39th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Tap Seven Film Nominees Including ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Maria,’ ‘Wicked’

The nominees for the 39th American Society of Cinematographers for feature film, documentary, television and more were announced today, with seven titles vying for the theatrical film award including Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu, Ed Lachman for Maria, and Alice Brooks for Wicked.
The lensing of Lol Crawley’s The Brutalist, Stéphane Fontaine’s Conclave, Greig Fraser’s Dune: Part Two and Phedon Papamichael’s A Complete Unknown join the lineup with high profile misses from Emilia Pérez and Jomo Fray’s Nickel Boys, the latter of which landed a place in the org’s Spotlight category.
This isn’t the first time we’ve had this many contenders in ASC’s top category; the last time there were seven was in 2014. The number of nominees in the category can vary from five to 10, depending on vote percentage obtained by potential. nominees.
Despite the much-derided look of Wicked‘s cinematography, Brooks is only the fourth woman ever to be nominated in the ASC’s top category. Fraser, who won an Oscar and ASC award for Dune: Part One and also won the ASC top award in 2017 for Lion. Lachman was the ASC’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and ASC and Oscar-nominated last year for El Conde, also from director Pablo Larraín. Papamichael is a previous nominees for James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari. Blaschke was a winner for Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse in the Spotlight category, which generally highlights cinematography in independent, foreign or art house films. Crawley was a previous nominee in that category for Brady Corbet’s first film, Childhood of a Leader.
In seven of the past ten years, the winner of the ASC feature category went on to claim the Oscar in cinematography. In 2022, the ASC opted for Elvis (Mandy Walker, the first win by a woman in ASC history) while the Oscars went for the non-ASC nominated All Quiet on the Western Front, in 2018 they went for Cold War while the Oscars went for Roma and in 2016 the ASC chose Lion over La La Land‘s Oscar win.
For television, Emmy winners Shōgun and Ripley are among the nominees in drama, comedy and limited series categories along with Disclaimer, Hacks, Emily in Paris, Masters of the Air, The Crown and House of the Dragon.
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.
Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees.
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+)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Penelope Cruz)
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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