The American Society of Cinematographers has added a music video category to the ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards.
“Since the emergence of the music videos, they have made a profound impact on how we tell stories in contemporary times,” said ASC president Shelly Johnson. “We want to celebrate the cinematographers who set the bar so high, and show us new and innovative ways of storytelling year in and year out.”
To be eligible for the ASC inaugural Music Video Award, the video must have a release date between Oct. 1, 2022 and Oct. 31, 2023.
The 38th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards are set for March 3, 2024 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. The annual ASC Awards honor the steller work of DPs who have excelled in the art and craft of visual storytelling spanning feature films, television, documentaries and now music videos..
Theatrical feature films must have a release date between Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2023. The deadline for theatrical feature film entries is Dec. 4, 2023
For all TV categories, a show must air or stream between Dec. 1, 2022 – Nov. 30, 2023. The deadline for television submissions is Nov. 15, 2023.
Eligible documentaries must be released or air between Dec. 1, 2022 and Nov. 30, 2023. The deadline for documentaries to be submitted is Oct 31, 2023.
The ASC will also bestow a Spotlight Award. ASC members nominate and vote on winners in this category.
Key dates for the upcoming ASC Awards include:
- Submissions Open for All Categories Sept 18, 2023
- Music Video and Documentary Entries Due Oct. 31, 2023
- TV Entries Due Nov. 15, 2023
- Theatrical Feature Film Entries Due Dec. 4, 2023
- TV and Music Video Nominations Voting Opens Dec. 7, 2023
- Theatrical Feature Voting Opens Dec. 14, 2023
- Theatrical Feature, TV and Music Video Nom Voting Closes (Noon PT) Jan. 9, 2024
- Nominations Announced (all categories) Jan. 11, 2024
- Final Voting Begins Jan. 18, 2024
- Final Voting Ends Feb. 28, 2024
- 38th ASC Awards / Winners announced (all categories) March 3, 2024
Honorary awards, including the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award and Board of Governors Award, will also be presented at the awards ceremony.
ASC was founded in 1919. There are over 420 members today who have national roots in some 20 countries. More than 250 associate members hail from ancillary segments of the industry.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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