Broadcast News

Bookmark and Share
19/09/2018

Finalists Announced For ASC 2018 Student Heritage Awards

News Image
The finalists have been announced for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 2018 Student Heritage Awards.

The awards are designed to inspire the next generation by recognising graduate, undergraduate and documentary cinematography.

There are 13 nominees from 10 universities across the three categories.

The ASC Student Heritage Awards also celebrate the memory of an exceptional cinematographer and are re-named each year in honour of esteemed ASC members. This year's Undergraduate Award is named in honour of Gerald Hirschfeld, ASC and the Graduate Award honours Sol Negrin, ASC. The Documentary category is dedicated to Haskell Wexler, ASC.

Winners will be announced on 13 October.

Finalists for this year's student awards are:
 
ASC Sol Negrin, ASC Student Heritage Award – Graduate Category:
• Brody Anderson for 'Drawn Curtains', Chapman University – Dodge College
• Steven Breckon for 'A Place to Stay', American Film Institute (AFI)
• Andres Gallegos for 'Shoe Shiner', San Francisco State University
• Yair Halper for 'Sauna', American Film Institute (AFI)
• Heyjin Jun for 'Difficult People', University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts
 
ASC Gerald Hirschfield, ASC Student Heritage Award – Undergraduate Category:
• Jack Craymer for 'Sonora', Chapman University – Dodge College
• Matthew Hayward for 'The Latent Image', Columbia College Chicago
• Grace Marrero for 'The Girl and the Bird', Florida State University (FSU) College of Motion Picture Arts
• Simms Wright for 'Sodium Vapor Nights', University of North Carolina (UNC) School of the Arts

ASC Haskell Wexler Student Documentary Award:
• Alejandro Cortes Sanchez for 'Adrift', School of Visual Arts NYC
• Rachel Lattin for 'Monumental', Chapman University – Dodge College
• Minagi Tanaka for 'She Comes at Night', State University of New York at New Paltz
• Xinzhong Zhao for 'Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema', University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Negrin was nominated for five Emmy Awards — three for his work on the detective drama 'Kojak', one for the telefilm 'The Last Tenant', and one for an episode of the series 'Baker's Dozen'. His cinematography in television commercials also earned four Clio Awards. Negrin received the ASC Presidents Award in 2010 in recognition of not only his expertise behind the camera, but for being an ambassador of the art and craft of cinematography.

In 2007, Hirschfeld was honoured with the ASC Presidents Award. His reputation for being a precise, exacting perfectionist led to his first major feature assignment, shooting the Cold War drama 'Fail-Safe' for director Sidney Lumet. He would go on to shoot some 40 feature films, including 'The Incident', 'Goodbye Columbus', 'Cotton Comes to Harlem', 'Diary of a Mad Housewife', 'Young Frankenstein', 'Two Minute Warning', 'The World's Greatest Lover', 'The Bell Jar', 'Neighbors', 'My Favorite Year' and 'To Be or Not to Be'.

Wexler began his career shooting documentaries and remained a passionate documentarian throughout his career. He earned an Academy Award® in 1966 for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and a second Oscar® in 1976 for 'Bound for Glory'. He also received nominations for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (shared with Bill Butler, ASC), 'Matewan' and 'Blaze'. In 1969, Wexler wrote, directed and shot 'Medium Cool', which is studied by film students worldwide for its cinéma vérité style. In 1992, he was honoured with the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award.
 
Many ASC Student Heritage Award winners have gone on to have successful careers in filmmaking, and several have been invited to be ASC members themselves.

www.theasc.com
Solidmate Ltd Memory Card Hire London

Top Related Stories
Click here for the latest broadcast news stories.

26/11/2019
ASC Announces Nominees For 34th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has revealed its documentary and television nominees for the 34th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Aw
08/01/2019
Nominees Announced For 33rd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has unveiled the nominees for all categories of the 33rd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards. Win
15/10/2018
ASC Names 2018 Student Heritage Award Winners
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has named the 2018 Student Heritage Award winners. Three student filmmakers were honored for demonstrat
29/09/2023
TVU Networks Elevates FISU World University Games' Live Broadcast
The FISU World University Games, recently held in Chengdu, China, brought together 6,500 college athletes from around the world for twelve days of com
26/09/2023
Duke Kunshan University Chooses Green-GO Comms
Thanks to EZPro – one of China's leading providers of entertainment technology solutions – the staff and undergraduates of Duke Kunshan University now
26/09/2018
Submissions Open For Television Competition
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is now taking submissions for the television competition of its 33rd Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding
01/10/2019
Work Complete On New ASC ARRI Education Centre
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has completed construction of its new ASC ARRI Education Centre. Located behind the historic ASC Clubho
29/08/2018
Construction Underway On New ASC ARRI Educational Center
Construction is underway on the American Society of Cinematographers' (ASC) new ARRI Educational Center in Hollywood. Located behind the historic ASC
23/11/2023
XL8's Josh Pine Recognised In Prestigious Awards
Josh Pine, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at XL8, has been recognised in the prestigious EGA Top 100 Professionals in Content Localisation awards for the
08/01/2015
Production News : ASC Nominates Deakins, Faura, Lubezi, Pope And Yeoman
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has nominated Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC; Óscar Faura; Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC; Dick Pope, BSC; and Rob
08/03/2024
Sky Receives Seven Nominations For 2024 Royal Television Society Programme Awards
Sky has received seven nominations for the 2024 Royal Television Society Programme Awards across kids, entertainment, factual and sports programming.
05/09/2023
Winners Announced For PLASA Awards For Innovation 2023
The winners of this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation have been crowned at the PLASA Show at Olympia London. The awards, run in association with LSi
18/08/2017
ASC Technology Committee Announce Name Change
The ASC Technology Committee has been renamed the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council. Established in 2003, the Committee has helped organize effort
05/05/2016
RTS Announce Student Television Awards 2016 Nominations
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the nominations for the RTS Student Television Awards 2016. The Awards celebrate the best in student
01/03/2023
Details Announced Of 20th Anniversary IFTA Awards Ceremony
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced details of the upcoming 20th Anniversary IFTA Awards Ceremony, which will take place on Sunda