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    American Society of Cinematographers honors Student Heritage Award winners

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    Pictured at the 2023 ASC Student Heritage Awards are (l-r): Matthew Cheung, Armando Salas, ASC, Thomas Bolles, Craig Kief, ASC and Hannah Platzer (photo by Andrew Rogers) S
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    The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced the 2023 Student Heritage Awards winners. These three student filmmakers were chosen for demonstrating exceptional cinematography skills in their submitted work:

    • The Owen Roizman Student Heritage Award (Graduate Category) was given to Hannah Platzer from the American Film Institute for “Im Finstern.”
    • The George Spiro Dibie Heritage Award (Undergraduate Category) was presented to Thomas Bolles of Loyola Marymount University for “Drawn into Darkness.”
    • The Haskell Wexler Documentary Award to Matthew Cheung from Loyola Marymount for “Balancing Act.”

    The awards ceremony, sponsored by Sony, was held at the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood, Calif.. ASC president Shelly Johnson introduced Student Awards co-chairs Crag Kief and Armando Salas who presented the winners with their awards.

    The Student Heritage awards are just one of many educational programs offered by the organization to support a new generation of talent in the early stages of their filmmaking careers.

    To be considered, a student’s undergraduate, graduate or documentary project is submitted and judged by an ASC blue-ribbon panel for demonstrating exceptional cinematographic skill.

    Many of those recognized by the ASC Student Heritage Award program since it was inaugurated in 1999 have gone on to have successful careers in filmmaking, including the Student Awards Committee co-chairs Kief and Salas, alongside other ASC members Matthew Clark, Nelson Cragg, Masanobu Takayanagi and Lisa Wiegand.

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    Trump taps “Apprentice” producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the U.K.

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

    "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump announced Saturday.

    Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like "Survivor" and "The Voice," but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for "The Apprentice," which first aired on NBC in 2004.

    Trump had been well-known in real estate and pop culture circles for decades. But the show helped again make him a household name — though Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the same year he launched his first White House run.

    The selection of Burnett continues Trump's trend of filling out his incoming administration with people who have high-profile backgrounds in television or politics, or both — including his choice to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," and ex-television doctor and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

    Trump's first campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on "The Apprentice" and other appearances during his association with NBC, notably in footage in which he said he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he was a "star."

    Almost a decade after he left his reality TV role, Trump's television career remains central to his biography and political rise. The show presented Trump Tower to tens of millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first... Read More

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