Battle after battleDirector Michael Bowman has won the American Society of Cinematographers’ Grand Award for his work on a feature film, making the Oscar nominee the front-runner to win an Oscar in exactly one week. Up until this point, the race had been considered interesting: Baumann had also won a BAFTA, Train dreams“Adolfo Veloso won the Spirit Award, and SinnersAutumn Dorald Arkapaw dominated the critics’ awards circuit (she would be the first woman ever to win an Oscar for cinematography). The list of candidates has been rounded out before FrankensteinDan Lustson and Marty SupremeDarius Khondji, both of whom are also Oscar nominees.
This is the second time in three years that the ASC and Academy Awards have landed on the same list of cinematography nominees. (Last year, the guild curiously expanded its list of nominations from the usual five to seven, but still ignores Oscar favorites Emilia Perez.) However, when it comes to winners, the voting bodies have competed for Best Cinematography in only six out of the past 10 years, and went their separate ways only last year when the guild honored the work of legend Edward Lachman on Maria Before the Oscars go with the overall strongest contender, lol Crawley Brutal.
This means that all is not lost, especially for… Sinners and Train dreamswho remained in pursuit. It’s also worth noting that, unlike the Academy, the ASC has ended the feature film’s long-awaited streak of all-male winners in the feature film category: Mandy Walker became the first woman to win the award in three years for her film. FacebookBefore he lost the Oscar All is quiet on the Western FrontJames’s friend. Dorald Arkapaw W SinnersThis breakthrough remains on the table for next week.
As for the Documentary Films category, it included only one film nominated for an Oscar: Come and see me in the good lightbut lost to 2000 meters from Andriivkawhich used body camera footage in its visceral wartime imagery. Meanwhile, the TV winners went in a different direction from the rest of the syndication season: studio It won for a half-hour series (Adam Newport-Berra for “The Oner”), but Andor (Christoph Nuyens) and a task (Alex Disenhoff) tied for the one-hour series, beating the Emmy winner to cut (the house Not nominated). There was an even bigger surprise in the limited series: the one-shot wonder Adolescence Lost to Netflix noir Black rabbit (Beit Konczal).
The awards ceremony was held at and hosted by the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles The four seasons Kerry stars Kenny Silver. Presenters included Jason Reitman, Owen Wilson and Rachel Brosnahan, with special awards being presented to Guillermo del Toro, Robert Yeoman and others. See the full list of winners below.
Feature theatrical film
Autumn Dorald Arkapaw, ASC for “Sinners”
winner: Michael Bowman for “Battle After Battle”
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Marty Supreme”
Dan Lustson, ASC, DFF for “Frankenstein”
Adolfo Veloso, ABC, AIP for “Train Dreams”
An episode of the half-hour series
Adam Brecker, ASC for “Hacks” (“I Love LA”)
Fraser Brown, CSC for “Twisted Metal” (“NUY3ARZ”)
Paul Daly for “The Righteous Gems” (“Intro”)
Danielle Grant for “Murderbot” (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)
Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC for “Government Cheese” (“Trial and Error”)
winner: Adam Newport Bera for “The Studio” (“The One”)
Limited series/anthology/made-for-TV motion pictures
Michael Bowman for “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (“Buxum Bird”)
Sam Chiplin for “Narrow Road to the Deep North” (“Episode 1”)
winner: Pete Konczal, ASC for “Black Rabbit” (“Isle of Joy”)
Matthew Lewis for “Teenage” (“Episode 2”)
Igor Martinovich for the film “Black Rabbit” (“Etaf ** Kenboy”)
A one-hour episode of a regular series
Winner (tie): Alex Diesenhoff, ASC for “The Mission” (“Crossings”)
Jessica Lee Janney, “Severance” (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)
Dana Gonzalez, ASC for “Alien: Earth” (“Neverland”)
Ben Cutchins, ASC for “The White Lotus” (“Killer Instincts”)
Winner (tie): Christophe Noyens, SBC for “Andor” (“I have friends everywhere”)
Spotlight Award
Stephen Brecon for “The Plague”
winner: Matthias Erdely, ASC, HSC for “Orphan”
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK for “Amrum”
Documentary Film Award
Mstislav Chernov and Alex Babenko for the film “2000 Meters from Andreevka”
winner: Brandon Somerhalder for “Come See Me in the Good Light”
Lars Erlend Topas Oimo and Tor Edvin Eliasen for “Folk Tales”
ASC Award for Music Video
Jeff Cronenweth, ASC for “Supernatural” (performed by Ariana Grande)
John Goffin, ASC and Mitchell Baxter for “The False Prophet” (performing Twisted City Pillars)
John Goffin, ASC for “Visiting Hours” (performed by John Bryant)
Juliette Loskey for “Tamaha-Ha” (performed by Stacy Sobero)
winner: Rodrigo Brito, ASC, AMC for “The Fate of Ophelia” (performed by Taylor Swift)
The honorees
Guillermo del Toro – Board of Governors Award (presented by Jason Reitman)
Robert Yeoman, ASC – Lifetime Achievement Award (presented by Owen Wilson)
M. David Mulhern, ASC – Career Achievement in Television Award (presented by Rachel Brosnahan)
Cynthia Bushek, ASC – Presidents Award (presented by Baz Iodine, ASC and John Simmons, ASC)
Steven Pizzello – Award of Excellence (presented by Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS, AM)
Kodak – Curtis Clark ASC Technology Award (presented by Giovanni Ribisi)
