GRAVITY Earns Top Honors from Cinematographers

LOS ANGELES - Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC; Jeremy Benning, CSC; Jonathan Freeman, ASC and Blake McClure earned top honors in the four competitive categories at the 28th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

Lubezki won the ASC Award in the feature film competition for GRAVITY. Benning won the TV movie/miniseries award for KILLING LINCOLN. Freeman took home top honors in the one-hour episodic television category for GAME OF THRONES, and McClure was the recipient of the half-hour episodic series award for DRUNK HISTORY.

The ASC Award for best feature was presented by Caleb Deschanel, ASC. Lubezki has won the organizations top prize twice for THE TREE OF LIFE (2012) and CHILDREN OF MEN(2007), and was also nominated for SLEEPY HOLLOW (2000).

The other nominees in the feature film category were Sean Bobbitt, BSC for 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Barry Ackroyd, BSC for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Philippe Le Sourd for THE GRANDMASTER, Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC for INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Phedon Papamichael, ASC forNEBRASKA, and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for PRISONERS.

Debbie Allen presented the Television Movie/Miniseries Award to first-time ASC nominee Benning for National Geographic Channels KILLING LINCOLN.

Also nominated in the Television Movie/Miniseries category were David Luther for Starz Networks THE WHITE QUEEN (War at First Hand), and Ashley Rowe, BSC for Starz Networks DANCING ON THE EDGE (Episode 1.1).

Actress Niecy Nash presented the Outstanding Achievement Award in the one-hour episodic television category to Freeman for his work on Valar Dohaeris, the third season premiere episode of HBOs GAME OF THRONES.

The other nominees in the one-hour television series category wereSteven Bernstein, ASC for Starz Networks MAGIC CITY (The Sins of the Father), David Franco for HBOs BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Erlk nig), Pierre Gill, CSC for Showtimes THE BORGIAS (The Purge), David Greene, CSC for The CWs BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Tough Love), Anette Haellmigk for HBOs GAME OF THRONES (Kissed by Fire), Kramer Morgenthau, ASC for Foxs SLEEPY HOLLOW (Pilot), and Ousama Rawi, BSC, CSC for NBCs DRACULA (The Blood is the Life).

Cheryl Ladd presented the half-hour episodic television category award to McClure, also a first-time ASC nominee, for the Detroit episode of Comedy Centrals DRUNK HISTORY.

McClures fellow nominees in the half-hour TV category were Peter Levy, ACS, ASC for Showtimes HOUSE OF LIES (The Runner Stumbles), and Matthew J. Lloyd, CSC for Amazons ALPHA HOUSE (Pilot).

Acclaimed filmmaker John Carpenter presented the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Dean Cundey, ASC. Cundey first attracted widespread attention when he teamed with Carpenter on HALLOWEEN(1978). The two filmmakers went on to collaborate on THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING, HALLOWEEN II and III , and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA . Cundeys work on Robert Zemeckis landmark, live-action film WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988), garnered him both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Cundeys credits include the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy, ROMANCING THE STONE, DEATH BECOMES HER, HOOK, APOLLO 13, JURASSIC PARK, WHAT WOMEN WANT, GARFIELD, THE HOLIDAY, THE SPY NEXT DOOR, JACK AND JILL, CRAZY KIND OF LOVE , and the upcoming releases WALKING WITH THE ENEMY and CARRY ME HOME.

The ASC International Award was presented to Eduardo Serra, AFC, ASC by director Edward Zwick.

The Career Achievement in Television Award was presented to Richard Rawlings, Jr., ASC, by John C. Flinn III, ASC and Michael OShea, ASC. Rawlings first TV series as a director of photography was in 1978 on CHARLIES ANGELS. He went on to shoot such memorable series as MATT HOUSTON, STINGRAY, L.A. LAW, BOSTON PUBLIC, GILMORE GIRLS and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, among others. He earned Emmy nominations for the series OHARA (1987), PARADISE (1988), REASONABLE DOUBTS (1991), and the television movie BIG DREAMS & BROKEN HEARTS: THE DOTTIE WEST STORY (1995) .

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