2025 ASC Awards nominations: ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked’ in cinematographers’ sights
The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Maria, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, and Wicked were cited in the marquee Theatrical Feature Film category as the American Society of Cinematographers announced nominees Thursday for the 39th Annual ASC Awards. The ASC Awards span features, documentaries, television, and music videos among its seven categories, with these nominations delayed a week due to the Los Angeles wildfire crisis.
This feature lineup is packed with awards season favorites, including cinematographers Lol Crawley for The Brutalist, Greig Fraser for Dune: Part Two, and Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu. Last year’s ASC feature winner, Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer, went on to win the Academy Award. The ASC winner has claimed that year’s Oscar 18 times in 38 years, or a smidgen less than half the time.
The number of nominees in the feature category — seven this time — can vary between five and 10, contingent on the percentage of votes a film receives. The ASC reports that the last time there were seven was in 2014.
On the small screen, cinematographers for House of the Dragon and Shōgun claimed four of the six slots in the Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series lineup, while two-time winner Adriano Goldman will be gunning for his third statuette for an episode of The Crown. Among the Episode of a Half-Hour Series nominees, Carl Herse will be looking to win his third ASC honor in as many years (this time for an episode of The Franchise), while Adam Bricker was honored for the third time (and fourth overall) for an installment of Hacks. And Robert Elswit hopes to duplicate his Emmy triumph for lensing the Netflix limited series Ripley.
Trophies will be awarded in a ceremony on Feb. 23 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which will be live-streamed on theasc.com.
Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees by category:
Theatrical Feature Film
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Alice Brooks, Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist (A24)
Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave (Focus Features)
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Edward Lachman, Maria (Netflix)
Phedon Papamichael, A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
Episode of a Half-Hour Series
Adam Bricker, Hacks — Episode “Just for Laughs” (Max)
Carl Herse, The Franchise — Episode “Sc 31A: Tecto Meets Eye” (HBO)
Richard Rutkowski, Sugar — Episode “Starry-Eyed” (Apple TV+)
Seamus Tierney, Emily in Paris — Episode “Masquerade” (Netflix)
Kyle Wullschleger, 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, Masters of the Air — Episode “Part Three” (Apple TV+)
Michael Berlucchi, Interior Chinatown — Episode “Generic Asian Man” (Hulu)
Robert Elswit, Ripley — Episode “Lucio” (Netflix)
Jonathan Freeman, The Penguin — Episode “Homecoming” (HBO)
Emmanuel Lubezki & Bruno Delbonnel, Disclaimer — “Episode I” (Apple TV+)
Zoë White, Hold Your Breath (Hulu)
Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series
Adriano Goldman, The Crown — Episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” (Netflix)
Catherine Goldschmidt, House of the Dragon — Episode “The Queen Who Ever Was” (HBO)
Baz Irvine, Silo — Episode “The Engineer” (Apple TV+)
Alejandro Martinez, House of Dragon — Episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel” (HBO)
Sam Mccurdy, Shōgun — Episode “Crimson Sky” (FX)
Christopher Ross, Shōgun — Episode “Anjin” (FX)
Spotlight Award
Michal Dymek, The Girl With the Needle (Mubi)
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios)
Klaus Kneist and Renata Mwende, Nawi (Mubi and Baobab Pictures)
Documentary Award
Michael Crommett, Photographer: Dan Winters Life Is Once. Forever. (National Geographic)
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Gaucho Gaucho (Jolt)
Andrey Stefanov, Porcelain War (Picturehouse)
ASC Music Video Award
Pepe Avila del Pino, 313 (performed by Residente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Penélope Cruz)
Scott Cunningham, Rebound (performed by Jennifer Lopez)
Rodrigo Prieto, Fortnight (performed by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone)
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