2015 Awards -- American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)

Always my favorite of the tech categories to watch. The Cinematography guild has announced their nominees for the year. Some very, very worthy choices, in my opinion, coming from several of the best lens-men in the business.

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

BRIDGE OF SPIES
Janusz Kaminski

CAROL
Ed Lachman, ASC

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
John Seale, ASC, ACS

THE REVENANT
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC

SICARIO
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC

Roger Deakins is on his 14th!!!! nomination. He won 3 times previously, for Skyfall, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Man Who Wasn't There. Crazy to think that he's still NEVER WON AN OSCAR!

Janusz Kaminski is on his 6th nomination. 5 of those films were previous works with Spielberg, plus his fantastic work in The Diving Bell and he Butterfly. His most recent nod was for Lincoln.

Ed Lachman is on his 3rd nomination. He was nominated for the film Far From Heaven (also from director Todd Haynes), and was also nom'd in the miniseries category for HBO's Mildred Pierce.

Emmanuel Lubezki is currently on one of the hottest streaks in Hollywood, with his 6th nomination here. Of the previous 5, he has won this award 4 times, for Children of Men, The Tree of Life, Gravity and Birdman. He also won the Oscar the last 2 previous years.

John Seale brings in his 5th nomination. He has one previous win for The English Patient, and received other nominations in the 80s, 90s and 00s, from Rain Man to Cold Mountain.