The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced three nominees for its inaugural ASC Spotlight Award. The organization created this award to recognize outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries typically screened at film festivals, internationally or in limited theatrical release. The winner will be announced at the 28th Annual ASC Awards on Feb. 1, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby ballroom.
The nominees are:
Ida
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Renoir
Mark Ping Bing Lee
Winter Nomads
Camille Cottagnoud
ASC members submitted entries for consideration which went before a Blue Ribbon panel that chose the nominees. All active members will vote to select the winner.
“We’ve been honoring outstanding achievement in cinematography since we started the ASC Awards in 1987,” said ASC awards chairman Lowell Peterson. “Several ASC members developed the concept for this award after being inspired by these types of productions. We chose to add this new honor to recognize and praise areas of our art form that previously might have been overlooked.”
