The American Society of Cinematographers has introduced the honorees for its thirty eighth Annual Awards for Excellent Achievement in Cinematography Gala on March 3, 2024. They’re: Don Burgess, ASC; Steven Fierberg, ASC and Amy Vincent, ASC.
Burgess, Robert Zemeckis’ longtime collaborator, will probably be acknowledged with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Whereas his newest work is Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, directed by James Wan, Burgess is finest recognized for capturing Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning Forrest Gump, for which he earned ASC Award and Oscar nominations. The duo have additionally collaborated on such movies as final 12 months’s live-action Pinocchio, Flight, Contact, Forged Away, What Lies Beneath, The Polar Specific and the upcoming Right here.
Burgess’ different credit embrace Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, the primary Aquaman, Brian Helgeland’s 42, Allen and Albert Hughes’ The Guide of Eli, Gary Winick’s 13 Occurring 30, Jonathan Mostow’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Billy Crystal’s Neglect Paris. Burgess earned his first ASC nomination for the Emmy-nominated tv film The Courtroom-Martial of Jackie Robinson.
“Over the previous 40 years, Don Burgess has been steadily inspiring us along with his contribution to a lot of cinema’s most memorable movies,” mentioned ASC President Shelly Johnson. “Don is an amazingly proficient artist whose physique of labor speaks powerfully to the power of visible storytelling. He brings his imaginative and prescient and talent together with a deep dedication to collaboration, which is a tenet of our artwork type. Lots of his movies are woven into our cultural material – you keep in mind the place you noticed his work and who you have been with. It’s a honest pleasure for the ASC to acknowledge Don’s vital contributions to cinematography.”
Fierberg will probably be offered with the ASC Profession Achievement in Tv Award. His credit embrace all 5 seasons of The Affair, three seasons of Emily in Paris and a number of seasons of HBO’s Entourage. Fierberg shot the pilot for ABC’s As soon as Upon a Time and in established the search for NBC’s Kingpin. He beforehand received an ASC Award for the miniseries Attila in 2002. Along with his tv work, Fierberg has shot a variety of characteristic movies together with Steven Shainberg’s Secretary, Doug Ellin’s Entourage film” and Ed Zwick’s Love and Different Medicine. Fierberg has crafted the look of many music movies for artists together with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Simple E, David Lee Roth and Tim McGraw. He earned a Latin Grammy for finest video of the 12 months for Draco Rosa’s “Mas Y Mas.”
Vincent will probably be honored with the Presidents Award for her devoted service to the ASC. She is an lively member of the ASC Board of Governors and a founding member of the Society’s Imaginative and prescient Committee, fostering range and inclusion. Vincent’s contributions to the ASC underscore her function as a champion for ladies within the movie trade. She actively participates in mentorship applications, whereas additionally instructing cinematography at universities, together with the American Movie Institute, Florida State College, and Loyola Marymount College the place she is at the moment the Distinguished Artist in Residence. Vincent is a recipient of a Girls in Movie Kodak Imaginative and prescient Award for Excellent Achievements in Cinematography. She earned the Excellence in Cinematography Award at Sundance for her work on Craig Brewer’s Hustle and Movement. Her characteristic credit additionally embrace Brewer’s Black Snake Moan and remake of Footloose and Kasi Lemmons’ Eve’s Bayou. Vincent’s work can subsequent be seen within the 2024 characteristic movie A Good Indian Boy directed by Roshan Sethi.
“We’re trying ahead to celebrating these distinctive people at our Gala,” mentioned ASC Awards Committee Chairman Chuck Minsky. “They’re all excellent artists which have had an impression on our craft each on set and off.”
The ceremony will probably be held at The Beverly Hilton and dwell streamed.
