Ed Lachman, ASC, Gia Coppola, Lol Crawley, BSC, Greg Kwedar, and Ramez Silyan will be honored at the 7th Annual Kodak Film Awards. The invitation-only event is set to take place at the Kodak House in Hollywood on Friday, Feb. 27.
Academy Awardยฎ-nominated cinematographer Lachman (Maria) will receive the Kodak Career Achievement Award for his incomparable contributions to film. Lachmanโs mastery of the moving image and inspired creative approach has led to collaborations with directors such as Todd Haynes, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Ulrich Seidl, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard, and Pablo Larraรญn, earning the DP four Oscarยฎ nominations and five ASC nominations, among other accolades.
Director/producer Coppola, acclaimed for her latest film The Last Showgirl, is set to be honored with the Auteur Award in recognition of her exceptional directorial achievements.
The Lumiere Award, recognizing a distinguished career in cinematography, will be conferred upon Academy Awardยฎ nominee Crawley (The Brutalist).
Director/screenwriter/producer Kwedar (Sing Sing) will receive the Vanguard Award for his trailblazing effort to improve opportunity for the underrepresented in the motion picture arts.
Director Silyan, whose work includes music films featuring Post Malone, Khalid, Charli XCX, and Rosรฉ, will receive the Music Film Director Award.
โItโs another great awards season for film and independent cinema with twenty-nine Oscar nominations for shot on film productions, including Best Picture consideration for Anora, The Brutalist, and Iโm Still Here,โ said Vanessa Bendetti, head of motion picture and entertainment for Kodak. โKodak is excited to recognize some of this yearโs most celebrated films and artists at our intimate awards reception.โ
Acclaimed productions captured on Kodak film this awards season include A Different Man, Anora, The Brutalist, Challengers, Iโm Not a Robot, Iโm Still Here, The Last Showgirl, Maria, Nosferatu, Queer, and Sing Sing.