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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 V O L . 9 7 N O . 1
An International Publication of the ASC
On Our Cover: Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) seeks revenge while struggling to
survive in an unforgiving environment in The Revenant, shot by Emmanuel Lubezki,
ASC, AMC. (Photo by Kimberley French, SMPSP, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corp.)
FEATURES
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Left for Dead
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC braves harsh conditions
on location for The Revenant 54
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Savage Sea
Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC, DFF lends a modern
sensibility to the period story In the Heart of the Sea
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Battle Tested
Adam Arkapaw takes the Bard’s play off the stage and
into stunning vistas for Macbeth 70
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Leading Lady
Danny Cohen, BSC provides painterly atmosphere for
The Danish Girl
DEPARTMENTS
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Editor’s Note
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President’s Desk
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Short Takes: UFO Diary
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Production Slate: Youth • Son of Saul
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Post Focus:HPA Awards
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New Products & Services
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International Marketplace
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Classified Ads
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Ad Index
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Clubhouse News
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In Memoriam: Charles Rosher Jr., ASC
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ASC Close-Up: Peter Levy
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and PUBLISHER
Stephen Pizzello
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EDITORIAL
MANAGING EDITOR Jon D. Witmer
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Andrew Fish
TECHNICAL EDITOR Christopher Probst
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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American Cinematographer (ISSN 0002-7928), established 1920 and in its 96th year of publication, is published monthly in Hollywood by
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American Society of Cine ma tog ra phers
The ASC is not a labor union or a guild, but
an educational, cultural and pro fes sion al
or ga ni za tion. Membership is by invitation
to those who are actively en gaged as
di rec tors of photography and have
dem on strated out stand ing ability. ASC
membership has be come one of the highest
honors that can be bestowed upon a
pro fes sional cin e ma tog ra pher — a mark
of prestige and excellence.
OFFICERS - 2015/2016
Richard Crudo
President
Owen Roizman
Vice President
Kees van Oostrum
Vice President
Lowell Peterson
Vice President
Matthew Leonetti
Treasurer
Frederic Goodich
Secretary
Isidore Mankofsky
Sergeant-at-Arms
MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD
John Bailey
Bill Bennett
Richard Crudo
George Spiro Dibie
Richard Edlund
Fred Elmes
Michael Goi
Victor J. Kemper
Daryn Okada
Lowell Peterson
Robert Primes
Owen Roizman
Rodney Taylor
Kees van Oostrum
Haskell Wexler
ALTERNATES
Isidore Mankofsky
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Kenneth Zunder
Francis Kenny
John C. Flinn III
MUSEUM CURATOR
Steve Gainer
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