS; Russell Boyd, ASC, ACS; and Peter James, ASC, ACS, among others. Then, as an operator, he worked on such features as Breaker Morant (shot by Don McAlpine, ASC, ACS) and The Mango Tree (John Seale, ASC, ACS). Moss began compiling cinematography credits in the commercials arena, filming spots for Air N ew Zealand, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, BP, Levi’s, Johnny Walker and others. Based on the strength of his commercial work, he was invited to join and became a member of the ACS in 1984, the same year he came to the United States to photograph the feature Flashpoint for William Tannen. Moss followed that project with the telefilm Stranded, and then began shooting commercials in the States, becoming a partner in Peterman/Moss Films and earning numerous awards as a director/cinematographer. He has since returned to long-form
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Central Europe Award went to Andrew Thompson for Mugabe and the White African, and the Grand Prix Golden Frog went to Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger for Restrepo. In the Polish Films Competition — judged by Albert Hughes; Juan Ruiz-Anchia, ASC, AEC ; Dick Pope, BSC; Phil Meheux, BSC; F.X. Feeney; and Johannes Kirchlechner — Little Rose (directed by Jan Kidawa-Blonski and shot by Piotr Wojtowicz) earned the Golden Frog. Adam Arkapaw and David Michôd won in the Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition (judged by Michael Ballhaus, ASC ; Timo Salminen, FSC, AIP; Bruno de Keyzer; Martin Coppen; and Christian Berger, AAC) and Directors’ Debuts Competition (judged by Jos Stelling; Affonso Beato, ASC, ABC; Umberto Rossi; Don McAlpine, ASC, ACS; and Goert Giltay), respectively, for Animal Kingdom (AC Oct. ’10).In the Main Competition — judged by Dion Beebe, ASC; Peter Biziou, BSC; Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC ; Andrzej Kolodynski; Roberto Schaefer, ASC; Tom Stern, ASC, AFC; and Jost Vacano, ASC — cinematographer Eduard Grau earned the Bronze Frog for Buried, Mikhail Krichman earned the Silver Frog for Silent Souls and Arthur Reinhart earned the Golden Frog for Venice. Additionally, Libatique and director Darren Aronofsky earned the Cinematographer-Director Duo Award, and Ballhaus was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Lighthill Earns Inaugural Educational Award During the 2010 SMPTE Honors and Awards Ceremony, Stephen Lighthill, ASC received the inaugural Kodak Educational Award, which recognizes an individual who advances the educational process at any level through innovative and inspirational methods. ●
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