‘Elvis,’ The Batman,’ Bardo’ earn American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) nominations
Bardo (False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), The Batman, Elvis, Empire of Light and Top Gun: Maverick are the films nominated by the American Society of Cinematographers in the feature film category, announced today.
Notable misses here included missing were Janusz Kaminski for The Fabelmans (although the guild has been cold on him as of late), Russell Carpenter for Avatar: The Way of Water, Larkin Seiple for Oscar frontrunner Everything Everywhere All At Once, Linus Sandgren for Babylon and Camerimage winner Florian Hoffmeister for TÁR.
Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker was nominated in the theatrical film category, becoming the third woman ever nominated by the guild, after Rachel Morrison for 2018’s Mudbound and Ari Wegner for 2021’s The Power of the Dog. Both Morrison and Wegner turned their ASC noms into Oscar nominations, the first two women ever nominated by the Academy.
Last year, the ASC and Oscar matched up 4/5 where Belfast was subbed out for West Side Story. The ASC winner has gone on to win the Oscar for cinematography for the last three years in a row.
On the television side, the nominees included double nods for Atlanta, House of the Dragon, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Viola Davis will receive the ASC Board of Governors Award. The 37th annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards Gala will be held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 5 and live-streamed worldwide.
Here is the complete list of nominations for film, documentary and television.
Feature Film
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC – “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS – “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC – “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
Claudio Miranda, ASC – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
Spotlight
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF – “War Sailor” (DCM Film)
Kate McCullough, ISC – “The Quiet Girl” (Super)
Andrew Wheeler – “God’s Country” (IFC Films)
Documentary
Ben Bernhard and Riju Das – “All That Breathes” (HBO/HBO Max)
Adam Bricker – Chef’s Table: Pizza ¬– Franco Pepe” (Netflix)
Wolfgang Held, ASC – “This Stolen Country of Mine”
Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television
Todd Banhazl, ASC – “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty – The Swan” (HBO/HBO Max)
Jeremy Benning, CSC – “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The Outside” (Netflix)
Anastas Michos, ASC, GSC – “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The Autopsy” (Netflix)
C. Kim Miles, ASC, CSC, MySC – “Lost Ollie – Bali Hai” (Netflix)
Sean Porter – “The Old Man – I” (FX)
Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial
John Conroy, ASC, ISC -“Westworld” – Années Folles” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Catherine Goldschmidt – “House of the Dragon – The Lord of the Tides” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Alejandro Martinez – “House of the Dragon – The Green Council” (HBO/HBO MAX)
M. David Mullen, ASC – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” (Prime Video)
Alex Nepomniaschy, ASC – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Everything is Bellmore” (Prime Video)
Nikolaus Summerer – 1899 – The Calling” (Netflix)
Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial
Marshall Adams, ASC – “Better Call Saul – Saul Gone” (AMC)
Jesse M. Feldman – “Interview With the Vampire ¬– Is My Very Nature That of the Devil” (AMC)
Christian “Tico” Herrera, CCR – “Snowfall – Departures” (FX)
Jules O’Loughlin, ASC, ACS – “The Old Man – IV” (FX)
Jaime Reynoso, AMC – “Snowpiercer – Bound by One Track” (TNT)
Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series
Adam Bricker – “Hacks – The Click” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Carl Herse – “Barry – Starting Now” (HB0/HBO MAX)
Stephen Murphy BSC, ISC – “Atlanta – New Jazz” (FX)
Ula Pontikos, BSC – “Russian Doll– Matryoshka” (Netflix)
Christian Sprenger, ASC – “Atlanta – Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World.” (FX)
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