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ASC Awards Weekend Photo Gallery
Meeting With Some Of The Film Industry's Best
Cinematographers |
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By
William
Kallay and Michael Coate

This past February, the American Society of Cinematographers
(ASC) opened its doors to the public to celebrate cinematographers and its
annual awards show. Movie lovers, film students, aspiring
cinematographers, and anybody simply interested in the art of
cinematography, has the opportunity to meet some of the film industry’s best
talent. It's always a pleasure to speak with many of the industry's
finest cinematographers.
It’s our pleasure at From Script To DVD to
provide our readers with this photo gallery of the ASC’s Open House, which
the organization hosted on February 25th, and the 20th Annual
Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography held the following
night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. The show
was sold out with approximately 1600 guests!
Presenters for this year’s festivities included Nicole Kidman (“The
Interpreter"), Bill Paxton (“Aliens”), Edward James Olmos (“American Me”),
Emily Deschanel
(“Bones”), Curtis Hanson ("8 Mile") Leonard Maltin ("Entertainment
Tonight"), William A. Fraker, ASC, BSC ("Tombstone") and Doe Mayer (USC).
Awards were given to the following:
Theatrical Feature Film
Dion Beebe, ACS, ASC for
“Memoirs Of A Geisha”
Movie of the Week, Miniseries or Pilot (Basic or Pay)
Robbie Greenberg,
ASC for “Warm Springs”
Episodic Television Series
Nathan Hope for “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (“Who Shot Sherlock?”)
ASC International Achievement Award
Gilbert Taylor, BSC
ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Kline, ASC
Board of Governors Award
Sydney Pollack
ASC Award of Distinction
Frederick Wiseman
President’s Award
Woody Omens, ASC
ASC Jordan Cronenweth Heritage Award
Brian Burgoyne (American Film Institute), Rodrigo Rocha-Campos (Florida
State University), and Joseph White (University of Southern California)
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The ASC's Open House event in Hollywood draws big crowds every year |
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Some of
the crowd inside of the Clubhouse |
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Panavision's Albert
L. Mayer |
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Amy
Vincent, ASC ("Eve's Bayou," "Hustle & Flow") |
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Andrew
Lesnie, ACS, ASC ("Lord Of The Rings" trilogy and Peter
Jackson's "King Kong") |
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Bill
Bennett, ASC ("Audi TT" television spot) with Haskell
Wexler, ASC (left, "Bound For Glory," "American Graffiti") |
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Industry
journalist Bob Fisher |
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Bruce
Logan, ASC ("Feet Afire," "Tron") |
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Daniel
Pearl, ASC ("Pathfinder," and some of the most famous
music videos ever made including "Every Breath You Take" by The
Police) |
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Daryn
Okada, ASC ("Just Like Heaven") |
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Jared
Jordan of the ASC up on the rooftop |
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Stephen
H. Burum, ASC ("The Untouchables," "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen")
wonders who the heck is taking pictures of him! |
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Dion
Beebe, ACS, ASC ("Chicago," "Memoirs Of A Geisha") |
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Visual
Effects Supervisor Greg
McMurry, ASC ("Con Air," "Poseidon") |
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Isidore
Mankofsky, ASC ("The Muppet Movie," "Better Off Dead")
at a table full of film students |
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Jack
Green, ASC ("Unforgiven," "The 40 Year Old Virgin") |
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Jan
Keisser, CSC, ASC ("Reefer Madness: The Musical") |
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John
Hora, ASC ("The Howling," "Gremlins") |
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From
Script To DVD's
William Kallay and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC ("Close Encounters Of The
Third Kind," "The Deer Hunter") |
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László
Kovács, ASC ("Easy Rider," "Say Anything") discusses adding an
"imperceptible
amount of diffusion" |
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Michael
Goi, ASC ("Invasion") talks with László Kovács |
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From
Script To DVD's
Michael Coate and Amy Vincent |
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Nancy
Schreiber, ASC ("American Gun," "Flakes") |
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ASC Open
House visitors can buy books and magazines about cinematography,
including American Cinematographer |
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Owen
Roizman, ASC ("The French Connection," "Tootsie") and Jack Green, ASC |
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American
Society of Cinematographers President Richard Crudo, ASC ("American
Pie," "Brooklyn Rules") |
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2006's
ASC Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Richard H. Kline, ASC ("Star
Trek: The Motion Picture," "Body
Heat") |
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Vilmos
Zsigmond talks to Sony Pictures' Grover Crisp |
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Robert
Primes, ASC ("Felicity," "Sleeper Cell") |
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Rodney
Taylor ("Amazing Journeys," "Ride With Cowboys") |
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Shelly
Johnson, ASC ("Hildalgo," "Sky High") |
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Panavision's Bob Beitcher, Andrew Lesnie and Bruno Delbonnel, AFC ("Amélie," "A
Very Long Engagement") |
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Woody
Omens, ASC ("History Of The World: Part I," "Harlem
Nights") |
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Rodrigo
Prieto, AMC, ASC ("21 Grams," "Brokeback Mountain") |
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Bill
Bennett and
Ron Dexter |
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Stephen
Pizzello, Editor of American Cinematographer magazine |
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Vilmos
Zsigmond |
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Wally
Pfister, ASC ("Memento," "Batman Begins") |
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William
A. Fraker, ASC, BSC ("Bullitt," "Tombstone") |
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William
Wages, ASC ("Into The West," "Surface") |
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Woody
Omens and Gil Hubbs, ASC ("Enter The Dragon," "Murphy Brown") |
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Jonathan
Abrams, SOC |
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The ASC
Clubhouse at the end of the day |
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Emily
Deschanel ("Bones") |
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Richard Crudo and Susan Derendorf |
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Presenters Bill Paxton ("Aliens," "Big Love") and Leonard Maltin talk before
the show |
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Producer
Rebecca Yeldham ("Tishomingo Blues") and presenter Curtis Hanson
("L.A. Confidential," "8 Mile") |
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Richard
H.
Kline is greeted by the press |
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Robbie
Greenberg, ASC ("Free Willy," "Warm Springs") |
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Rodrigo
Prieto on the red carpet |
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Leonard
Maltin waits for the show |
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Haskell
Wexler, ASC ("Medium Cool") |
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Jeffrey
Jur, ASC ("Carnivale") |
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M. David Mullen, ASC ("Northfork," "Akeelah
And The Bee") |
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Mullen
and his wife, Lisle Foote |
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Woody
Omens accepts his award |
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Richard
Crudo and Russ Alsobrook, ASC ("The Ben Stiller Show," "Freaks And
Geeks") |
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Presenter Bill Paxton and ASC Outstanding Achievement Award winner
Dion Beebe |
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This was
Beebe's first ASC Award |
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Curtis
Hanson accepted the ASC International Achievement Award for Gilbert
Taylor, BSC ("Star Wars," "A Hard Day's Night") — Taylor's
acceptance speech was shown via tape |
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Edward
James Olmos ("Battlestar Galactica") presented Robbie Greenberg with
an award for "Warm Springs" |
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This was
Greenberg's fourth award from the ASC |
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Olmos'
career has included roles in "Stand And Deliver" (1988) and
"Miami Vice" TV series (1984-1989) |
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Presenter Emily Deschanel with ASC Award winner, Nathan Hope ("CSI"
episode "Who Shot Sherlock?") |
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This was
Hope's second ASC Award |
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Presenter Emily Deschanel — Sister, Zooey, is also an accomplished actress ("Elf")
— Emily and Zooey's parents are actress Mary Jo Deschanel ("Twin
Peaks") and award-winning cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, ASC ("The
Patriot," "The Right Stuff") |
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Presenter Leonard Maltin with ASC Award Of Distinction recipient,
Frederick Wiseman ("Titicut Follies") |
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Wiseman
has produced, directed and edited most of his documentaries |
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ASC
Jordan Cronenweth Heritage Award recipients Joseph White, Rodridgo
Rocha-Campos, Brian Burgoyne, presenter László Kovács and
Jeff Cronenweth, ASC ("Fight Club," "One Hour Photo")
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Presenter William A. Fraker and ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
winner, Richard H. Kline |
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Kline
was the cinematographer on 1967's "Camelot" and the 1976 version of "King Kong" |
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Presenter Nicole Kidman ("The Interpreter," "Moulin Rouge!") |
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ASC
Board of Governors Award recipient, producer-director Sydney Pollack
("Tootsie," "Out Of Africa") |
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Pollack
has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, including
Nicole Kidman (right), Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Barbra
Streisand, Meryl Streep and Paul Newman |
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ASC
President's Award recipient Woody Omens and presenter Doe Mayer |
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Woody
Omens |
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Bruno
Delbonnel after the awards show |
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John
Hora |
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Russell
Carpenter, ASC ("Titanic," "Monster In-Law") and Woody Omens after the show |
The ASC was founded in January 1919 by
15 cinematographers who were dedicated to advancing the art of narrative
filmmaking. The ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards were inaugurated in
1987 for the purpose of recognizing and inspiring the quest for artistry in
narrative filmmaking. There are currently some 275 members from many
countries around the world, and another 140 associates in allied fields.
For additional information, visit the ASC website at
www.theasc.com.
Special thanks to CCSPR and Bill Hogan
Photo Credits
[1] William Kallay (© 2006 From Script To DVD)
[2] Michael Coate (© 2006 From Script To
DVD)
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