A competitive field has led to seven nominated DPs for this year’s American Society of Cinematographers Award in the feature film category.
Feature nominees for the 39th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, which were announced on Thursday, are Lol Crawley for “The Brutalist,” Phedon Papamichael for “A Complete Unknown,” Stéphane Fontaine for “Conclave,” Greig Fraser for “Dune: Part 2,” Ed Lachman for “Maria,” Jarin Blaschke for “Nosferatu,” and Alice Brooks for “Wicked.” The number of nominees in the theatrical feature category can vary between five and ten, depending on the percentage of votes a film receives.
Jon M. Chu’s go-to cinematographer Alice Brooks, for her work on his magical musical, became the fourth woman ever to be nominated in the ASC’s top category.
Veteran with multiple ASC feature noms under their belt include “Dune: Part 2” DP Fraser, who won an Oscar and ASC award for “Dune: Part 1” and also topped the ASC competition in 2017 for “Lion”; “Maria” cinematographer Lachman, who is also the ASC’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; and “A Complete Unknown” DP Papamichael, whose collaborations with James Mangold also includes ASC-nominated “Ford v Ferrari.”
Blaschke reteamed with director Robert Eggers on “Nosferatu.” For Eggers’ “The Lighthouse,” Blaschke previously won an ASC Award in the Spotlight category, which recognizes cinematography in independent, foreign or art house-type films.
“The Brutalist” DP Crawley also has one prior ASC nom in the Spotlight category, for “Brutalist” helmer Brady Corbet’s “The Childhood of a Leader.” Rounded out this year’s feature nominees is French cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine, for lensing Ed Berger’s Vatican drama “Conclave.”
In seven of the past ten years, the winner of the ASC feature category went on to claim the Oscar in cinematography.
This season’s Spotlight competition nominees include Michal Dymek for Denmark’s “The Girl with the Needle,” which is shortlisted for the international Oscar and won the Golden Frog at this season’s EnergaCamerimage cinematography festival; Jomo Fray for “Nickel Boys,” and Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for “Nawi.”
For a one-hour episode, the society nominated Catherine Goldschmidt and Alejandro Martinez, both for episodes of “House of Dragon;” Sam Mccurdy and Christopher Ross, both for episodes of “Shōgun;” Adriano Goldman, who is nominated for the series finale of “The Crown,” for which which he has two prior ASC wins; and first time nominee Baz Irvine, for “Silo.”
Among the noms in the category for a limited or anthology series or motion picture made for TV are Oscar and ASC Award winner Robert Elswit for “Ripley,” for which he received an Emmy last Fall; and Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel for the first episode of “Disclaimer.” Lubezki has won a record three consecutive Oscars (and ASC Awards) and veteran Delbonnel is a six-time Academy Award nominee.
Four-time Oscar nominee Rodrigo Prieto is among the DPs nominated in the ASC music video category; he’s up for “Fortnight” from Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, which earned him the Golden Frog in Camerimage’s recent music video competition.
The nominees were slated to be revealed last week, but the announcement was postponed due to the devastating L.A. fires. The ASC Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Feb. 23 at The Beverly Hilton.
Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees.
Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)
Jarin Blaschke for “Nosferatu” (Focus Features)
Alice Brooks, ASC for “Wicked” (Universal Pictures)
Lol Crawley, BSC for “The Brutalist” (A24)
Stéphane Fontaine, AFC for “Conclave” (Focus Features)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Edward Lachman, ASC for “Maria” (Netflix)
Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA for “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)
Episode of a Half Hour Series (Sponsored by Nanlux)
Adam Bricker, ASC for “Hacks” – Episode “Just for Laughs” (Max)
Carl Herse for “The Franchise”- Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)
Richard Rutkowski, ASC for “Sugar” – Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+)
Seamus Tierney for “Emily in Paris” – Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)
Kyle Wullschleger for “Only Murders in the Building”- Episode “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Hulu)
Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Sponsored by ARRI)
Adam Arkapaw, ACS for “Masters of the Air” – Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)
Michael Berlucchi for “Interior Chinatown” – Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)
Robert Elswit, ASC for “Ripley” – Episode “Lucio” (Netflix)
Jonathan Freeman, ASC for “The Penguin” – Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC & Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC for “Disclaimer” – “Episode I” (Apple TV+)
Zoë White, ACS for “Hold Your Breath” (Hulu)
Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Sponsored by Panavision)
Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for “The Crown” – Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)
Catherine Goldschmidt, BSC for “House of the Dragon” – Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)
Baz Irvine, BSC, ISC for “Silo” – Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)
Alejandro Martinez, AMC for “House of Dragon” – Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)
Sam Mccurdy, ASC, BSC for “Shōgun” – Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)
Christopher Ross, BSC for “Shōgun” – Episode “Anjin” (FX)
Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)
Michal Dymek for “The Girl with the Needle” (MUBI)
Jomo Fray for “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for “Nawi” (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)
Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon)
Michael Crommett for “Photographer: Dan Winters Life is Once. Forever.” (National Geographic)
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for “Gaucho Gaucho” (Jolt)
Andrey Stefanov for “Porcelain War” (Picturehouse)
ASC Music Video Award (Sponsored by RED Digital Cinema)
Pepe Avila del Pino, AMC for “313” (Performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penelope Cruz)
Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Rebound” (Performed by Jennifer Lopez)
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “Fortnight” (Performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)
