FEATURE FILM
Greig Fraser (DUNE)
Greig Fraser won his second ASC award for his magnificent lensing on Denis Villeneuve “Dune”. He is also heavily favored win the Oscar this coming Sunday, March 27th. Only Ari Wegner equally stunning work on “The Power of the Dog” is a potential spoiler. His first ASC was for 2017s “Lion”.
The Other Nominees Were:
Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Dan Lausten (Nightmare Alley)
Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog)
Harris Zambarloukos (Belfast)
All but Zambarloukos are nominated for the Best Cinematography Academy Award. He is replaced on Oscar’s list by Janusz Kaminski for his marvelously fluid camera work on Spielberg’s “West Side Story”
The ASC winner has about a 50% chance of winning the Oscar, 16 times in the past 35 years since Jordan Cronenweth won the first ASC award for “Peggy Sue Got Married” back in 1987. He then lost the Oscar to fellow ASC nominee Chris Menges for “The Mission”.
A more salubrious fact is that The Winner of the ASC Award for Best Feature Film has ALWAYS been nominated for the Oscar. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Last year’s ASC/Oscar double-winner, Erik Messerschmidt (“Mank”) presented tonight’s prizes.

SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Patrick Scola (PIG)
Cinematographer Patrick Scola picked up the Spotlight Award for lensing Michael Sarnofski’s “Pig” This is the film’s third big award having won Best Directorial Debut from the National Board of Review and Best First Screenplay at the Spirits.
The Other Nominees Were:
Reuben Impens (Titane)
Adolph Veloso (Jockey)

DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Jessica Beshir (“FAYA DAYI”)
Jessica Beshir won for the Janus Films’s documentary Faya Dayi about the psychoactive plant khat and its place in Ethiopian society. Beshir, who was born in Ethiopia but raised in the United States, Directed, Produced, Wrote and Photographed the movie. The film is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel.
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