The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has unveiled Outstanding Achievement Award nominees across the feature film, documentary and television categories. Winners will be announced during the 37th Annual ASC Awards ceremony on March 5, 2023, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The event will be live streamed worldwide.
Nominated in the marquee feature film category are: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for Empire of Light; Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for The Batman; Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths; Claudio Miranda, ASC for Top Gun: Maverick; and Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS for Elvis. (Last year’s ASC feature film winner was Fraser for Dune. He went on to win the Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.)
Nominees for the ASC Spotlight Award–which recognizes stellar cinematography in independent, foreign or art-house-type/festival films–are: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF, for War Sailor; Kate McCullough, ISC for The Quiet Girl; and Andrew Wheeler for God’s Country.
Documentary nominees are: Ben Bernhard and Riju Das for All That Breathes; Adam Bricker for Chief’s Table: Pizza–”Franco Pepe”; and Wolfgang Held, ASC for This Stolen Country of Mine.
Nominees on the TV side include the cinematographers behind such series as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Westworld, House of the Dragon, 1899, Hacks, Barry, Atlanta, Russian Doll, Better Call Saul, Interview With the Vampire, Snowfall, The Old Man and Snowpiercer.
Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees by category:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for The Batman (Warner Bros.)
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Netflix)
Claudio Miranda, ASC for Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS for Elvis (Warner Bros.)
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
- Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF for War Sailor (DCM Film)
- Kate McCullough, ISC for The Quiet Girl (Super)
- Andrew Wheeler for God’s Country (IFC Films)
EPISODE OF A ONE-HOUR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SERIES
- John Conroy, ASC, ISC for Westworld – “Années Folles” (HBO/HBO MAX)
- Catherine Goldschmidt for House of the Dragon – “The Lord of the Tides” (HBO/HBO MAX)
- Alejandro Martinez for House of the Dragon – “The Green Council” (HBO/HBO MAX)
- M. David Mullen, ASC for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” (Prime Video)
- Alex Nepomniaschy, ASC for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Everything is Bellmore” (Prime Video)
- Nikolaus Summerer for 1899 – “The Calling” (Netflix)
PILOT, LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Todd Banhazl, ASC for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty – “The Swan” (HBO/HBO Max)
- Jeremy Benning, CSC for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – “The Outside” (Netflix)
- Anastas Michos, ASC, GSC for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – “The Autopsy” (Netflix)
- C. Kim Miles, ASC, CSC, MySC for Lost Ollie – “Bali Hai” (Netflix)
- Sean Porter for The Old Man – “I” (FX)
EPISODE OF A HALF-HOUR SERIES
- Adam Bricker for Hacks – “The Click” (HBO/HBO MAX)
- Carl Herse for Barry – “Starting Now” (HBO/HBO MAX)
- Stephen Murphy BSC, ISC for Atlanta – “New Jazz” (FX)
- Ula Pontikos, BSC for Russian Doll – “Matryoshka” (Netflix)
- Christian Sprenger, ASC for Atlanta – “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World.” (FX)
EPISODE OF A ONE-HOUR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SERIES
- Marshall Adams, ASC for Better Call Saul – “Saul Gone” (AMC)
- Jesse M. Feldman for Interview With the Vampire – “Is My Very Nature That of the Devil” (AMC)
- Christian “Tico” Herrera, CCR for Snowfall – “Departures” (FX)
- Jules O’Loughlin, ASC, ACS for The Old Man – “IV” (FX)
- Jaime Reynoso, AMC for Snowpiercer – “Bound by One Track” (TNT)
DOCUMENTARY AWARD
- Ben Bernhard and Riju Das for All That Breathes (HBO/HBO Max)
- Adam Bricker for Chef’s Table: Pizza – “Franco Pepe” (Netflix)
- Wolfgang Held, ASC for This Stolen Country of Mine
