2025 ASC Awards Nominees Revealed

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 16, 2025 at 9:05 a.m.) — The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has unveiled the nominees for its 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards, spanning feature films, documentaries, television and music videos. Winners will be honored at the 39th Annual ASC Awards on February 23, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. For those who can't attend in person, the ceremony will be live-streamed on theasc.com. Our 2025 honorees were previously announced.

Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees by category:

Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)
Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu(Focus Features)
Alice Brooks, ASC for Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Lol Crawley, BSC for The Brutalist (A24)
Stéphane Fontaine, AFC for Conclave (Focus Features)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Edward Lachman, ASC for Maria (Netflix)
Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA for A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

Episode of a Half Hour Series (Sponsored by Nanlux)
Adam Bricker, ASC for Hacks - Episode "Just for Laughs" (Max)
Carl Herse for The Franchise - Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)
Richard Rutkowski, ASC for Sugar - Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+)
Seamus Tierney for Emily in Paris - Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)
Kyle Wullschleger for Only Murders in the Building - Episode “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Hulu)

Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Sponsored by Arri)
Adam Arkapaw, ACS for Masters of the Air - Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)
Michael Berlucchi for Interior Chinatown - Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)
Robert Elswit, ASC for Ripley - Episode “Lucio” (Netflix)
Jonathan Freeman, ASC for The Penguin - Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC & Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC for Disclaimer - “Episode I” (Apple TV+)
Zoë White, ACS for Hold Your Breath (Hulu)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Sponsored by Panavision)
Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for The Crown - Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)
Catherine Goldschmidt, BSC for House of the Dragon - Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)
Baz Irvine, BSC, ISC for Silo - Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)
Alejandro Martinez, AMC for House of Dragon - Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)
Sam Mccurdy, ASC, BSC for Shōgun - Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)
Christopher Ross, BSC for Shōgun - Episode "Anjin" (FX)

Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)
Michal Dymek for The Girl with the Needle (MUBI)
Jomo Fray for Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios)
Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for Nawi (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)

Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon)
Michael Crommett for Photographer: Dan Winters Life is Once. Forever. (National Geographic)
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for Gaucho Gaucho (Jolt)
Andrey Stefanov for Porcelain War (Picturehouse)

ASC Music Video Award (Sponsored by Red Digital Cinema)
Pepe Avila del Pino, AMC for “313” (Performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penelope Cruz)
Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Rebound” (Performed by Jennifer Lopez)
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “Fortnight” (Performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)

Last year’s ASC feature film winner was Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC for Oppenheimer. Details about the ceremony, including the complete show video, can be found here.

For information regarding the 39th ASC Awards, visit theasc.com or call 323-969-4333.

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