American Cinematographer - December 1999 - 146

Statement of Ownership,
Management and Circulation
Title of publication:
AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER.

Publication

no.

Date of filing:

00027928

September 27,1999

Frequency of issue: Monthly. Annual subscription price:
ASC to Honor Fraker

$40.00
Number of issues published

annually: 12

held at

Location of known office of publication:
1782 N. Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90028.

headquarters or general business
offices of the publishers: Same as above.

Location of the

Names and address of publisher:

A.S.C. Holding Corp.,
1782 N. Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90028; Publisher, Jim
McCullaugh, Executive Editor, Stephen Pizzello, 1782 N.
Orange Dr., Hollywood, CA 90028. Owner: A.S.C. Holding
Corp.
Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security
holders owning or holding 7 per cent or more of total
amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: same
as

October 7 luncheon
the ASC Clubhouse in Holly¬

During

an

wood, it was announced that William
Fraker, ASC would be honored with the

ment honor in

and

Society of Cinematographers'
during the
15th Annual ASC Outstanding Achieve¬
ment Awards ceremony, to be held on
February 20, 2000 at the Century Plaza
Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

complete overview of Fraker's
along with coverage of his work
on Town and Country, will appear in AC
February 2000.)
Fraker is the 13th director of

photography to be recognized with the
Society's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The honor has previously been
bestowed upon ASC members George
Folsey, Joe Biroc, Stanley Cortez,
Charles B. Lang, Jr., Philip Lathrop,

Paid and/or requested circulation: Sales through deal¬
and carriers, street vendors and counter sales, and other
non-USPS paid distribution: average number copies each
issue during preceding 12 months, 13,507; actual number of
copies single issue published nearest to filing date, 12,669.

of copies each
actual number
copies of single issue published nearest to filing date, 831.
Total distribution: average number of copies each issue
during preceding 12 months, 38,390; actual number of
copies of single issue published nearest to filing date,
34,093.

Copies not distributed (office use, left over, unac¬
counted, spoiled after printing): average number of
copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 1,820; actual
number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing
date, 1,507.
Total: average

number of copies each issue during preced¬

Haskell Wexler, Conrad Hall, Gordon
Willis, Sven Nykvist, Owen Roizman,
Victor J.
Awards Committee Chairman Bud Stone

New ASC Inductee

introduced several filmmakers who indi¬

The

vidually spoke about their experiences
working with Fraker. Director John
Badham praised the veteran cameraman
for his work on the technically daunting
production of WarGames; director Peter

Aaron Schneider

Chelsom noted the air of technical

USC School of Cinema-Television. There,
he was able to attend the "Reflections"

expertise that Fraker brought to his
upcoming drama Town and Country,
describing him as the "youngest camera¬
man

I'd

ever

want to work

with"; and

producer Thom Mount recalled that
Fraker served as the calm eye of the
storm

during the convoluted production

of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Percent Paid and/or
number of copies each

Committee Co-Chairman Owen Roiz-

nearest to

filing date, 97%.

I

certify that the statements made by me above are correct
and complete.
- Jim McCullaugh, Publisher
142 December 1999

Kemper and Vilmos Zsigmond.

Following the announcement,

ing 12 months, 40,210; actual number of copies of single
issue published nearest to filing date, 35,600.
Requested Circulation: average
issue during preceding 12 months,
88%; actual number of copies of single issue published

The Island of Dr.

career,

ers

Total free distributions: average number
issue during preceding 12 months, 4,692;

Tombstone and

tions. (A

Paid and/or requested circulation: Paid/Requested
Outside-County Mail Subscriptions stated on Form 3541:
average number of copies each issue during preceding 12
months, 20,191; actual number of copies of single issue
published nearest to filing date, 20,593.

by mail (samples, complimentary
and other free copies): average number of copies each
issue during preceding 12 months, 4,692; actual number
copies of single issue published nearest to filing date, 831.

recognition of his diverse
lengthy filmography, which includes
such pictures as Bullitt, Rosemary's
Baby, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Heaven
Can Wait, 1941, Murphy's Romance,
Moreau. In addition, the cameraman has
earned five Academy Award nomina¬

printed (net press run): average number of copies each issue
during preceding 12 months, 40,210; actual number copies
of single issue published nearest to filing date, 35,600.

Free distribution

The ASC Awards Committee
selected Fraker for the Lifetime Achieve¬

Lifetime Achievement Award

copies

Total paid and/or requested circulation: average number
copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 33,698;
actual number copies of single issue published nearest to
filing date, 33,262.

wishers.

American

above.

Extent and nature of circulation:Tota\ numbers of

experience of his life" - Fraker took the
podium and thanked his many well-

Warmly introduced by Awards
ASC

who earned the Lifetime
Award in 1996, and

Society recently welcomed
as

its newest active

member.

Succumbing to his interests in
filmmaking, Schneider walked away
from his mechanical engineering studies
at Iowa State University to enroll in the

workshops that USC staged in conjunc¬
tion with Panavision and Technicolor, a
series of seminars featuring many

esteemed directors of
lecturers. "These

photography as
legendary cinematog¬

raphers would come in, talk about [their
work] and then light a scene from one of
their

famous

movies," commented
May 1996 issue of

Schneider in the
American

kiddingly warned his longtime friend

Cinematographer. "I became
of cine¬
matography, which seemed to be this

that it would be "the best and worst

cool blend of both art and science-the

man,

-

Achievement

fascinated with the concept
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