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.
Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for “SNL” season 50
Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart will kick off the landmark 50th season of "Saturday Night Live."
NBC on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be Jelly Roll as the musical act. He was also at the Emmys, singing during the ceremony's in memoriam segment.
It will be Smart's first time hosting "SNL."
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host on Oct. 5, with Coldplay as the musical guest.
Ariana Grande will host Oct. 12, with musical guest Stevie Nicks.
"Beetlejuice" star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the last show before Halloween, and Billie Eilish will be that night's musical guest.
The host on Nov. 2 will be "SNL" alum John Mulaney, with breakout sensation Chappell Roan as the music guest.
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