American Cinematographer - June 1984 - 101

American

A

The American Society

Society

Society of Cinematographers
of Cinematog¬
raphers is not a labor union or a guild,

but is

an

educational, cultural and

professional organization. Membership
is by invitation to those who are
actively engaged as Directors of
Photography and have demonstrated
outstanding ability. Not all
cinematographers can place the initials
asc after their names, asc membership
has become one of the highest honors

recent

monthly dinner meeting of the

was held at Douglas Trumbull's
Showscan facilities in Marina Del Rey
where members were treated to a dem¬

onstration of Showscan in a simulated
Showscan theater. Showscan is Trum¬
bull's new process using 65/70mm film
at 60 frames per second. The system,
which will be described in detail in an

that can be bestowed upon a

upcoming article, achieves a heightened
sense of reality on the screen through
the use of the larger frame area and

professional cinematographer, a mark
of prestige and distinction.

to

Officers

William A. Fraker
President

Stanley Cortez
1st Vice President

Joseph Westheimer
2nd Vice President

Milton Krasner
3rd Vice President

Alfred Keller

Secretary
Linwood G. Dunn
Treasurer

Daniel

Fapp
Sergeant-At-Arms
Board of Governors

L.B. Abbott

Joseph Biroc
Stanley Cortez
Linwood G. Dunn
Daniel Fapp

George Folsey
William A. Fraker

Henry Freulich

increased frame rate. It is also intended
be exhibited in specially designed
theaters.
Several members of the ASC
will be participating in seminars and

On the
International Film

opposite coast at the
Workshops in Rockport, Maine, Gordon Willis, ASC, will
conduct the film lighting workshop from
June 3 to 9. Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC,
who is on the Board of Advisors for the
International Film Workshops, will be
one of the panel members for the Film
& Television Symposium from June 10
to 16.
Other members of the ASC
who have participated in these work¬

shops in the past include Frank Stanley,
Laszlo Kovacs, Conrad Hall, Mario Tosi,
Owen Roizman, and Victor Kemper. ■

workshops on cinematography, lighting
and special effects this summer. Rich¬
ard Kline, ASC, will be conducting a
workshop in professional cin¬
ematographic techniques from July 8 to
14

at

the Tahoe Film & Video Work¬

shops in Squaw Valley, California.
William Fraker, ASC, and Sven Nykvist,
ASC, will both conduct advanced work¬
shops in cinematography and lighting at
the Tahoe Workshops. Fraker's work¬
shop will be from July 15 to 21 in
Squaw Valley, and Nykvist's workshop
will be from November 4 to

10 in

Laguna Beach, California. Also at the
Tahoe workshops in Squaw Valley,
Richard Edlund, ASC, will team up with
Bruce Nicholson in a special effects
seminar.

Milton Krasner

Philip Lathrop
Gene Polito
Lester Shorr

Leonard South
Ted Voigtlander

Harry Wolf
Alternates

Howard Anderson
Charles Wheeler
Owen Roizman
Executive Director

Alfred Keller
Museum Curator

Kemp Niver
June 1984

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