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Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS
John Seale, Michael O'Shea and Douglas Kirkland Tabbed for ASC Tributes
By Staff
posted Oct 21, 2010, 12:49 |
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(LOS ANGELES) John Seale, ASC, ACS, Michael D. O'Shea, ASC and Douglas Kirkland
will be honored by their peers during the 25th American Society of Cinematographers
Outstanding Achievement Awards celebration here at the Hyatt Regency Century
Plaza Hotel on February 13, 2011.
"John Seale, Michael O'Shea and Douglas Kirkland have earned the admiration
of our members for their significant contributions to the artistry of image
making, be it motion pictures or still photography," says ASC President Michael
Goi.
Seale will receive the ASC International Award, which is presented annually
to a foreign cinematographer in recognition of extraordinary achievements in
films produced for the global cinema.
O'Shea will receive the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award.
Kirkland will receive the ASC Presidents Award, which is presented to individuals
who have made significant contributions to the art form.
"John, Michael, and Douglas still have their best years ahead of them," says
ASC Awards Committee Chairman Richard Crudo, "but they have earned and deserve
this recognition. They are role models for the next generation."
Seale was born and raised in Australia, where he was a cowboy in the Outback
before launching his career as a news film and documentary cameraman. Seale
has earned more than 40 feature film cinematography credits since 1976. He won
an Oscar� for The English Patient (1996) and received additional nominations
for Witness (1985), Rain Man (1988) and Cold Mountain (2003). His other memorable
films include Children of a Lesser God, The Mosquito Coast, Dead Poets Society,
Gorilla's in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone, Poseidon and the upcoming movie The Tourist. Seale was inducted into
the Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame in 1997.
O'Shea was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he began his career working
as a laborer on the Warner Bros. lot while he was a college student. O'Shea
has compiled an impressive array of cinematography credits for episodic series,
television movies and miniseries. He won an Emmy� for CSI: Miami in 2003 and
other nominations for the episodic series Doogie Howser, M.D. in 1992 and Relativity
in 1997, and for the television movies To Love, Honor and Deceive in 1997 and
The '60s in 1999.
Kirkland was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. During the 1960s and '70s,
he was a staff photographer for Look and Life magazines which featured his portraits
of Jack Nicholson, Marilyn Monroe, Morgan Freeman, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte
Bardot, Judy Garland, Sophia Loren, Charlie Chaplin and many other iconic movie
stars. Kirkland was also a still photographer during the production of more
than 100 motion pictures, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Out
of Africa, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Moulin Rouge. His pictures have been featured
in newspapers, magazines and books around the world. Portraits that Kirkland
has taken of more than 200 cinematographers have also been featured in industry
publications.
For information regarding the 25th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards
visit www.theasc.com or
call 323-969-4333.
Resources:
www.theasc.com
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