The 40th ASC Awards were ’80s themed from production design to its music cues, but rewarded some of the best cinematic work of the past year. There was one tie (almost an ASC tradition), a Wes Anderson video introduction to the legendary Robert Yeoman, and a charming speech in person from Owen Wilson. At least three winners were not on hand because they were filming around the world, but the big winner of the night was. Michael Bauman, who took the Theatrical Feature Film Award for “One Battle After Another.”
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While the ASC is often seen as a precursor for the Oscar, it has only lined up 18 times over the past 39 years. Last year’s ASC winner, “Maria’s” Edward Lachman, lost the eventual Oscar to “The Brutalist’s” Lol Crowley.
The Spotlight Award, recognizing up-and-coming cinematographers, went to Mátyás Erdély for “Orphan.”
The winner of Episode of a Half-Hour Series was Adam Newport-Berra for “The Studio” (“The Oner”). The Drama Series trophy was a tie between Alex Disenhof, ASC for “Task” (“Crossings”) and Christophe Nuyens, SBC for “Andor” (“I Have Friends Everywhere”). Limited Series was something of an upset as Pete Konczal took it for “Black Rabbit” (“Isle of Joy”), over the second episode of “Adolescence.”
The Documentary Award went to Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for “2000 Meters from Andriivka.” A few hours earlier, Chernov won the WGA Award for Documentary.
The Music Video honor went to Rodrigo Prieto for “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift). He was shooting in Eastern Europe and unable to attend. This was his first win after seven nominations.
Among the seven honorary awards, David Mullen won the Career Achievement in Television Award, Cynthia Pusheck was honored with the President’s Award, Stephen Pizzello received the Award of Distinction, Yeoman was given the Lifetime Achievement Award, Guillermo del Toro landed the Board of Governors Award, and Kodak received the Curtis Clark Technology Award.
A complete list of this year’s winners and nominees is as follows:
Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC for “Sinners”
Michael Bauman for “One Battle After Another” – ***WINNER***
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Marty Supreme”
Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF for “Frankenstein”
Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP for “Train Dreams”
Episode of a Half-Hour Series (Sponsored by RED Digital Cinema)
Adam Bricker, ASC for “Hacks” (“I Love LA”)
Fraser Brown, CSC for “Twisted Metal” (“NUY3ARZ”)
Paul Daley for “The Righteous Gemstones” (“Prelude”)
Daniel Grant for “Murderbot” (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)
Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC for “Government Cheese” (“Trial and Error”)
Adam Newport-Berra for “The Studio” (“The Oner”) – ***WINNER***
Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Sponsored by ARRI)
Michael Bauman for “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (“Buxum Bird”)
Sam Chiplin for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” (“Episode One”)
Pete Konczal, ASC for “Black Rabbit” (“Isle of Joy”) – ***WINNER***
Matthew Lewis for “Adolescence” (“Episode Two”)
Igor Martinović for “Black Rabbit” (“Attaf**kinboy”)
Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Sponsored by Panavision)
Alex Disenhof, ASC for “Task” (“Crossings”) – ***WINNER*** (TIE)
Jessica Lee Gagne for “Severance” (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)
Dana Gonzalez, ASC for “Alien: Earth” (“Neverland”)
Ben Kutchins, ASC for “The White Lotus” (“Killer Instincts”)
Christophe Nuyens, SBC for “Andor” (“I Have Friends Everywhere”) – ***WINNER*** (TIE)
Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)
Steven Breckon for “The Plague”
Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC for “Orphan” – ***WINNER***
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK for “Amrum”
Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon U.S.A.)
Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for “2000 Meters from Andriivka” – ***WINNER***
Brandon Somerhalder for “Come See Me in the Good Light”
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen for “Folktales”
ASC Music Video Award (Sponsored by Nanlux)
Jeff Cronenweth, ASC for “Supernatural” (Performed by Ariana Grande)
Jon Joffin, ASC for “False Prophet” (Performed by Pillars of a Twisted City)
Jon Joffin, ASC for “Visiting Hours” (Performed by Jon Bryant)
Juliette Lossky for “Altamaha-ha” (Performed by Stacy Subero)
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift) – ***WINNER***
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