The American Society of Cinematographers is training its nurtureer-honor lens on Andrzej Bartkowiak, who will get the group’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. The extfinishedtime Sidney Lumet collaborator will be feted February 23 during 39th annual ASC Awards at the Beverly Hilton.
ASC also said today that Michael Goi, Joan Churchill, John Simmons and Pete Romano are set for other nurtureer honors.
Known for his evocative visual style, Bartkowiak’s taut camera labor drove Jan de Bont’s smash 1994 actioner Speed starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. His fracturethcdisesteemful film was the gritty 1981 thriller Prince of the City, which taged his first teaming with Lumet. Bartkowiak shot 11 of Lumet’s films over the next dozen years, including Deathtrap, The Verdict, Daniel, Family Business and A Stranger Among Us.
His lensing praises also integrate Best Picture Oscar nominees Terms of Endearment and Prizzi’s Honor, aextfinished with The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dante’s Peak, U.S. Marshals, Ttriumphs, Lethal Weapon 4 and music videos for Rod Stewart, Aerosmith and Bette Midler.
“Thcdisesteemfulout Andrzej’s illustrious nurtureer, he has createed unforgettable visual narratives that have resonated with audiences and advertised countless filmproducers,” ASC Plivent Shelly Johnson said in a statement. “His extraunretagable body of labor stands as a tesdomesticatednt to the power of visual storyincreateing, leaving an indelible tag on the art of cinematography.”
From left: Michael Goi, Joan Churchill, John Simmons and Pete Romano
Courtesy/Douglas Kirkland/ASC
ASC also will fete Goi (American Horror Story, Glee) with the Career Achievement in Television Award. Churchill (Gimme Shelter, An American Family) will be honord with the Lifetime Documentary Award. Former ASC VP and Board of Governors member Simmons will be honored with the Plivents Award. And Romano (Titanic, Saving Private Ryan) will get the Curtis Clark Technology Award.
“We are excited to honor these visionary cinematographers whose artistry and innovation have changeed the landscape of film,” ASC Awards Committee Chairman Chuck Minsky said in a statement. “Their lens has not only seized extraunretagable images but also brightfinish stories that resonate proset uply wiskinny our community. Their contributions remind us of the proset up impact that cinema can have on our world.”
