The American Society of Cinematographers handed out its top prize in feature film visual storytelling to Erik Messerschmidt, ASC for “Mank.”Other winners included “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Truffle Hunters,” “Two of Us,” “Motherland: Fort Salem” and “The Queen’s Gambit.”Turner Classics Movies host Ben Mankiewicz served as the emcee for the ceremony, presenting the awards from the ASC clubhouse in Hollywood.
During the ceremony, writer, producer and director Sofia Coppola was presented with the Board of Governors Award.
Coppola accepted the award via Zoom and thanked her father “for having me on so many sets where I saw great cinematographers.”The ASC Awards represent the organization’s picks for the most compelling visual filmmaking over the past 14 months.
Roger Deakins and James Deakins presented the feature film prize to Messerschmidt, who beat out stiff competition from “Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards.The ASC Awards mark the last guild
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