Prieto to Receive Distinguished Filmmaker Award at ICG’s Emerging Cinematographer Awards
M. David Mullen, ASC to be honored with ASC Mentor Award at event to be held Aug. 27 at Clubhouse.
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has announced Rodrigo Prieto, ASC. AMC will be honored with the Distinguished Filmmaker Award at the 26th Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA).
Cinematographer M. David Mullen, ASC, will also be awarded with the ASC Mentor Award.
“The filmmakers receiving special awards at this year’s ECAs represent the pinnacle of excellence in cinematography, and we’re thrilled to celebrate them,” says ECA Chair Steven Poster, ASC. “We’re excited for an event that highlights both the work of our emerging filmmakers as well as the career achievements of our special awards recipients.”
Prieto has been nominated for four Academy Awards, for his work on Killers of the Flower Moon, The Irishman, Silence and Brokeback Mountain. Other notable features photographed by Prieto include Barbie, The Wolf of Wall Street, Argo and 8 Mile. Prieto was nominated for a 2024 MTV Video Music Award for his work on “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift, who also directed the music video.
Born and raised in Mexico, Prieto helped lead a renaissance of Mexican cinema with Babel, 21 Grams and his breakthrough film Amores Perros. Prieto’s next project — his feature film directorial debut — is an adaptation of the novel Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, one of the most revered Mexican novels of the 20th century.
Mullen has been recognized for his striking cinematography with two American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards and three Emmy Awards for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as well as two IFP Independent Spirit Awards nominations for Twin Falls Idaho and Northfolk. He has built the visual world for films and television shows with enduring legacies, including Jennifer’s Body, The Good Wife and Westworld.
Mullen prioritizes skill sharing and mentorship for emerging cinematographers, and co-authored both the 3rd edition of the classic textbook Cinematography by Kris Malkiewicz and the 11th edition of the American Cinematographer Manual.
In addition to the special awards, ICG announced eight honorees earlier this summer. The eight winning filmmakers, selected from 118 submissions, are:
Name, Film Title
Dominic Bartolone, Sweet Santa Barbara Brown
Adam Carboni, INCOMPLETE
Matthew Halla, The Unreachable Star
Jessica Hershatter, Pirandello on Broadway
Allen Ho, Iron Lung
Nick Mahar, Sands of Fate
Dylan Trivette, Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice
Andrew Trost, Bloom
The ECA honorees will be celebrated with both an awards event and a luncheon at the ASC Clubhouse on Friday, Aug. 27. Mullen will receive his ASC Mentor Award during the luncheon. Prieto will receive the Distinguished Filmmaker Award during the ECA showcase event on Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center Wolf Theater in North Hollywood.
