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Clubhouse News

Steve Yedlin, ASC.

Society Welcomes Yedlin
New active member Steve Yedlin,
ASC is a longtime friend and collaborator of
writer-director Rian Johnson. They began
working together as teenagers, making
homemade short films such as Thesaurus
Thief and Hey Lady, You Dropped Your
Wallet. Their talents have since evolved with
the features Brick (AC May '05), The Brothers
Bloom and Looper (AC Oct. '12), and they are
teaming again on the upcoming Star Wars
Episode VIII, which is scheduled to hit theaters
in May 2017.
When he's not working with Johnson,
Yedlin enjoys exploring the flexibility of his
craft with a variety of directors and projects.
His diverse work includes intense indie dramas
such as The Other Woman, visual-effects
spectacles like San Andreas, comedies including Danny Collins, horror films such as Carrie
(2013), and the occasional documentary.
Yedlin is also pursuing an ongoing
personal project to study the finer nuances of
image science and the development of his
own custom methods for the mathematical
modeling of physical photochemical
processes in order to better emulate traditional film response with digitally acquired
images.
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December 2015

Lachman Receives
Marburg Camera Award
Ed Lachman, ASC was recently
awarded the 2015 Marburger Kamerapreis, also known as the Marburg
Camera Award, which is presented annually by the Philipp University of Marburg
and the town of Marburg, Germany. The
prize is given in recognition of outstanding
national and international artwork in film
and television. The award winner is
decided by an advisory board and
announced at the beginning of the winter
semester. Lachman is the first American to
receive the honor.
Spinotti Honored at
Middleburg Film Fest
Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC
recently received Middleburg Film Festival's Distinguished Cinematographer
Award. Held in Middleburg, Va., the festival began in 2013 and strives to showcase
boundary-pushing and convention-challenging independent films. Every year, the
festival pays tribute to a cinematographer
and film composer; Spinotti was feted
with composer Carter Burwell. While
attending the festival, Spinotti also
presented his latest feature, I Saw the
Light.

American Cinematographer

Schreiber Joins
NYC Speaker Series
Nancy Schreiber, ASC recently
joined several other cinematographers
onstage for Manhattan Edit Workshop's
"Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography" at the NYIT Auditorium. The
event included two panel discussions: "The
Many Challenges of Nonfiction Cinematography," featuring Jerry Ricciotti, Matt
Porwoll and Bob Richman, and "A Cinematographer's Vision: Creating Distinct
Looks for Film & TV," featuring Schreiber
and Paul Koestner.
AC Wins Folio: Honors
American Cinematographer won
two Folio: Eddie Awards for editorial excellence during the Folio: Show's awards
luncheon, held in New York City on Oct. 19.
In the Media/Entertainment/Publishing category, the September 2014 issue (featuring
Guardians of the Galaxy) won Best Full
Issue, and Jason Apuzzo's historical article
on the 70mm Grandeur production The Big
Trail ("Visions of Grandeur," April '15) took
top honors for Best Single Article. The
magazine earned three other nominations,
as well. The October '14 tribute to the late
Gordon Willis, ASC earned an honorable
mention for Full Issue, while managing
editor Jon D. Witmer's piece on Jupiter
Ascending ("High-Flying Heroics," Feb. '15)
and Jean Oppenheimer's coverage of Birdman ("Backstage Drama," Dec. '14)
received nods for Single Article.
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Photo of Clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; lighting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC.

Young Named Kodak
Cinematographer-in-Residence
at UCLA
Bradford Young, ASC has been
named the 2015-16 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at the University of California, Los Angeles' School of Theater,
Film and Television. Young's residency will
begin in December and will last 10 weeks.
This is the 16th year of the Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence
program.
Previous participants have included ASC
members Mandy Walker, John Bailey,
Stephen H. Burum, Dean Cundey, Joan
Churchill, Roger Deakins, Guillermo
Navarro and Dante Spinotti.

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