Oppenheimer continued its dominant awards season form on Sunday night at the American Society of Cinematographers' ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards. Hoyte van Hoytema won the prize for theatrical feature film, marking his first ASC award after previous nominations for Dunkirk (2018) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012).
On the TV side, M. David Mullen of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel secured the ASC prize for an episode of one hour of television, while Carl Herse of Barry and Ben Kutchins of Boston Strangler won for episodes of a half-hour series and limited or anthology series or motion picture made for TV, respectively.
Renowned filmmaker Spike Lee was honored with the ASC Board of Governors Award, and Don Burgess, known for his work on Forrest Gump, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Steven Fierberg accepted the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award, and Amy Vincent was recognized with the President’s Award for contributions to the Society.
The 38th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards gala took place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The full list of winners includes Edward Lachman, ASC for El Conde, Matthew Libatique, ASC, LPS for Maestro, Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Ryan, ISC for Poor Things, and Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC for Oppenheimer.
Warwick Thornton won the Spotlight Award for The New Boy, while other winners in various categories included Ricardo Diaz, Rob C. Givens, Cathal Watters, Glen Keenan, Dan Atherton, Sam Chiplin, Igor Martinovic, Jason Oldak, Tobias Schliessler, Julian Court, Jon Joffin, Blake McClure, Andrew Wehde, Jeff Hutchens, Curren Sheldon, D. Smith, Scott Cunningham, Jon Joffin, and Andrey Nikoleav.
