Over a long awards season, nothing becomes more anticipated than a guild honors ceremony where an upset or two may occur. Before the envelopes were even opened, the 2024 ASC Awards were destined for “surprising” winners off the nominees alone. Oh, except for “Oppenheimer.” Yes, Hoyte van Hoytema won the Theatrical Feature Film category on his third nomination. The upsets? That was almost everything else.
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Were you thinking “The Bear,” which has won basically every award possible for the past four months, would take the Half-Hour Series Award? Nope, it went to Carl Herse for an episode of “Barry” instead. “Succession” or “The Last of Us” or One-Hour Series? Wait, they weren’t even recognized. Instead, M. David Mullen took it for an episode from the final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” You probably would assume “Beef” might take the Limited Or Anthology or Motion Picture for Television Award, right? Wrong, not even nominated. Instead, Ben Kutchins‘ work on the already forgotten Hulu original movie “Boston Strangler” took the honor.
In other categories, Warwick Thornton won the Spotlight Award for “The New Boy” and Jon Joffin took the Music Video honor for “At Home” (performed by Jon Bryant).
The evening also saw Spike Lee the recipient of the Board of Governors Award, Don Burgess won the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Steve Fierberg earned a Career Achievement honor.
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
Edward Lachman, ASC for El Conde (Netflix)
Matthew Libatique, ASC, LPS for Maestro (Netflix)
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)
Robbie Ryan, ISC for Poor Things (Searchlight)
Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) – ***WINNER***
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Eric Branco for Story Ave. (Kino Lorber)
Krum Rodriguez for Citizen Saint
Warwick Thornton for The New Boy – ***WINNER***
EPISODE OF A ONE-HOUR REGULAR SERIES
Ricardo Diaz for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, “The Second Coming” (Max)
Rob C. Givens for Gotham Knights, “Daddy Issues” (CW)
M. David Mullen, ASC for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Four Minutes” (Prime Video) – ***WINNER***
Cathal Watters, ASC, ISC for Foundation, “In Seldon’s Shadow” (Apple TV+)
Glen Keenan for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Hegemony” (Paramount+)
LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV (Category sponsored by ARRI)
Dan Atherton for Great Expectations, “The Three Keys” (FX)
Sam Chiplin for The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, “Part 1: Black Fire Orchid” (Prime Video)
Ben Kutchins, ASC for “Boston Strangler” (Hulu) – ***WINNER***
Igor Martinovic for George and Tammy, “Stand by Your Man” (Showtime)
Jason Oldak for Lessons in Chemistry, “Book of Calvin” (Apple TV+)
Tobias Schliessler, ASC for All the Light We Cannot See, “Episode 2” (Netflix)
EPISODE OF A HALF-HOUR SERIES
Julian Court, BSC for The Diplomat, “The James Bond Clause” (Netflix)
Carl Herse for Barry, “Tricky Legacies” (Max) – ***WINNER***
Jon Joffin, ASC for Schmigadoon!, “Something Real” (Apple TV+)
Blake McClure, ASC for Minx, “I Thought the Bed was Gonna Fly” (Starz)
Andrew Wehde for The Bear, “The Bear” (FX)
DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Jeff Hutchens for Murder in Big Horn, “Episode 1” (Showtime)
Curren Sheldon for King Coal – ***WINNER***
D. Smith for Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
MUSIC VIDEO AWARD
Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Gorilla” (performed by Little Simz)
Jon Joffin, ASC for “At Home” (performed by Jon Bryant) – ***WINNER***
Andrey Nikoleav for “Tanto” (performed Cassie Marin)