The ASC Award Nominees 2025 Revealed

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by Mascha DeikovaToday

Winter is well underway, and so is the award season. Delayed this year due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) revealed the nominees for their 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards. As a reminder, these awards span from feature films, documentaries, TV shows, and music videos, recognizing the work of cinematographers. Who are the ASC Award Nominees this year? Find out below!

Last year, Hoyte van Hoytema won the ASC award in the feature film category for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and, roughly a month later, went home with a cinematography Oscar for the same work. It’s not an unusual scenario, so the stakes are high. This year’s different categories include legendary names and newcomers, but the choice mostly aligns with the overall critical acclaim.

Theatrical Feature Film: ASC Award Nominees

The list of feature nominees for the 39th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards includes seven names (this number can vary between five and ten, depending on how many votes a film receives). These names are:

• Jarin Blaschke for “Nosferatu” (Focus Features). Jarin Blaschke already won an ASC Award once—in the Spotlight category—for his work on Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse. “Nosferatu” is a gothic horror based on the classic Dracula novel. It is another collaboration between Blatschke and Eggers and is truly a visual masterpiece.
• Alice Brooks, ASC for “Wicked” (Universal Pictures). If you haven’t heard of this magical musical, I would be surprised: It’s been buzzing for months. With this nomination, the cinematographer of the movie—Alice Brooks—becomes the fourth female DP ever to be nominated in the ASC’s top category.
• Lol Crawley, BSC for “The Brutalist” (A24). It’s not the first ASC nomination for the English cinematographer Lol Crawley, but “The Brutalist” brought him out of “Spotlight” to the “Theatrical Feature” category. This epic period drama was shot using VistaVision cameras and process.
• Stéphane Fontaine, AFC for “Conclave” (Focus Features). Another feature nominee this year (and a new name on the ASC awards list) is French cinematographer, Stéphane Fontaine, for photographing Ed Berger’s Vatican drama “Conclave.”
• Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros. Pictures). No surprises here. “Dune: Part One” won Greig Fraser an ASC award and an Oscar for Outstanding Cinematography. The second (and even more visually impressive) part also performs great in this award season, so we’ll see.
• Edward Lachman, ASC for “Maria” (Netflix). Edward Lachman is a veteran of the ASC awards (including the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award). Last year, his name was on the list for “El Conde”; this year, he got his nomination for “Maria,” a psychological biopic by Pablo Larraín about opera singer Maria Callas.
• Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA for “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures). Last but not least, another biographical drama, “A Complete Unknown,” and a beautiful work by the DP Phedon Papamichael. His previous collaborations with James Mangold include the ASC-nominated “Ford v Ferrari.”

Cinematography nominees in TV shows and series

The complete list of other nominees is divided into categories, starting with TV shows. Here, you will see a lot of familiar names and favorite series, for sure: From Emmanuel Lubezki’s cinematography on “Disclaimer” to Adriano Goldman’s work on “The Crown”; from “Hacks” to “House of the Dragon”, and “Shōgun.”

Episode of a Half-Hour Series

• Adam Bricker, ASC for “Hacks” – Episode “Just for Laughs” (Max)
• Carl Herse for “The Franchise” – Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)
• Richard Rutkowski, ASC for “Sugar” – Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+)
• Seamus Tierney for “Emily in Paris” – Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)
• Kyle Wullschleger for “Only Murders in the Building” – Episode “Once Upon a Time in the West” (Hulu)

Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Adam Arkapaw, ACS for “Masters of the Air” – Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)
• Michael Berlucchi for “Interior Chinatown” – Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)
• Robert Elswit, ASC for “Ripley” – Episode “Lucio” (Netflix)
• Jonathan Freeman, ASC for “The Penguin” – Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)
• Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC & Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC for “Disclaimer” – “Episode I” (Apple TV+)
• Zoë White, ACS for “Hold Your Breath” (Hulu)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series

• Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC, BSC for “The Crown” – Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)
• Catherine Goldschmidt, BSC for “House of the Dragon” – Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)
• Baz Irvine, BSC, ISC for Silo – Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)
• Alejandro Martinez, AMC for “House of Dragon” – Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)
• Sam Mccurdy, ASC, BSC for “Shōgun” – Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)
• Christopher Ross, BSC for “Shōgun” – Episode “Anjin” (FX)

Other ASC Award Nominees

Spotlight Award

The Spotlight category highlights outstanding cinematography in independent and/or foreign feature films with a more limited theatrical release or festival run. This year, it includes three nominations:

• Michal Dymek for “The Girl with the Needle” (MUBI)
• Jomo Fray for “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende for “Nawi” (MUBI and Baobab Pictures)

Documentary Award

• Michael Crommett for “Photographer: Dan Winters Life is Once. Forever.” (National Geographic)
• Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for “Gaucho Gaucho” (Jolt)
• Andrey Stefanov for “Porcelain War” (Picturehouse)

ASC Music Video Award

The ASC also singled out three music video cinematographers, including the four-time Oscar nominee Rodrigo Prieto. He is up for his cinematic black-and-white visuals on “Fortnight” from Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone.

• Pepe Avila del Pino, AMC for “313” (Performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penelope Cruz)
• Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Rebound” (Performed by Jennifer Lopez)
• Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “Fortnight” (Performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)

When to watch the 39^th ASC Awards

The 39th Annual ASC Awards will take place on February 23rd in Beverly Hills, California. A live stream will also be available on the ASC’s official webpage.

Feature image: stills from “Dune: Part 2” by Denis Villeneuve; “Fortnight” music video; and “Nosferatu” by Robert Eggers.

What do you think about the nominee list of the 2025 ASC Awards? Were there any surprises for you? Whose work is missing but should have been featured, in your opinion? Let us know in the comments below!