Emerging Cinematographer Awards Celebrate Eight Honorees, Recognize Janusz Kamiński and Stephen Lighthill

The International Cinematographers Guild hosted its 25th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards in Los Angeles this past weekend with a luncheon at the ASC Clubhouse on Sept.

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1.The awards celebrated the work of eight up-and-coming cinematographers, whose short films were all screened at the Television Academy.

Additionally, Stephen Lighthill was awarded the ASC Mentor Award and Janusz Kamiński, Steven Spielberg’s longtime collaborator, was given the Distinguished Filmmaker Award.The eight awardees included Connor Van Bodell (“Nisei”), Brook Lee Karner (“The Coop”), Petros Antoniadis (“Flickering Souls Set Alight”), Drew Dawson (“For Those Who Don’t Know How”), Grant MacAllister (“Blood Positive”), Edward Guinn (“Torn”), Sarah Anne Pierpont (“Juliet”) and Yusuke Sato (“White Now Please”).“Neither pandemic nor industry strikes will stop the creative vision of our membership.

Congratulations to all the honorees and to our ASC awards recipient,” said Baird B.

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