On Wednesday, March 10, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced the nominees for its 35th Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in both feature films and television at a livestream from the ASC Clubhouse.
ASC President Steven Lighthill and Vice-President John Simmons announced the nominees with the winners to be presented with their awards at a virtual ceremony streamed from the Clubhouse on Sunday, April 18, 2021 on the American Cinematographer Facebook page.
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola will receive the Board of Governors Award.
The nomination in the seven film and television categories are:
Feature Film
• Erik Messerschmidt, ASC for Mank
• Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC for The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Joshua James Richards for Nomadland
• Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC for Cherry
• Dariusz Wolski, ASC for News of the World
Category sponsored by Keslow Camera
Spotlight
(The Spotlight Award recognizes exceptional cinematography in independent, foreign or art-house-type films. Jarin Blaschke won the ASC Award in 2020 for The Lighthouse and earned an Academy Award nomination for his work.)
• Katelin Arizmendi for Swallow
• Aurélien Marra for Two of Us
• Andrey Naydenov for Dear Comrades!
Category sponsored by Panavision
Documentary
• Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for The Truffle Hunters
• Viktor Kosakovskiy and Egil Håskjold Larsen for Gunda
• Gianfranco Rosi for Notturno
Category sponsored by Canon USA
Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television
• Martin Ahlgren, ASC for The Plot Against America, “Part 6”
• Anette Haellmigk for The Great, “The Great”
• Pete Konczal for Fargo, “The Birthplace of Civilization”
• Steven Meizler for The Queen’s Gambit, “End Game”
• Gregory Middleton, ASC, CSC for Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being”
Category sponsored by RED Digital Cinema
Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial
• Marshall Adams, ASC for Better Call Saul, “Bagman”
• Carlos Catalán for Killing Eve, “Meetings Have Biscuits”
• François Dagenais, CSC for Project Blue Book, “Area 51”
• Jon Joffin, ASC for Motherland: Fort Salem, “Up is Down”
• C. Kim Miles, ASC, CSC, MySC for Project Blue Book, “Operation Mainbrace”
Category sponsored by FotoKem
Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial
• David Franco for Perry Mason, “Chapter 2”
• Ken Glassing for Lucifer, “It Never Ends Well for the Chicken”
• Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for The Crown, “Fairytale”
• David Greene, ASC, CSC for Impulse, “The Moroi”
• M. David Mullen, ASC for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “It’s Comedy or Cabbage”
• Fabian Wagner, ASC, BSC for The Crown, “Imbroglio”
Category sponsored by Panavision
Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series
• Ava Berkofsky for Insecure, “Lowkey Lost”
• Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for The Mandalorian, “Chapter 1: The Mandalorian”
• Baz Idoine for The Mandalorian, “Chapter 13: The Jedi”
• Matthew Jensen, ASC for The Mandalorian, “Chapter 15: The Believer”
• Jas Shelton for Homecoming, “Giant”
Category sponsored by ARRI Inc.
You can learn more about the American Society of Cinematographers, the ASC Awards and joining the group at TheASC.com.
Photo montage courtesy of ASC.
