ICG announces award recipients for upcoming Emerging Cinematographer Awards

The International Cinematographers Guild  (ICG, IATSE Local 600) announced its two special award recipients for the 25th Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA).

Cinematographer/director Janusz Kamiński will be honoured with the Distinguished Filmmaker Award, presented by Panavision Family of Companies and cinematographer Stephen Lighthill ASC will accept the ASC Mentor Award.

“We’re delighted to award two of the most influential film artists and practitioners of our craft at this year’s ECA ceremony,” says ECA Chairs Steven Poster ASC and Jimmy Matlosz in a joint statement.

Janusz Kamiński is an Oscar winning cinematographer and director. He has worked as Steven Spielberg’s director of photography since 1993. Kamiński won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg film’s Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. Kamiński also received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA Awards and six American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award nominations. Kamiński also directs films and TV series.

Stephen Lighthill, ASC began his career shooting network news and documentaries, including the Oscar®-nominated documentary Berkeley, Gimme Shelter and CBS 60 Minutes. His credits include HBO’s Vietnam War Story, NBC’s Earth 2, and CBS’s Nash Bridges. In recent years he returned to documentaries with Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters and Caregivers: The Alzheimer’s Project.

Lighthill received the Deluxe “Bud Stone” Award for Outstanding Educational Contributions to the Art and Craft of Cinematography from the ICG Emerging Cinematographer Awards in 2010, and the SMPTE Kodak Education Award for Outstanding Contributions in Film Production Education.

Lighthill served as a president of the ASC and is currently Head of Discipline: Cinematography at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory.

The ECA showcase event takes place Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center Wolf Theater in North Hollywood. Lighthill, ASC, will be accepting the ASC Mentor Award on Friday, Sep. 29 at the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood.

In addition to these awards, ICG announced eight honorees earlier this summer. The eight winning filmmakers, selected from 106 nationwide submissions, are:

Petros Antoniadis, Camera Operator – Flickering Souls Set Alight

Connor Van Bodell, Film Loader – Nisei

Drew Dawson, Camera Operator – For Those Who Don’t Know How

Edward Guinn, Camera Operator – TORN

Brook Lee Karner, Digital Utility – The Coop

Grant MacAllister, Camera Operator – Blood Positive

Sarah Anne Pierpont, Camera Operator – Juliet

Yusuke Sato, 1st Assistant – White Now Please