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years of live television drama," Daviau
recalls. "I have many wonderful memo¬

States," says Awards Committee Chair
Russ Alsobrook, ASC. "He has earned

ries. I watched Charles

the admiration of his peers who believe
artistic television
cinematography

Lang Jr. [ASC]
light a close-up of Shirley Booth for a
picture called The Matchmaker.
Another time, I saw him light an
immense hacienda scene for One-Eyed
Jacks. Afterwards, he walked across
the set to talk with Marlon Brando. I

thought he must have the best job in the
world."
"I
most

am

certain that some of Allen's

important work is still ahead of

deserves the

respect as films

same

made for the cinema."
"Don has

literally become a
legend in his own time," ASC President
Daryn Okada observes. "He has that rare
combination of innate talent, mastery of
a complex and constantly changing craft,
and the ability to collaborate. His work
speaks for itself."

him, but he has already made an indeli¬
Aloha, Mr. Libatique

ble

ASC to

Recognize Daviau for

impression on the art of filmmak¬
ing," notes ASC President Daryn Okada.

Matthew

Libatique,

ASC

Lifetime of Work

"His determination to pursue a seem¬

received the 2006 Kodak Vision Award

Allen Daviau, ASC will receive

ingly impossible dream is a source of
inspiration for filmmakers everywhere

for Excellence in

the American

Society of Cinematogra¬
phers Lifetime Achievement Award at
the 21st Annual ASC Outstanding
Achievement Awards on February 18,
2007. The award is presented annually
to an individual who has

Festival in October. The festival presents

in the world."

the award

Morgan to Receive Inaugural
ASC Award
Donald M.

made extraor¬

dinary and enduring contributions to the
art of filmmaking.
"Allen Daviau is still in the prime
of his career, but he has already created
an innovative body of work that will
stand the test of time," says Russ Also-

Cinematography at the

Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film

Morgan, ASC will

receive the first ASC Career Achieve¬
ment in Television Award at the 21st

Annual ASC Awards in

February.
Morgan has so far won five
Emmy Awards and earned an additional

four nominations. He

won

for the tele¬

annually to a cinematogra¬
pher who has made significant contribu¬
tions to advancing the art of filmmaking
in the Pacific Rim. (Libatique's parents
emigrated from the Philippines to the
States more than 30 years ago.)
At the festival, Libatique also
conducted a seminar focusing on the
multiple roles cinematographers play in
the collaborative art of filmmaking. He
of his recent features,

screened

Committee. "He is an awe-inspiring
cinematographer who has earned the

Something the Lord Made, Out of
Geronimo
and Murder in Mississippi; he was also

admiration of filmmakers around the

nominated for the telefilms For Love

visits the Ukraine to find

world."

Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, The
Siege at Buby Ridge, Doublecrossed

brook, ASC, chair of the Awards

films

the Ashes, Miss Evers' Boys,

Daviau notched the first of his five

Oscar nominations in 1983 for E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial. He

was

also nomi¬

nated for The Color

Purple (1986),
Avalon (1991), Empire of the Sun (1988)
and Bugsy(1992). He won ASC Awards
for the latter two films, and Empire of
the Sun also

won

the BAFTA cine¬

matography award.
"When I

was

a

teenager, I

perfected the art of talking my way past
studio-gate guards so I could watch
movies being made, as well as the last

or

one

Everything Is Illuminated, which follows
young, Jewish-American boy who

a

helped his grandfather

a woman

escape

who

from the

Nazis.

and Elvis.

Morgan won ASC Awards for
Siege at Buby Ridge, Geronimo,
Murder in Mississippi and Dillinger, and
was also nominated by the Society for

Beebe's Latest Achievement
Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS, who

The

his work

on

Out of the Ashes and For

won

Academy and ASC awards last year
a Geisha, was recently

for Memoirs of

honored with the Artistic Achievement

Love Or Country.

Award at the 3rd Annual Celebration of

"Donald Morgan is an innovative
and talented artist who has set the
standard for artful visual

Hope Gala. The event benefits the Hunt¬
ington's Disease Society of America
(HDSA) and raises funds for the HDSA

the movies that television

Center of Excellence at the UCLA

almost every

Medical Center.

storytelling in
brings into
home in the United

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