FLORIAN HOFFMEISTER BSC TAKES GOLDEN FROG FOR TÁR

Florian Hoffmeister BSC’s lensing of the thriller Tár, from director Todd Field, topped the 2022 Camerimage main competition, collecting the Golden Frog during the closing ceremony.

The Golden Frog win gives cinematographer Hoffmeister a boost in the 2023 Oscars race, with three out of the last five Golden Frog winners going on to earn Oscar nominations in cinematography. Those titles include DP Greig Fraser ACS ASC for Lion (2016), Lawrence Sher ASC for Joker (2019), and Joshua James Richards for Nomadland (2020).

In other main competition awards, Darius Khondji AFC ASC took home the Silver Frog for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest Bardo: False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths, and Cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay earned the Bronze Frog for Living, directed by Oliver Hermanus.

Bardo also picked up The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film, while

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, shot by DP Mandy Walker ACS ASC, picked-up Camerimage’s coveted Audience Award.

The 2022 event marked Camerimage’s 30th anniversary. The main competition jury was led by director and visual artist Lech Majewski. He was joined by producer Fred Berger, cinematographers Markus Förderer and Arthur Reinhart, and production designer Jan Roelfs.

LEGENDARY AND MUCH-LOVED DP BRIAN TUFANO BSC DIES AT 83

Brian Tufano BSC, the veteran, BAFTAnominated cinematographer known for his collaborations with Danny Boyle, has died. He was 83.

The news was confirmed by Tufano’s agent at McKinney Macartney Management, with Jon Wardle, director of the UK’s National Film & Television School – where Tufano had previously worked as a department head – posting a tribute on Twitter.

“Very sorry to have to share that cinematography legend and former NFTS head of department Brian Tufano has died,” Wardle wrote. “He shot so many amazing films and did so much to champion new talent, in particular female DPs. We loved him and will really miss him.”

Tufano began his career at the BBC as a projectionist, working his way up to cameraman within the film department in 1963 on small-

Asc To Honour Stephen Goldblatt Bsc Asc With Lifetime Award

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will honour the extraordinary careers of five of its members during its 37th Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Gala on March 5, 2023.

screen features with directors including Stephen Frears, Ken Russell and Alan Parker.

In 1992 he was assigned to the series Mr. Wroe’s Virgins and worked with director Danny Boyle. Boyle took him along on his feature debut, Shallow Grave, and continued to work with Tufano on such films as Trainspotting and A Life Less Ordinary. In 2001 Tufano won the Bafta Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television.

The contributions of Oscar-nominee Stephen Goldblatt BSC ASC will be recognised with the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award; Darius Khondji AFC ASC will be presented with the International Award; Fred Murphy ASC will be tapped with the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award; Charlie Lieberman ASC will pick up the Presidents Award, and Sam Nicholson ASC will take home the Curtis Clark ASC Technical Achievement Award.

Born in South Africa and raised in England, Goldblatt’s distinguished body of work includes Academy Award and ASC Award nominations for Batman Forever (1996) and The Prince Of Tides (1991). Goldblatt’s television contributions earned him Emmy nominations for the HBO television movies/miniseries Angels In America (2004), Path To War (2002) and Conspiracy (2001).

“Stephen Goldblatt’s vision and influence can be seen in many of the most memorable stories told over the last 40 years,” said ASC president Stephen Lighthill ASC. “We are looking forward to celebrating this well-deserved milestone with him.”

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