List of Presidents of American Society of Cinematographers
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This is a list of the past presidents of the American Society of Cinematographers
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American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
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Past presidents
- Philip Rosen (1918–1921)
- Fred JackmanFred JackmanFred Jackman , was an American cinematographer and film director of the silent era. He worked on 58 films as a cinematographer between 1916 and 1925...
1921-1923 - James Van TreesJames Van TreesJames Van Trees born James Crawford Van Trees was a successful American cinematographer in Hollywood whose career spans the silent and sound eras. His mother was prolific early film director and writer Julia Crawford Ivers...
1923-1924 - Gaetano Gaudio 1924-1925
- Homer ScottHomer ScottHomer Scott was a founding member of the A.S.C. and was their president from 1925-1926.Scott has proven to be one of the more elusive founders of the A.S.. He was apparently born in the state of New York circa 1883, but so far, the details of his birth and a record of his death have not been found....
(1925–1926) - Daniel B. Clark 1926-1928
- John W. Boyle 1928-1929
- John F. SeitzJohn F. SeitzJohn Francis Seitz, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer and inventor.He was nominated for seven Academy Awards.-Career:...
1929-1930 - Hal MohrHal MohrHal Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer.-Career:In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast...
1930-1931 - John Arnold 1931-1937
- Victor MilnerVictor MilnerVictor Milner, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for ten cinematography Academy Awards, winning once for 1934's Cleopatra...
1937-1939 - John Arnold 1939-1941
- Leonard Smith 1943-1947
- Leon ShamroyLeon ShamroyLeon Shamroy, A.S.C. was an American film cinematographer. Together with Charles Lang, he holds the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography...
1947-1948 - Charles G. ClarkeCharles G. ClarkeCharles G. Clarke ASC an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president of the American Society of Cinematographers.-Career:...
1948-1950 - Ray RennahanRay RennahanRay Rennahan, A.S.C. was a movie cinematographer.For his work in movies, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The other five are: Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J...
1950-1951 - Charles G. ClarkeCharles G. ClarkeCharles G. Clarke ASC an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president of the American Society of Cinematographers.-Career:...
1951-1953 - Arthur EdesonArthur EdesonArthur Edeson, A.S.C. was a film cinematographer, born in New York City.He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career in cinema.-Career:...
1953-1954 - Arthur C. MillerArthur C. MillerArthur Charles Miller, A.S.C. was an acclaimed American cinematographer.-Early life:Born in Roslyn, New York, Arthur Miller began his career at the age of 13, working as an assistant to filmmaker Fred J. Balshofer...
1954-1956 - George Folsey 1956-1957
- Burnett GuffeyBurnett GuffeyBurnett Guffey, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.He won two Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity and Bonnie and Clyde .-Career:...
1957-1958 - Walter Strenge 1958-1960
- Lee GarmesLee GarmesLee Garmes, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophuls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era...
1960-1961 - William Daniels 1961-1963
- Hal MohrHal MohrHal Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer.-Career:In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast...
1963-1965 - Ray RennahanRay RennahanRay Rennahan, A.S.C. was a movie cinematographer.For his work in movies, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The other five are: Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J...
1965-1966 - Sol Halprin 1966-1969
- Hal MohrHal MohrHal Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer.-Career:In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast...
1969-1970 - Sol Halprin 1970-1973
- Ernest LaszloErnest LaszloErnest Laszlo, A.S.C. was a Hungarian-American cinematographer for over 60 films, and was known for his frequent collaborations with directors Robert Aldrich and Stanley Kramer...
1973-1975 - Lester Shorr 1975-1976
- Linwood G. DunnLinwood G. DunnLinwood G. Dunn, A.S.C. was a pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures and inventor of related technology...
1977-1978 - William A. FrakerWilliam A. FrakerWilliam Ashman Fraker, A.S.C., B.S.C. was a cinematographer, film director, and producer. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers honoring his career...
1979-1980 - Harry Wolf 1981-1982
- Ralph Woolsey 1983
- William A. FrakerWilliam A. FrakerWilliam Ashman Fraker, A.S.C., B.S.C. was a cinematographer, film director, and producer. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers honoring his career...
1984 - Stanley CortezStanley CortezStanley Cortez, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He worked on over seventy films, including Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons , Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter , Nunnally Johnson's The Three Faces of Eve , and Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor and The...
1985-1986 - Harry Wolf 1987-1988
- Leonard J. South 1989-1990
- William A. FrakerWilliam A. FrakerWilliam Ashman Fraker, A.S.C., B.S.C. was a cinematographer, film director, and producer. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers honoring his career...
1991-1992 - Victor Kemper 1993-1996
- Owen RoizmanOwen RoizmanOwen Roizman, A.S.C. is a cinematographer and a Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.He is also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers .-Filmography:...
1997 - Woody Omens 1998-1999
- Victor Kemper 1999-2001
- Steven Poster 2002
- Richard Crudo 2003-