American Cinematographer - May 2017 - 68

The ASC's

Big
Night

Lifetime
Achievement
honoree
Edward
Lachman, ASC.

Photography by Alex Beatty, Herman Jimenez,
Mikhail Kharlamov, George Leon, Alex Lopez,
Kim McBride, Danny Moloshok,
Hector Sandoval and Michael Zito.

he ASC held its 31st Awards for Outstanding
Achievement in Cinematography on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Some 1,600 attendees filled the Ray Dolby Ballroom in
Hollywood for the celebration.
The week prior, on Saturday, Jan. 28, the Society kicked
off the Awards activities with the Honorees and Nominees
Breakfast at its Clubhouse in Hollywood, followed immediately by the Open House, which was sponsored by Cinelease.
Later in the week, the Clubhouse provided the setting for the
Sponsors Breakfast on Thursday and the Nominees Dinner on
Friday; the latter event was co-sponsored by Kodak and
Panavision. Panavision also sponsored the official afterparty,
which brought a capacity crowd back to the Clubhouse immediately following the Awards ceremony.
For the third year in a row, ASC member Matthew
Libatique and ASC president's assistant Delphine Figueras
co-hosted the Awards gala, and John Simmons, ASC again
served as the event's offstage announcer.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to
Edward Lachman, ASC, who accepted the honor with his
typical grace. "The thing for me in receiving this recognition,"
he offered, doffing his trademark hat, "is the opportunity to
acknowledge the people in the industry that supported and
believed in me."
Also honored during the gala were actor-director
Denzel Washington, who received the Board of Governors
Award; Nancy Schreiber, ASC, who received the Presidents
Award; Ron Garcia, ASC, who received the Career
Achievement in Television Award; Philippe Rousselot, ASC,
AFC, who received the International Award; and associate
members Bruce Berke and Frank Kay, who received the Bud
Stone Award of Distinction. Additionally, the ceremony
saluted Emmett Sutherland and Andrew Jeric, the recipients
of the ASC Vilmos Zsigmond Student Heritage Awards, and

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Colin F. Shepherd, the recipient of the ASC Haskell Wexler
Student Documentary Award.
Here are the nominees in all of the evening's competitive
categories, presented in alphabetical order, with winners highlighted in boldfaced type:
Commercial Television Series Award: Tod Campbell, Mr.
Robot, "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc."; John Grillo, Preacher,
"Finish the Song"; Kevin McKnight, Underground, "The
Macon 7"; Christopher Norr, Gotham, "Wrath of the Villains:
Mr. Freeze"; Richard Rutkowski, Manhattan, "Jupiter."
Non-Commercial Television Series Award: John Conroy,
Penny Dreadful, "The Day Tennyson Died"; David M.
Dunlap, House of Cards, "Chapter 45"; Anette Haellmigk,
Game of Thrones, "Book of the Stranger"; Neville Kidd,
Outlander, "Prestonpans"; Fabian Wagner, BSC, Game of
Thrones, "Battle of the Bastards."
Spotlight Award: Lol Crawley, BSC, The Childhood of a
Leader; Gorka Gómez Andreu, AEC, House of Others;
Ernesto Pardo, Tempestad; Juliette van Dormael, My Angel.
Television Movie, Miniseries or Pilot Award: Balazs Bolygo,
BSC, HSC, Harley and the Davidsons, "Amazing Machine";
Paul Cameron, ASC, Westworld, "The Original"; Jim Denault,
ASC, All the Way; Alex Disenhof, The Exorcist, "Chapter One:
And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee"; Igor Martinovic, The
Night Of, "Subtle Beast."
Theatrical Release Award: Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS, Lion;
James Laxton, Moonlight; Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC,
Silence; Linus Sandgren, FSF, La La Land; Bradford Young,
ASC, Arrival.
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