2020 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC): Roger Deakins wins for ‘1917’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Roger Deakins and Sam Mendes on the set of ***1917*** (Universal Pictures / Dreamworks)

Roger Deakins has won his third American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award of the decade (and 5th overall) tonight, this time for the ‘continuous shot’ WWI epic 1917. 50% of the ASC winners this decade have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Deakins won his first Oscar in 14 nominations two years ago for Blade Runner 2049. He is the far out in front leader to win again. His director, Sam Mendes, won the DGA for Directing just minutes before.

The ASC will honor director Werner Herzog with the 2020 ASC Board of Governors Award. The ASC Board of Governors Award is given to industry stalwarts whose body of work has made significant and indelible contributions to cinema. It is the only ASC Award not given to a cinematographer and is reserved for filmmakers who have been champions for the visual art form.

“Werner Herzog is truly a unique storyteller, and we are honored to recognize him for his prolific contributions to cinema,” said ASC President Kees van Oostrum.

Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than 70 feature and documentary films, earning multiple awards and nominations over the past seven decades. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature for his work on Encounters at the End of the World (2009), and Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Special (1997). His extensive list of accolades hail from film festivals (Venice, Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale, etc.) and industry organizations, including the DGA, International Documentary Association, Film Independent, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Don A. Morgan, ASC received the Career Achievement in Television Award. The ASC Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Frederick Elmes, ASC. The ASC Presidents Award was presented to Don McCuaig, ASC. The ASC International Award was presented to Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC.

Last year’s feature film winner was Łukasz Żal for Cold War but Alfonso Cuarón went on to win the Oscar for Roma. Four of the five film nominees are also nominated for the cinematography Oscar this year.

Here is the full list of nominees with winners in bold.

Theatrical Release

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for 1917 – WINNER
Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC for Ford v Ferrari
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for The Irishman
Robert Richardson, ASC for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Lawrence Sher, ASC for Joker

Documentary

Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma for Honeyland – WINNER
Evangelia Kranioti for Obscuro Barroco
Nicholas de Pencier for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Spotlight Award

Jarin Blaschke for The Lighthouse – WINNER
Natasha Braier, ASC, ADF for Honey Boy
Jasper Wolf, NSC for Monos

Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television

John Conroy, ISC for The Terror: Infamy “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest” – WINNER
P.J. Dillon, ISC for The Rook “Chapter 1”
Chris Manley, ASC for Doom Patrol “Pilot”
Martin Ruhe, ASC for Catch-22 “Episode 5”
Craig Wrobleski, CSC for The Twilight Zone“Blurryman”

Episode of a Series for Non-Commercial Television

David Luther for Das Boot “Gegen die Zeit”
M. David Mullen, ASC for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “Simone”
Chris Seager, BSC for Carnival Row “Grieve No More”
Brendan Steacy, CSC for Titans “Dick Grayson”
Colin Watkinson, ASC, BSC for The Handmaid’s Tale“Night” – WINNER

Episode of a Series for Commercial Television

Dana Gonzales, ASC for Legion “Chapter 20”
C. Kim Miles, CSC, MySC for Project Blue Book “The Flatwoods Monster” – WINNER
Polly Morgan, ASC, BSC for Legion “Chapter 23”
Peter Robertson, ISC for Vikings “Hell”
David Stockton, ASC for Gotham “Ace Chemicals”

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.