36th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) winners: ‘Dune,’ ‘The Underground Railroad’ take top prizes

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The 36th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) were held tonight where Dune won the top prize for cinematographer Greig Fraser. The ceremony was livestreamed from the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood and hosted by Debbie Allen.

Pat Scola was the Spotlight Award winner for Pig and James Laxton’s lensing of Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad was among the winners in television.

The American Society of Cinematographers honorees and special awards this year were: Ellen Kuras, ASC – Lifetime Achievement Award (presented by Rachel Morrison, ASC); Peter Levy, ASC, ACS – Career Achievement in Television Award (presented by Stephen Hopkins); John Lindley, ASC – President’s Award (presented by Rebecca Rhine and Amy Vincent, ASC); Dan Sasaki – Curtis Clark Technical Achievement Award (presented by Jay Holben).

Here is the full list of winners.

Feature Film (presented by Erik Messerschmidt, ASC)

  • Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC for THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
  • Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for DUNE – WINNER
  • Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF for NIGHTMARE ALLEY
  • Ari Wegner, ACS for THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • Haris Zambarloukos, BSC, GSC for BELFAST

-category sponsored by KESLOW CAMERA

Spotlight (presented by Sosie Bacon)

  • Ruben Impens, SBC for TITANE
  • Pat Scola for PIG – WINNER
  • Adolpho Veloso, ABC for JOCKEY

-category sponsored by PANAVISION

Documentary (presented by Denis Villeneuve)

  • Jessica Beshir for FAYA DAYI – WINNER
  • Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill for CUSP
  • Jan Haft, Daniel Schönauer for THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES

-category sponsored SONY

Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television (presented by Katherine McNamara)

  • Steve Annis for FOUNDATION – Pilot Episode: “The Emperor’s Peace”
  • Tim Ives, ASC for HALSTON – Episode: “The Party’s Over”
  • James Laxton, ASC for THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – Episode: “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” – WINNER
  • Christophe Nuyens, SBC for LUPIN – Pilot Episode: “Chapter 1”
  • Ben Richardson, ASC for MARE OF EASTTOWN – Episode: “Illusions”

-category sponsored by ARRI


Episode of a One-Hour Television Series- Non-Commercial
(presented by Morgan Cooper)

  • Stuart Biddlecombe for THE HANDMAID’S TALE – Episode: “The Wilderness”
  • David Garbett for SWEET TOOTH – Episode: “Big Man”
  • David Greene, ASC, CSC for CHAPLEWAITE – Episode: “The Promised”
  • Jon Joffin, ASC for TITANS – Episode: “Souls” – WINNER
  • Boris Mojsovski, ASC, CSC for TITANS – Episode:Home”
  • Kate Reid, BSC for THE NEVERS – Episode: “Hanged”

-category sponsored by PANAVISION

Episode of a One-Hour Television Series- Commercial (presented by LaMonica Garrett)

  • Thomas Burstyn, CSC, NZSC for SNOWPIERCER – Episode: “Our Answer for Everything”
  • Tommy Maddox-Upshaw, ASC for SNOWFALL – Episode: “Weight” – WINNER
  • Ronald Paul Richard for RIVERDALE – Episode: “Chapter Eighty-Nine: Reservoir Dogs”
  • Brendan Steacy, CSC for CLARICE – Episode: “Silence is Purgatory”
  • David Stockton, ASC for MAYANS M.C. – Episode: “The Orneriness of Kings”
  • Gavin Struthers, ASC, BSC for SUPERMAN & LOIS – Episode: Heritage”

-category sponsored by RED DIGITAL CINEMA

Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series (presented by Tamlyn Tomita)

  • Marshall Adams, ASC for SERVANT – Episode: “2:00”
  • Michael Berlucchi, Marc Carter for MYTHIC QUEST – Episode: “Backstory!” – WINNER
  • Adam Bricker for HACKS – Episode: “There is No Line”
  • Paula Huidobro for PHYSICAL – Episode: “Let’s Get Together”
  • Jaime Reynoso, AMC for THE KOMINSKY METHOD – Episode: “And it’s Getting More and More Absurd”

-category sponsored by PICTURE SHOP

Erik Anderson

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.

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