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21st Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards


Tim Tyler

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The 21st Annual American Society of

Cinematographers (ASC) Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

will be held on February 18, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.

Nominees for Outstanding Achievement Awards for feature films released in 2006

will be announced on January 9. ASC will unveil nominees in the narrative

television competition on January 16. The two television categories are for

an episode of a regular series, and for movies/mini-series/pilots aired on

network or pay-per-view/cable channels in 2006.

 

"Our members established this annual celebration in 1986 for the purpose

of recognizing and inspiring the pursuit of excellence in the art and craft of

cinematography," says Russ Alsobrook, ASC, chairman of the organization's

Awards Committee. "The reality is that artful cinematography is generally

designed to be transparent to audiences. That is why we believe that it is

important to have a peer group judge artful cinematography."

 

ASC will also present career achievement awards to several

cinematographers whose bodies of work have earned the respect of their peers.

Additionally, ASC will also honor individuals who have made exceptional

contributions to advancing the art of visual storytelling, and recognize one

or more promising student filmmakers.

 

The organization will host an open house and Internet chat here at it's

historic Hollywood clubhouse, where colleagues, fans, students and the media

can interact with special award recipients and nominees. Those events are

scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 17.

 

ASC was founded in 1919 by 15 individuals who were pioneers in the

invention of a new art form. Their primary purpose was to provide a forum for

discussing ideas for advancing the art of cinematography. Membership was by

invitation based on the individual's body of narrative work. There are

currently some 290 members today with roots in many different countries, and

about 145 associate members who work in ancillary sectors of the industry that

support the art and craft of cinematography.

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