Michael Bauman Wins ASC Award for One Battle After Another

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) presented Michael Bauman its 2026 Theatrical Feature Film award for One Battle After Another.

The 40th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, held here at the Beverly Hilton, also recognized Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC for Orphan in the Spotlight Award category, and Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for the documentary 2000 Meters from Andriivka.

Winners in the television categories included Adam Newport-Berra for The Studio, Pete Konczal, ASC for Black Rabbit, Alex Disenhof, ASC for Task and Christophe Nuyens, SBC for Andor. In the music video category, Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC won for Taylor Swift’s The Fate of Ophelia.

This is Bauman’s first ASC Award and nomination for a Theatrical Feature Fim. He was also nominated this year for Monster: The Ed Gein Story in the Limited/ Anthology Series/ Motion Picture Made for TV category.

Below is the complete list of the 2026 winners and nominees.

Theatrical Feature Film (Presented by Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA)

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC for Sinners
*Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for Marty Supreme
Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF for Frankenstein
Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP for Train Dreams

Spotlight Award (presented by Natasha Braier, ASC, ADF and Boots Riley)

Steven Breckon for The Plague
*Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC for Orphan
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK for Amrum

Documentary Award (Presented by James Deakins and Sir Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC and James Deakins)

*Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for 2000 Meters from Andriivka
Brandon Somerhalder for Come See Me in the Good Light
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen for Folktales

Episode of a Half-Hour Series (Presented by Kira Kelly, ASC and Edu Grau, ASC)
Adam Bricker, ASC for Hacks (“I Love LA”)
Fraser Brown, CSC for Twisted Metal (“NUY3ARZ”)
Paul Daley for The Righteous Gemstones (“Prelude”)
Daniel Grant for Murderbot (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)
Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC for Government Cheese (“Trial and Error”)
*Adam Newport-Berra for The Studio (“The Oner”)

Limited/ Anthology Series/ Motion Picture Made for TV (Presented by Patrick Cady, ASC and John Carroll Lynch)

Michael Bauman for Monster: The Ed Gein Story (“Buxum Bird”)
Sam Chiplin for The Narrow Road to the Deep North (“Episode One”)
*Pete Konczal, ASC for Black Rabbit (“Isle of Joy”)
Matthew Lewis for Adolescence (“Episode Two”)
Igor Martinović for Black Rabbit (“Attaf**kinboy”)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Presented by Marshall Adams, ASC and Karolina Wydra)

*Alex Disenhof, ASC for Task (“Crossings”)
Jessica Lee Gagne for Severance (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)
Dana Gonzales, ASC for Alien: Earth (“Neverland”)
Ben Kutchins, ASC for The White Lotus (“Killer Instincts”)
*Christophe Nuyens, SBC for Andor (“I Have Friends Everywhere”)

(TIE)

ASC Music Video Award (Presented by Gail Bean and Tommy Maddox-Upshaw, ASC)

Jeff Cronenweth, ASC for “Supernatural” (Performed by Ariana Grande)

Jon Joffin, ASC and Mitchell Baxter for “False Prophet” (Performed by Pillars of a Twisted City)

Jon Joffin, ASC for “Visiting Hours” (Performed by Jon Bryant)

Juliette Lossky for “Altamaha-ha” (Performed by Stacy Subero)

*Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift)

The ceremony, hosted by Kerri Kenney-Silver, also honored Guillermo del Toro with the ASC Board of Governors Award; Robert Yeoman, ASC, with the Lifetime Achievement Award; M. David Mullen, ASC, with the Career Achievement in Television Award; Cynthia Pusheck, ASC, with the Presidents Award; Stephen Pizzello, editor-in-chief of American Cinematographer, with the ASC Award of Distinction; and Tom Fletcher with the Bud Stone Award.

For more information regarding the ASC Awards, visit the ASC website at www.theasc.com.