January 2026

ASC Nominated for 2026 HPA Innovation and Technology Award

The HPA Awards Innovation & Technology have announced the nominees for its 2026 ceremony, with the ASC receiving a nomination in the category of "Innovation in Production & Capture" for the Society's work on its Media Hash List. "The ASC Media Hash List (ASC MHL) defines the industry’s first open, verifiable chain-of-custody for production media, ensuring every copy of every file is complete, correct and accountable from camera through post to archive," says HPA on its website. "Built by the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council (MITC), ASC MHL replaces ad-hoc checksum reports with a structured XML-based manifest and linked history that record each copy and verification event. This portable, append-only audit trail travels with the...more

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American Cinematographer

January 2026

Jeffrey Waldron Welcomed as New ASC Member

The cinematographer's credits include the features Poetic License, You Hurt My Feelings and Haunted Mansion (2023), and the series Little Fires Everywhere, The Morning Show, Chad Powers and Daredevil: Born Again. ...more

January 2026

ASC Award Nominations: Members and Guests Converge at the Clubhouse as Nominees React

"I’m deeply moved to be a part of this group of cinematographers,” said Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC, who received her first nomination for Sinners....more

January 2026

2026 ASC Awards Nominees Revealed

One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein and Train Dreams recognized in Feature Film category....more

January 2026

40th Annual ASC Awards Nominations Livestream Date Set

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January 2026

Inside the January 2026 Issue of American Cinematographer

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December 2025

Dereck Joubert Welcomed as New ASC Member

The cinematographer's credits include Emmy award-winning work for Reflections on Elephants, Great Migrations and Eye of the Leopard....more

December 2025

ASC Welcomes New Member Eric Branco

The cinematographer's credits include the award-winning features Clemency and The Forty-Year-Old Version, and the series Let the Right One In, Bupkis and Monarch....more

December 2025

Robert Yeoman to Be Honored With American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award

ASC members M. David Mullen and Cynthia Pusheck, AC editor-in-chief Stephen Pizzello, and Kodak will also be celebrated at the Society's 40th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony....more

November 2025

ASC President Mandy Walker to Be Honored at Women In Media Holiday Toast

The event, which is sponsored by both the ASC and American Cinematographer, will be held December 6....more

November 2025

Camerimage 2025 Award Winners Announced on Closing Night

The festival's jury, which was headed by Niki Caro and included a number of ASC members, presented top honors across 14 categories....more

November 2025

ASC Announces International Cinematography Summit Plans at Camerimage

The event will be held in June of 2026 and focus on cinematographers' evolving role in the age of AI....more