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Photo of Clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; lighting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC. Keslow photo courtesy of Keslow Camera. Top-right photo by Keith Jeffries.

Clubhouse News

Ed Lachman, ASC (left) in conversation with M.
David Mullen, ASC.

From left: Late ASC associate Milton Keslow with actors Anthony Perkins and Mary
Tyler Moore on the set of the feature First, You Cry.

In Memoriam: Milton Keslow, 1935-2015
Associate member Milton Keslow, co-founder of General Camera, a leading
supplier of motion-picture equipment in New York City for more than three decades, died
Dec. 29 at the age of 80. Keslow's interest in motion-picture equipment was sparked
during the Korean War, when he served as a film projectionist while based at Fort Dix,
N.J. Keslow started General Camera in 1962 with future ASC associate Richard DiBona.
The two men made "a handshake deal" with Panavision co-founder and future ASC
associate Robert Gottschalk to be the sole supplier of Panavision cameras and lenses on
the East Coast. General Camera subsequently supplied cameras, lighting, grip stages, and
Chapman dollies and cranes to a series of now-legendary productions, including The
Godfather, Jaws, Taxi Driver, The French Connection and Annie Hall. General Camera
was bought by Panavision in 1994.
Cinematographer Craig DiBona, ASC, Richard DiBona's son, began his career at
General Camera and witnessed the company's ascendance. "Milton Keslow had a keen
sense of business," he says. "He had a great feeling that as a team, anything was possible, and as it turned out, it was. He was one of the greats of his generation."
Keslow went on to found Imaging Video Inc. and Keslow Television, both of which
supplied broadcast video equipment to the TV industry. He also helped launch Los Angeles-based Keslow Camera, which now has six offices across the country.

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Wolski, Lachman Speak
at Clubhouse
Dariusz Wolski, ASC and Ed Lachman, ASC recently participated in separate
"Coffee & Conversation" events held at the
Society's Clubhouse in Hollywood. In
conversation with AC contributor David E.
Williams, Wolski discussed his work on
Ridley Scott's The Martian. Lachman was
interviewed by fellow cinematographer M.
David Mullen, ASC, about his work on the
period drama Carol. Both presentations
were followed by a Q&A session.
Zinebi Festival
Salutes Ruiz-Anchia
Juan Ruiz-Anchia, ASC, AEC was
honored with a Mikeldi Award at the 2015
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary
and Short Film of Bilbao in recognition of
his filmmaking achievements. Born and
raised in Bilbao, Spain, Ruiz-Anchia moved
to the United States in the mid-1970s to
study at the American Film Institute, where
he received an MFA. His cinematography
credits include the features Innocent Voices,
Glengarry Glen Ross, Mr. Jones, Spartan
and House of Games, and the HBO movie
Phil Spector. He has won two Goya
Awards, for Mararía and Blackthorn. ●

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