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ASC’s Mullen and Morgan Among 2019 Emmy Winners for Best Cinematography

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony honored two Society members in the categories for outstanding camerawork.

ASC Staff


Held on the evening of Sunday, September 15, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and honored two ASC members in the categories for outstanding camerawork:


Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Simone”
M. David Mullen, ASC


Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
The Ranch, “Reckless”
Donald A. Morgan, ASC


Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
Chernobyl, “Please Remain Calm”
Jakob Ihre, FSF


Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Russian Doll, “Ariadne”
Chris Teague

M. David Mullen, ASC (right) on the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. (Photo by Nicole Rivelli)

Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program 
Free Solo 
Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, Mikey Schaefer


Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program


Life Below Zero, Series Body Of Work


Mike Cheeseman, Danny Day, David Lovejoy, Ben Mullin, John Griber, Benji Lanpher, Terry Pratt

Donald A. Morgan, ASC on the set of The Ranch.

You'll find a detailed podcast interview with M. David Mullen about his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel here, while a podcast with Jacob Ihre regarding his work in Chernobyl will be posted soon. An interview with Donald A. Morgan will be featured in a forthcoming issue of American Cinematographer and will also be posted here soon.


The ASC congratulates all the winners in each category, as well as each nominee (complete list here) for continuing to elevate the art and craft of cinematography.


The Creative Arts Emmy Awards program will air on September 21 at 8:00 pm on FXX. 


Note that the ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography is still accepting submissions in all television categories. The deadline is October 4.


M. David Mullen later shared this image on Facebook:






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