May 2023

Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC: An Eye for Imagery

ASC Lifetime Achievement honoree Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC has actually enjoyed two illustrious careers: one as a still photographer in London during the swinging ’60s (see AC June 2021), and the other as the cinematographer on an impressive array of acclaimed features, box-office behemoths and noteworthy television productions — including The Hunger, Lethal Weapon (AC April ’87), The Cotton Club, The Prince of Tides (AC May ’92), The Pelican Brief (AC Jan. ’94), Batman Forever (AC July ’95), Angels in America (AC Nov. ’03) and The Help (AC Sept. ’11). Goldblatt was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and emigrated to London at age 7 when his anti-apartheid parents began falling under dangerous government scrutiny. As a child, he did not...more