The Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards show, which honors the art and craft of camera operating and production crew, was held on January 26, 2019 at the Leows Hollywood Hotel. The Awards show featured a beautiful red carpet, and the black-tie ceremony was streamed live. The best of the best in the industry was in attendance to recognize the outstanding achievements made by the honorees in the last twenty years of their career.
Opening remarks for the show were done by George Billinger, SOC. Among the Lifetime Achievement Awards honorees, Jane Fonda (Governors Award Recipient) and Harrison Ford (President’s Award Recipient) were also recognized for their extraordinary body of work, collaboration and commitment to the art and craft of camera operating.
And the winners are:
Governors Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Fonda
Presidents Award
Harrison Ford
Camera Operator Lifetime Achievement Award
Dave Emmerichs, SOC
Camera Operator, Live & Nonscripted Lifetime Achievement Award
Hector Ramirez
Camera Technician Lifetime Achievement Award
Jimmy Jensen
Mobile Camera Platform Operator Lifetime Achievement Award
John Man
Still Photographer Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter Iovino
Technical Achievement Award
Cinemoves, MATRIX 4 Axis Stabilized Gimbal
Camera Operator of the Year – Film:
Michael Fuchs, SOC – If Beale Street Could Talk
Matthew Moriarty, SOC – The Front Runner
Jody Miller – Beautiful Boy
Scott Sakamoto, SOC – A Star Is Born
Ricardo Sarmiento – BlacKkKlansman
Camera Operator of the Year – TV:
Mitch Dubin, SOC – Legion
Chris Haarhoff, SOC & Steven Matzinger, SOC – Westworld
Michael Heathcote, SOC – The Handmaid’s Tale
Gary Jay, SOC – House of Cards
Ben Semanoff, SOC – Ozark
