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Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS
Morgan Freeman Tabbed for ASC Board of Governors Award
By Staff
posted Feb 22, 2010, 16:06 |
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(Los Angeles, CA) Oscar®-winning actor Morgan Freeman will receive the
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, which is
presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to advancing
the art of filmmaking. Freeman will be feted during the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding
Achievement Awards celebration here on February 27, at the Century Plaza Hotel.
"Morgan Freeman is a consummate actor and producer who devotes his considerable
talent and influence to projects that make a difference," says ASC President
Michael Goi. "His avid participation on films with subjects such as slavery,
apartheid and the Hollywood blacklist reflect his desire to inform the world
through his art."
Freeman joins an illustrious list of previous Board of Governors Award recipients,
which includes Gregory Peck, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster,
Robert Wise, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, Warren Beatty, Sally Field,
Stanley Donen, Norman Jewison, Irwin Winkler, Sydney Pollack, Ron Howard, Gil
Cates, and Christopher Nolan, among others.
"Morgan Freeman makes every film he is in better with both his talent as
an actor and his presence on the set," says Richard Crudo, ASC, chairman
of the organization's Awards Committee. "He inspires everyone around him.
Every one of our members who has worked with him has cherished memories to share."
Freeman won an Academy Award® in 2005 for his performance in Million Dollar
Baby. He was also nominated for Oscars for his performances in Street Smart
(1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and The Shawshank Redemption (1995). His other
memorable credits include The Dark Knight, Wanted, The Bucket List, Batman Begins,
Se7en, Unforgiven, and his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Invictus.
The versatile actor also narrated the Academy Award-winning documentary film
March of the Penguins and has served as executive producer on a growing list
of films, including Invictus, The Maiden Heist, 10 Items or Less, Levity, Along
Came a Spider and Under Suspicion.
Freeman and Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment in 1997. The company
has produced and co-produced 10 films, including Invictus, and has various other
projects in development, among them, the upcoming Discovery series Through the
Wormhole. The company also co-produced the ASC's 2009 Camera Assessment Series,
an ambitious undertaking designed to give cinematographers and filmmakers information
about various motion picture cameras and the images they produce. McCreary served
the project as producer, and Freeman narrated the resulting film.
The ASC was chartered in January 1919. There are more than 300 active members
of ASC, and 150-plus associate members from sectors of the industry that support
the art and craft of filmmaking. Membership and associate membership is by invitation
based on contributions that individuals have made to advance the art of visual
storytelling.
For more information regarding the 24th ASC Awards, visit www.theasc.com,
or call 323-969-4333.
Resources:
The American Society of Cinematographers (The ASC):www.theasc.com
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