Dune‘s Greig Fraser gained the highest movie prize on the American Society of Cinematographers’ thirty sixth annual ASC Awards, which had been handed out tonight in Hollywood.
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Denis Villeneuve’s epic based mostly on the traditional Frank Herbert novel was one of many two movies coming into tonight with probably the most momentum, having gained the cinematography prize on the BAFTA Movie Awards final week. It beat out The Energy of the Canine, which fetched the Critics Alternative Award that very same day.
Katelin Arizmendi, the second unit DP on Dune, accepted the award for Fraser, who just lately examined optimistic for Covid and was unable to attend the ceremony. Arizmendi learn a speech from Fraser, who ASC win for Excellent Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases was his second after 2017’s Lion.
The opposite nominees for the marquee movie prize had been Ari Wegner for The Energy of the Canine, Bruno Delbonnel for The Tragedy of Macbeth, Dan Laustsen for Nightmare Alley, and Haris Zambarloukos for Belfast. All however Zambarloukos are also nominated for the Greatest Cinematography Academy Award, with West Aspect Story’s Janusz Kaminski up for the Oscar. All of these titles are also vying for Greatest Image subsequent weekend.
The ASC movie winner traditionally goes on to win the Oscar about half the time — 16 occasions previously 35 years, together with a golden double for Mank final 12 months. That movie’s Erik Messerschmidt offered the prize tonight.
The opposite movie winners tonight had been Pat Scola, who picked up the Highlight award for Neon’s Nicolas Cage starrer Pig, and Jessica Beshir for Faya Dayi, Janus Movies’s documentary about khat, the psychoactive plant that performs an enormous position in Ethopia’s economic system.
On the TV entrance, James Laxton gained the Movement Image, Restricted Collection or Pilot Made for Tv prize for Prime Video’s The Underground Railroad. The Half-Hour Tv Collection award went to Michael Berlucchi for Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest. Tommy Maddox-Upshaw then picked up the One-Hour Business Tv Collection award for FX’s Snowfall, and the One-Hour Non-Business Tv Collection trophy went to Jon Joffin for HBO Max’s Titans.Debbie Allen jovially hosted the in-person ceremony from the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood.
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This 12 months’s ASC honorees are two-time Emmy winner and 2009 Oscar nominee Ellen Kuras, the primary girl to obtain ASC’s Lifetime Achievement Award; two-time Emmy winner Peter Levy (Profession Achievement in Tv Award); Area of Goals DP and union chief John Lindley (President’s Award); and Panavision VP Optical Engineering Dan Sasaki (the inaugural Curtis Clark Technical Achievement Award).
Martin Scorsese provided a taped tribute to Kuras.
The “In Memoriam” section included tributes to George Spiro Dibie, Invoice Taylor, Joseph Tawil, Willy Kurant and Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a dwell spherical that was fired on the New Mexico set of indie western Rust in October.
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A jovial Debbie Allen hosted the in-person ceremony from the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood.
Listed below are the winners introduced on the ASC Awards to this point, adopted by the remaining nominees:
Function Movie
Greig Fraser
DUNE
Movement Image, Restricted Collection, or Pilot Made for Tv
James Laxton
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – Episode: Chapter 9: Indiana Winter
Episode of a One-Hour Tv Collection – Non-Business
Jon Joffin
TITANS – Episode: Souls
Highlight
Pat Scola
PIG
Episode of a One-Hour Tv Collection – Business
Thomas Burstyn
SNOWPIERCER – Episode: Our Reply for Every part
Episode of a Half-Hour Tv Collection
Michael Berlucchi
MYTHIC QUEST – Episode: Backstory!
Documentary
Jessica Beshir
FAYA DAYI
