'Skyfall' wins ASC for legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins

By Nick Roman ·

Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions

The masterful work of ten-time Oscar nominee and legend in the world of cinematography, Roger Deakins, took home the top honor from the American Society of Cinematographers for his work on 'Skyfall'. At the 27th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, the film took top feature honors while FX's 'Wilfred' and HBO's 'Game of Thrones' topped the TV category.

The film defeated steep competition from Oscar nominees Janusz Kaminski for 'Lincoln', Claudio Miranda for 'Life of Pi', Seamus McGarvey for 'Anna Karenina', and Danny Cohen for 'Les Miserables'. Only Cohen missed out on an Oscar nomination, replaced at the Oscars by Robert Richardson's work on 'Django Unchained'.

Five of the last 10 ASC Award winners have gone on to win the Academy Award for Cinematography.

Full winners via The Hollywood Reporter:

Feature Film
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for Skyfall

One-hour Episodic Television Series (Tie):
Balazs Bolygo, HSC for Cinemax’s Hunted (“Mort”)
Kramer Morgenthau, ASC for HBO’s Game of Thrones (“The North Remembers”)

Television Movie/Miniseries:
Florian Hoffmeister for the PBS Masterpiece presentation of Great Expectations

Half-hour Episodic Series:
Bradford Lipson for FX’s Wilfred (“Truth”)

In addition, Dean Semler, who earned an Oscar for 'Dances With Wolves' and worked on several high-profile features, including 'Apocalypto', was awared the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award.

Rodney Charters, a two-time Emmy nominee for '24', earned the Career Achievement in Television Award, while Robby Müller ('Paris, Texas') was awarded the International Achievement Award.

Lastly, the Presidents Award was given to Curtis Clark, whose credits include 'The Draughtsman’s Contract'. Clark served as the chairman of the ASC Technology Committee, which in 2012 received a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award for the development of the ASC CDL (Color Decision List).

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