Edward Lachman wins ASC Outstanding Achievement Award for Maria

It marks Lachmann’s first win in an ASC theatrical or television category. He was previously nominated for Far From Heaven (2003), Mildred Pierce, (2011), Carol (2016), and El Conde (2024). Lachman was honoured with the ASC’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.

The 39th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, held over the weekend, also recognised Jomo Fray for Nickel Boys in the Spotlight Award category, and Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for the documentary Gaucho Gaucho.

Winners in the television categories included Robert Elswit for Ripley, Sam McCurdy for Shōgun, and Richard Rutkowski for Sugar.

In the music video category, Pepe Avila del Pino received the ASC Award for 313.

Last year’s ASC feature film winner was Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer.

Complete list of winners and nominees – winners in bold:

 

Theatrical Feature Film

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)

 

Spotlight Award

Michal Dymek for The Girl with the Needle (MUBI)

*Jomo Fray for Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)

Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for Nawi (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)

 

Documentary Award

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)

 

Limited / Anthology Series/ Motion Picture Made for TV

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

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 the Dragon - Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)

*Sam McCurdy, ASC, BSC for Shōgun - Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)

Christopher Ross, BSC for Shōgun - Episode "Anjin" (FX)

 

Episode of a Half Hour Series

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)

 

ASC Music Video Award

*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)