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American

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

The American
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
that

can

be bestowed upon a

professional cinematographer, a mark
of prestige and distinction.
Officers

Stanley Cortez
President

Leonard South
1st Vice President

Harry Wolf
2nd Vice President

Ted

Voigtlander
3rd Vice President

Joseph Westheimer
Treasurer

Alfred Keller

Secretary

Henry Freulich
Sergeant-At-Arms
Members of the Board

L.B. Abbott

Joseph Biroc
Stanley Cortez
Linwood G. Dunn
Daniel Fapp

George Folsey
William A. Fraker

"An

in March. Three officers of the company
here from Eastman in Rochester,

were

N.Y., to conduct demonstrations.
Leonard F. Coleman, newly

appointed general

manager of marketing
for Eastman's motion picture and audio
visual division, delivered a multi-image

presentation concerning Kodak's view of
the future. Robert Rorke demonstrated

McDonough also discussed the new
building program now being instituted at
Eastman's Hollywood facilities. Cole¬
man and McDonough are ASC associate
members.
Sherwood "Woody" Omens
became the newest member of the
A.S.C. in March. A director of photog¬

features.

Leonard South
Ted Voigtlander

Harry Wolf
Alternates

Howard Anderson, Jr.
Alfred Keller

Joseph Westheimer
Jack Cooperman
Michael Margulies
Richard Rawlings

Kodak video

camera

new instant
slide film which is now a reality.
John McDonough, regional
sales manager for motion picture and
AV markets, co-hosted the program
with ASC President Stanley Cortez.

Lester Shorr

Philip Lathrop

new

presentation featuring the

Gene Polito

Milton Krasner

Robert Rorke with

the 8mm video camera which Eastman
is introducing, and Don Adams made a

raphy with more than 20 years in the
motion picture industry, he has been
associated with a long list of dis¬
tinguished television shows and

Henry Freulich

Leonard F. Coleman

Evening with Eastman Kodak,"
a series of monthly programs
dealing with state-of-the-art pho¬
tographic and video developments, was
presented at the Clubhouse of the
American Society of Cinematographers
first in

Omens

was

an

associate

professor at the USC Cinema school
from 1967 through 1977 and he is a
graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago
as well as the University of Chicago. He
holds a masters degree from the Univer¬
sity of Southern California. His avoca¬
tion is painting, specializing in airbrush
and egg tempera.

Executive Director

Alfred Keller
Museum Curator

Kemp Niver
May 1985

Sherwood Omens,
ASC

In 1981

Omens

nated for

an

American

Cinematographer

was

nomi¬

Emmy for a segment of the
Magnum PI show and in 1971 was
nominated for an Academy Award for
cinematography of a documentary called
Somebody Waiting. He has also shot
more than 1,000 commercials, many of
which were award winning efforts.

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