Emmanuel Lubezki, Vanja Cernjul, Pierre Gill, Adam Arkapaw and Matyas Erdely
earned top honours in the four competitive categories at the 30th annual American
Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards for outstanding achievement. The
ceremony took place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on 14 February.
Lubezki won for the feature The Revenant. Cernjul won the Episodic Television category for Casanova, and Gill took the honours in the TV Movie/Miniseries/Pilot category for Marco Polo. There was a tie for
the ASC Spotlight Award between Arkapaw for Macbeth and Erdely for
Son of Saul.
Javier Bardem presented the ASC Award in the Theatrical Release category to
Lubezki. Lubezki also won the organisation’s top prize the past two years for
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) in 2015 and for
Gravity in 2014.
Derek Waters presented Cernjul with the Outstanding Achievement Award for a
regular episode of a TV series. His win was for The Fourth Step
episode of the Netflix series Marco Polo.
Jamie Lee Curtis presented the Television Movie/Miniseries/Pilot Award to Gill for
the Casanova pilot (Amazon).
Roberto Schaefer announced that Arkapaw and Erdely tied for the ASC Spotlight
Award. Arkapaw won for Macbeth and Erdely won for Son of
Saul. This was the first nomination and win for both cinematographers. Also
nominated in this category was Cary Joji Fukunaga for Beasts of No
Nation.
Oscar-winner Lois Burwell presented the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to her
husband John Toll. Toll won back-to-back Oscars for his work on Edward Zwick’s
Legends of the Fall in 1995, and Mel Gibson’s Braveheart
in 1996. Toll received a third Academy Award nomination for lensing Terrence
Malick’s The Thin Red Line in 1999. His many credits include The
Rainmaker, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Gone Baby Gone, Tropic Thunder, The
Adjustment Bureau, Cloud Atlas, Iron Man 3, and the upcoming Ang Lee film
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, among others.
Lowell Peterson took home the Career Achievement in Television Award, which was
presented by Gina Rodriguez. He is Emmy-nominated for his work on HBO’s
Six Feet Under and earned ASC Award nominations for the telefilm
Just Ask My Children, and the TV series Second Chances
as well as Profiler.
The organisation awarded director Ridley Scott its Board of Governors Award, which
was presented by Academy Award-winner Geena Davis. Scott’s most recent
releases include the critically acclaimed box office phenomenon The
Martian.
Bill Bennett was recognised with the ASC Presidents Award for his cinematographic
contributions and dedication to the ASC. The award was presented by Ron Dexter.
Bennett has compiled well over 1000 television commercial credits.
The ASC Bud Stone Award of Distinction was given to Grover Crisp, EVP of Asset
Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The award is presented to an associate ASC member who has demonstrated
extraordinary service to the society and/or has made a significant contribution to
the motion picture industry.
