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Clubhouse News
Photo of Clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; lighting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC. Parker photo courtesy of Mole-Richardson Co. Tovoli photo courtesy of Manaki Bros. McGarvey photo by Rui Durão, courtesy of Darklight Festival.

Zielinski Elected PSC President Jerzy Zielinski, ASC, PSC has been elected president of the Polish Society of Cinematographers. Born in Poland, he graduated from the National Polish Film School in Lödz. He has continued to shoot Polish productions while also working in Hollywood on such films as Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). As president of the PSC, Zielinski says, he will continue to advance its goals, which include maintaining close relationships with Imago and fellow cinematography societies around the globe. AMPAS, ASC Initiatives Receive Emmys The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) and the ASC Color Decision List (ASC-CDL) were honored with Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards on Oct. 24. Eight awards were presented at the ceremony, which recognizes individuals, companies or organizations for engineering developments that mark such a significant improvement on existing methods, or are so innovative in nature, that they materially affect the transmission, recording or reception of television. Developed by AMPAS in collaboration with motion-imaging and color-science experts, ACES is a SMPTE standards-based color-management architecture designed for the production, mastering and longterm archiving of motion picture and television (non-live broadcast) production content. Developed by the ASC Technology Committee, the ASC-CDL enables primary color-correction data to be passed from the set to dailies and editorial post, as well as interchanged between different colorcorrection systems and applications. Engineering Awards were also presented to Colorfront, for Colorfront OnSet Dailies; FilmLight, for the Truelight OnAmerican Cinematographer

Set and Baselight Transfer look/color management systems; Dolby Laboratories, for the Dolby PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor; Sony Electronics, for the BVM E250 OLED Reference Monitor; Netflix, for the streaming of movies and television programs; and Toon Boom Animation, for the Toon Boom Storyboard Pro. Additionally, the Eastman Kodak Co. received the Philo T. Farnsworth Award for its long history of contributions to the television industry; Dr. Richard Green received the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award; and Adobe Systems received an Engineering Plaque for the Adobe Pass Viewer Authentication process. Manaki Brothers Salute Tovoli, Fellow Cinematographers Luciano Tovoli, ASC, AIC was presented with the Golden Camera 300 Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Festival. Additionally, a Golden Camera 300 Special Award was presented to cinematographer Christian Berger, AAC in recognition of his outstanding contributions to film art. In the festival’s feature-film cinematography competition, Jolanta Dylewska won the Golden Camera 300 for In Darkness, Alisher Khamidkhadjaev won the Silver Camera 300 for Living, and Luca Bigazzi won the Bronze Camera 300 for This Must Be the Place. Cinematographer David Raedeker won the New Vision Award for My Brother the Devil (AC April ’12). The Small Golden Camera was presented to cinematographer Vasco Viana for the short film Rafa. The Special Mention Small Camera 300 was awarded to cinematographer Vladimir Samoilovsky for Bardo. The annual festival is organized by the Macedonian Film Professionals’ Association under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Macedonia and with the

Eric Steelberg, ASC

Steelberg Joins Society The Society has welcomed Eric Steelberg, ASC to the ranks of active membership. Steelberg was born in Northridge, Calif., where he fell in love with the movies at a young age thanks to video rentals and cable television. His parents’ passion for still photography piqued his curiosity about the photographic process, and he began poring over books about Ansel Adams and issues of National Geographic, Photo and AC. Steelberg began taking film classes in high school, and he began working on shorts and micro-budget productions while attending Santa Monica College. He also attended two Maine Media Workshops. He shot short films and commercials before breaking out with the independent feature Quinceañera, a prizewinner at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Since then, Steelberg has shot three features for director Jason Reitman: Juno, Up in the Air and Young Adult. He has also shot the features (500) Days of Summer, Bandslam and Going the Distance, the pilot for Lone Star, and episodes of the series Eastbound & Down. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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