39th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards: ‘Maria’ Wins Theatrical; ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Sugar,’ ‘Ripley’ Share TV Prizes

Ed Lachman has won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Theatrical Feature Film for Maria, director Pablo Larraín’s biopic of opera singer Maria Callas played by Angelina Jolie. This is Lachman’s first ASC win in four feature film nominations. He was also nominated for his work on the television miniseries Mildred Pierce and a previous recipient of the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Lachman’s win came as a bit of a surprise in what’s already been a wildly unpredictable awards season, besting six fellow nominees including Alice Brooks for Wicked, Stéphane Fontaine for Conclave, Phedon Papamichael for A Complete Unknown and his fellow Oscar nominees Lol Crawley (The Brutalist), Greig Fraser (Dune: Part Two), and Jarin Blaschke (Nosferatu).

The ASC’s Theatrical Feature Film prize winner has gone on to win the Best Cinematography Oscar less than 50% of the time — 18 in 38 years — including Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer last year.

Jomo Fray won the Spotlight Award for his lensing of the Best Picture Oscar-nominated Nickel Boys and the documentary award went to Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for Gaucho Gaucho.

In television, winners were Shōgun for the episode “Crimson Sky” from Sam Mccurdy, Sugar for the episode “Starry-Eyed” by Richard Rutkowski and Ripley for the episode “Lucio” by Robert Elswit.

The ASC’s 2025 Board of Governors Award was given to producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and longtime Sidney Lumet collaborator Andrzej Bartkowiak received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Goi, Joan Churchill, John Simmons and Pete Romano also earned honors.

The nominees were slated to be revealed last week, but the announcement was postponed due to the devastating L.A. fires. The ASC Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on February 23 at The Beverly Hilton. hosted by Ed Helms

Here is the complete list of winners.

Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)

Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu (Focus Features)

Alice Brooks, ASC for Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Lol Crawley, BSC for The Brutalist (A24)

Stéphane Fontaine, AFC for Conclave (Focus Features)

Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Edward Lachman, ASC for Maria (Netflix)

Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA for A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

Episode of a Half Hour Series (Sponsored by Nanlux)

Adam Bricker, ASC for Hacks – Episode “Just for Laughs” (Max)

Carl Herse for The Franchise – Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)

Richard Rutkowski, ASC for Sugar – Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+) – WINNER

Seamus Tierney for Emily in Paris – Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)

Kyle Wullschleger for Only Murders in the Building – Episode  “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Hulu)

Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Sponsored by ARRI) 

Adam Arkapaw, ACS for Masters of the Air – Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)

Michael Berlucchi for Interior Chinatown – Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)

Robert Elswit, ASC for Ripley – Episode “Lucio” (Netflix) – WINNER

Jonathan Freeman, ASC for The Penguin – Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)

Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC & Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC for Disclaimer – “Episode I” (Apple TV+)

Zoë White, ACS for Hold Your Breath (Hulu)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Sponsored by Panavision)

Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for The Crown – Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)

Catherine Goldschmidt, BSC for House of the Dragon – Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)

Baz Irvine, BSC, ISC for Silo – Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)

Alejandro Martinez, AMC for House of Dragon – Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)

Sam Mccurdy, ASC, BSC for Shōgun – Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX) – WINNER

Christopher Ross, BSC for Shōgun – Episode “Anjin” (FX)

Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)

Michal Dymek for The Girl with the Needle (MUBI)

Jomo Fray for Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios) – WINNER

Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for Nawi (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)

Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon)

Michael Crommett for Photographer: Dan Winters Life is Once. Forever. (National Geographic)

Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for Gaucho Gaucho (Jolt) – WINNER

Andrey Stefanov for Porcelain War (Picturehouse)

ASC Music Video Award (Sponsored by RED Digital Cinema)

Pepe Avila del Pino, AMC for “313” (Performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penélope Cruz) – WINNER

Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Rebound” (Performed by Jennifer Lopez)

Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “Fortnight” (Performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)

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