American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2006
2006 ASC Awards
2006 American Society of Cinematographers winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 26, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe in Memoirs of a Geisha
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
* Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Memoirs of a Geisha
Robert Elswit, ASC for Good Night and Good Luck.
Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS for King Kong
Wally Pfister, ASC for Batman Begins
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for Brokeback Mountain
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in TV movie/miniseries/pilot
Alan Caso, ASC for Into the West/"Wheel to the Stars" (TNT)
Thomas A. Del Ruth, ASC for Code Breakers (ESPN)
* Robbie Greenberg, ASC for Warm Springs (HBO)
Jan Kiesser, ASC, CSC for Reefer Madness (Showtime) [...]
by Andre Soares | February 15, 2006
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Tags: Andrew Lesnie, Dion Beebe, Film Awards, Memoirs of a Geisha, Robbie Greenberg, Robert Elswit, Rodrigo Prieto, Sydney Pollack, Wally Pfister, Warm Springs
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Direction: Rob Marshall
Screenplay: Robin Swicord; from Arthur Golden’s novel
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Mako, Tsai Chin
There are some movies that are released before their time. Only years or decades later, do they come to be appreciated. In the case Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha, based on Arthur Golden’s bestseller about the life and love of a young geisha in pre-World War II Japan, it’s the other way around. It is a movie released after – way after — its time.
As long as its makers chopped off about a third of its 145-minute running time, Memoirs of a Geisha would have worked beautifully as a silent film, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 9, 2005
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Tags: Dion Beebe, Film Reviews, Gong Li, John Williams, Ken Watanabe, Memoirs of a Geisha, Michelle Yeoh, Oscar 2005, Oscar Movies, Period Movies, Rob Marshall, Robin Swicord, Ziyi Zhang
American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2005
2005 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards
2005 ASC winners: Hollywood & Highland complex in Los Angeles on February 13, 2005
ASC 2005 Award Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
A Very Long Engagement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
The Aviator, Robert Richardson
Collateral, Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron,
* A Very Long Engagement, Bruno Delbonnel
The Passion of the Christ, Caleb Deschanel
Ray, Pawel Edelman
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series’/Pilot for Broadcast TV
* Homeland Security – Jonathan Freeman
Judas – Michael Goi
Lost (pilot episode) – Larry Fong
Medical Investigation (pilot episode) – J. Clark Mathis
The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Kramer Morgenthau
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series (one episode) [...]
by Andre Soares | February 2, 2005
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Tags: A Very Long Engagement, American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Bruno Delbonnel, Caleb Deschanel, Cinematographers, Dion Beebe, Film Awards, Paul Cameron, Pawel Edelman, Robert Richardson
2005 American Society of Cinematographers Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2005 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award in the feature film category are:
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral
Bruno Delbonnel, Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Caleb Deschanel, The Passion of the Christ
Pawel Edelman, Ray
Robert Richardson, The Aviator
The big surprise in this year’s ASC list was that critics’ favorites Christopher Doyle and Xiaoding Zhao were not included among the five finalists for their work in the Chinese films Hero and House of Flying Daggers, respectively. Roberto Schaefer of Finding Neverland was also another notable absentee.
On the other hand, the inclusion of The Passion of the Christ cinematographer Caleb Deschanel shouldn’t come as a surprise [...]
