THE. BEST. EVER…!

            This weekend saw a three-day celebration of the 39th ASC Awards for Excellence in Cinematography.  I’m still not quite recovered from the festivities, but I can tell you that the organization – which always throws great parties – really surpassed itself this time around.  There wasn’t a single misstep throughout, and I defy any other group to match the effort.

            Below is a list of honorees, nominees and winners (who are highlighted in black, with an asterisk).  I had the honor of presenting Associate Member Suzanne Lezotte with the Bud Stone Memorial Award, for outstanding service to the ASC.  It’s not shown here because the identity of that individual is kept under wraps each year until the moment of presentation on Sunday night.

            We had over a thousand attendees at the Beverly Hilton – and every one of them enjoyed the time of their life!

            For a full round-up and tons of photos, go to www.theasc.com.

            Now, I’m going back to bed!

Theatrical Feature Film (presented by Caleb Deschanel, ASC and Emily Deschanel)
Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Alice Brooks, ASC for Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Lol Crawley, BSC for The Brutalist (A24)
Stéphane Fontaine, AFC for Conclave (Focus Features)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
*Edward Lachman, ASC for Maria (Netflix)
Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA for A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

Spotlight Award
(presented by John Conroy, ASC and Dean Cundey, ASC)
Michal Dymek for The Girl with the Needle (MUBI)
*Jomo Fray for Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for Nawi (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)

Documentary Award
(presented by Buddy Squires, ASC)
Michael Crommett for Photographer: Dan Winters Life is Once. Forever. (National Geographic)
*Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for Gaucho Gaucho
(Jolt)
Andrey Stefanov for Porcelain War (Picturehouse)

Limited / Anthology Series/ Motion Picture Made for TV (presented by Oliver Bokelberg, ASC, BVK & Kevin McKidd)
Adam Arkapaw, ACS for Masters of the Air – Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)
Michael Berlucchi for Interior Chinatown – Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)
*Robert Elswit, ASC for Ripley – Episode “Lucio” (Netflix)
Jonathan Freeman, ASC for The Penguin – Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC & Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC for Disclaimer – “Episode I” (Apple TV+)
Zoë White, ACS for Hold Your Breath (Hulu)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (presented by Patrick Cady, ASC & Titus Welliver)
Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for The Crown – Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)
Catherine Goldschmidt, BSC for House of the Dragon – Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)
Baz Irvine, BSC, ISC for Silo
– Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)
Alejandro Martinez, AMC for House of the Dragon – Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)
*Sam McCurdy, ASC, BSC for Shōgun – Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)
Christopher Ross, BSC for Shōgun – Episode “Anjin” (FX)

Episode of a Half Hour Series (presented by Jennifer Arnold & Patti Lee, ASC )
Adam Bricker, ASC for Hacks
– Episode “Just for Laughs” (Max)
Carl Herse for The Franchise – Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)
*Richard Rutkowski, ASC for Sugar – Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+)
Seamus Tierney for Emily in Paris – Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)
Kyle Wullschleger for Only Murders in the Building – Episode “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Hulu)

ASC Music Video Award
(Claudio Miranda, ASC & Sofia Isella)
*Pepe Avila del Pino, AMC for “313” (Performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penelope Cruz)
Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Rebound” (Performed by Jennifer Lopez)
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “Fortnight” (Performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)