The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) announced the nominees for its Camera Operator of the Year Awards, scheduled for Feb. 15 at the Skirball Cultural Center. The SOC donates all proceeds from the awards event to the Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to help children with vision problems.
This year’s lifetime achievement award recipients are Chris Haarhoff, SOC/camera operator (Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Almost Famous); William Coe/camera technician (The Avengers, J. Edgar, Jersey Boys); Barry Wetcher, SMPSP/still photographer (Goodfellas, Quiz Show, Sherlock Holmes), and Jack Carpenter/mobile camera platform operator (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Crash, The Matrix). The distinguished service award recipient is Stan McClain, SOC (National Security, Almost Famous, Any Given Sunday). The President’s Award recipient is Leonard Chapman, who has developed and improved equipment for moving cameras.
The nominees for Camera Operator of the Year are:
Camera Operator of the Year – Feature Film
Ian Fox, SOC
Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Geoffrey Haley, SOC
American Hustle, Columbia Pictures
Jacques Jouffret, SOC
Lone Survivor, Universal Studios
P. Scott Sakamoto, SOC
Labor Day, Paramount Pictures
Peter Taylor, ACO, SOC
Gravity, Warner Bros. Pictures
Camera Operator of the Year – Television
Nicholas Davidoff, SOC
Homeland, HBO
Don Devine, SOC
Mad Men, AMC
Steve Fracol, SOC
Scandal, ABC
Kenji Luster, SOC
Body of Proof, ABC
James Reid, SOC
American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks
