ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
The ASC Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented by the American Society of Cinematographers since 1988 on the occasion of the annual presentation of the ASC Awards for the life's work of a cameraman .
Since 1990 the ASC President's Award has been presented (not only for cameramen, but also for camera technology and visual effects pioneers) and since 1993 an International Achievement Award (usually for non-ASC members), which is also recognized as Awards are valid for a lifetime achievement.
Winner of the ASC LAA
- 1988: George J. Folsey
- 1989: Joseph F. Biroc
- 1990: Stanley Cortez
- 1991: Charles Lang
- 1992: Philip H. Lathrop
- 1993: Haskell Wexler
- 1994: Conrad L. Hall
- 1995: Gordon Willis
- 1996: Sven Nykvist
- 1997: Owen Roizman
- 1998: Victor J. Kemper
- 1999: Vilmos Zsigmond
- 2000: William A. Fraker
- 2001: Vittorio Storaro
- 2002: László Kovács
- 2003: Bill Butler
- 2004: Michael Chapman
- 2005: Fred J. Koenekamp
- 2006: Richard H. Kline
- 2007: Allen Daviau
- 2008: Stephen H. Burum
- 2009: Jack N. Green
- 2010: Caleb Deschanel
- 2011: Roger Deakins
- 2012: Dante Spinotti
- 2013: Dean Semler
- 2014: Dean Cundey
- 2015: John Bailey
- 2016: John Toll
- 2017: Edward Lachman
- 2018: Russell Carpenter
- 2019: Robert Richardson
ASC President's Award
- 1990: Linwood G. Dunn
- 1991: Hans F. Koenekamp
- 1992: Kemp Niver
- 1993: not awarded
- 1994: not awarded
- 1995: William H. Clothier
- 1996: Douglas Trumbull
- 1997: Robert Duvall
- 1998: Albert Maysles
- 1999: Albert Mayer Sr. & Takuo Miyagishima
- 2000: Guy Green
- 2001: Charles F. Wheeler
- 2002: Garrett Brown
- 2003: Ralph Woolsey
- 2004: Howard Anderson Jr.
- 2005: Richard Moore
- 2006: Woody Omens
- 2007: Gerald Hirschfeld
- 2008: Richard Edlund
- 2009: Isidore Mankofsky
- 2010: Sol Negrin
- 2011: Douglas Kirkland
- 2012: Francis Kenny
- 2013: Curtis Clark
- 2014: not awarded
- 2015: Matthew F. Leonetti
- 2016: Bill Bennett
- 2017: Nancy Schreiber
- 2018: Stephen Lighthill
- 2019: not awarded
International Achievement Award
- 1993: Freddie Young
- 1994: Jack Cardiff
- 1995: Gabriel Figueroa
- 1996: Henri Alekan
- 1997: Raoul Coutard
- 1998: Freddie Francis
- 1999: Giuseppe Rotunno
- 2000: Oswald Morris
- 2001: Billy Williams
- 2002: Douglas Slocombe
- 2003: Witold Sobociński
- 2004: Miroslav Ondříček
- 2005: Tonino Delli Colli
- 2006: Gilbert Taylor
- 2007: Michael Ballhaus
- 2008: Walter Lassally
- 2009: Donald M. McAlpine
- 2010: Chris Menges
- 2011: John Seale
- 2012: not awarded
- 2013: Robby Müller
- 2014: Eduardo Serra
- 2015: Phil Méheux
- 2016: not awarded
- 2017: Philippe Rousselot
- 2018: Russell Boyd
- 2019: not awarded
Board of Governors Award
- 2020: Werner Herzog
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Herzog receives honorary award in Hollywood. January 10, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 .
- ↑ ASC to Honor Werner Herzog with 2020 Board of Governors Award. January 9, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 .