The 23rd

American Society of Cinematographers The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of cinem ...

Awards were held on February 15, 2009, honoring the best cinematographers of film and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

in 2008.

Winners and nominees

Film

Anthony Dod Mantle Anthony Dod Mantle, (born 14 April 1955) is a British cinematographer and still photographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for ''Slum ...

– ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Pa ...

'' **

Roger Deakins Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinema ...

– '' Revolutionary Road'' **

and

Chris Menges Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is a British cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers. Life and career Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son ...

– '' The Reader'' **

Claudio Miranda Claudio Miranda, () is a Chilean cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Ang Lee's film '' Life of Pi'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and for David Fincher's film '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' ...

– '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' **

Wally Pfister Walter C. Pfister (born July 8, 1961) is an American director and former cinematographer, who is best known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Some of his collaborations with Nolan include '' Memento'' (2000), ''The Dark Knight Tri ...

– ''

The Dark Knight ''The Dark Knight'' is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan, Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero, Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and t ...

Television

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series

Nelson Cragg Nelson Cragg is an American director and producer. He is known for his work on the Amazon Prime limited series ''Them'', on which he served as executive producer and director of the pilot episode and the bulk of the series. He also worked on ...

– ''

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...

'' (Episode: "For Gedda") ** Ousama Rawi – ''

The Tudors ''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...

'' (Episode: "Everything Is Beautiful") ** Stephen Reizes – '' Flashpoint'' (Episode: "Who's George?") **

Gale Tattersall Gale Tattersall (born 1948) is a British filmmaker, cinematographer and founder of the HDD SLR Workshops in Santa Monica, California. He was the cinematographer for such movies as '' The Commitments'' and ''Tank Girl'' and the director of photo ...

– '' House'' (Episode: "

House's Head "House's Head" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of '' House'' and the eighty-fifth episode overall. It was the first part of the two-part season four finale, the second part being " Wilson's Heart". Co-written by several ''House'' pro ...

") **

Glen Winter Glen Winter is a Canadian television director, cinematographer, and producer who is well known for his work on The WB/The CW's '' Smallville'' and for his significant contributions to the Arrowverse. Career Winter began his career as a filmlo ...

– '' Smallville'' (Episode: "Fracture")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries or Pilot

* David Stockton – ''

Eleventh Hour The Eleventh Hour may refer to: * "The eleventh hour", a phrase in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard __NOTOC__ The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (also called the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard or the Parable of the Ge ...

'' (Episode: "Resurrection") ** Oliver Bokelberg – '' My Own Worst Enemy'' (Episode: "Breakdown") ** Michael Bonvillain – ''

Fringe Fringe may refer to: Arts * Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe" * Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival * Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre * The Fringe, the ...

'' (Episode: "

Pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

") ** Jon Joffin – ''

The Andromeda Strain ''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak o ...

'' (Episode: "Part 1") **

Kramer Morgenthau Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C. (born 1966), is an American cinematographer known for his expertise as a visual storyteller in both television and film. The six-time Emmy nominee is best known for his work in films such as ''Respect'', ''The Many Saint ...

– ''

Life on Mars The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no proof of past or present life has been found on Mars. Cumulative evidence suggests that during the ...

'' (Episode: "Out Here in the Fields")

References

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