NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES and SMALLVILLE Claim TV Honors
 
 
 
    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC took
 
top honors in the feature film competition for CHILDREN OF MEN here last
 
night at the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)
 
Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
 
    This is the first ASC Award for Lubezki, who was nominated along with
 
Dick Pope, BSC for THE ILLUSIONIST; Robert Richardson, ASC for THE GOOD
 
SHEPHERD; Dean Semler, ASC, ACS for APOCALYPTO; and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
 
for THE BLACK DAHLIA. The award was presented by Tim Allen, who noted, "All
 
of these artists contributed their talent for writing with light and motion
 
to each story."
 
 
 
and Sciences.)

 
    David James Elliott presented John Stokes, ACS with the top award in
 
the television movie/miniseries/pilot competition for the TNT miniseries
 
NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES: FROM THE STORIES OF STEPHEN KING ("Umney's Last
 
Case"). Beau Bridges presented David Moxness, CSC with the episodic TV
 
award for The CW's SMALLVILLE ("Arrow").
 
    Nominees in the television movie/miniseries/pilot category included
 
Thomas Del Ruth, ASC for the pilot of STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP; Adam
 
Kane for the HEROES pilot; Walt Lloyd, ASC for THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO
 
KING SOLOMON'S MINES; and Bill Roe, ASC for the DAY BREAK pilot.
 
    Nominees in the episodic category were Eagle Egilsson for CSI: MIAMI,
 
Nathan Hope for CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Gale Tattersall for HOUSE
 
M.D., and Roe with a second nomination for an episode of DAY BREAK.
 
    Charlize Theron presented Allen Daviau, ASC with the Lifetime
 
Achievement Award. Daviau has earned Oscar nominations for E.T. THE
 
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, THE COLOR PURPLE, AVALON, THE EMPIRE OF THE SUN and
 
BUGSY. Theron, who starred in THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE with Daviau behind the
 
lens, said, "It was a beautiful experience. It was like watching a great
 
artist paint."
 
    Universal Studios President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer
 
presented Ron Howard with the ASC Board of Governors Award, which is
 
presented annually to an individual who has made extraordinary
 
contributions to advancing the art of filmmaking.
 
    Martin Scorsese honored Michael Ballhaus, ASC (THE DEPARTED, GANGS OF
 
NEW YORK) with the organization's International Achievement Award. Joseph
 
Sargent presented his long-time collaborator Donald M. Morgan, ASC
 
(SOMETHING THE LORD MADE, WALKOUT) with the Career Achievement in
 
Television Award. Richard Benjamin bestowed the ASC Presidents Award to
 
Gerald Hirschfeld, ASC (MY FAVORITE YEAR, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN).
 
    The ASC John Alonzo Heritage Award was presented to two student
 
filmmakers, Brian Melton from the North Carolina School of the Arts and
 
Lyle Vincent from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Alonzo shot such
 
classics as HAROLD AND MAUDE, LADY SINGS THE BLUES, NORMA RAE and SCARFACE.
 
    The ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards were inaugurated in 1987 for the
 
purpose of recognizing and inspiring the quest for artistry in narrative
 
filmmaking. There are currently some 290 members from many countries around
 
the world, and another 145 associates in allied fields. For information,
 
visit the ASC Web site at <a href="http://www.theasc.com/" target="_new">http://www.theasc.com</a>.
 
    (Oscar is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts