ASC awards Tree of Life’s Emmanuel Lubezki
The Australian Cinematographers Society has awarded Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC with the 2012 ACS International Award for Cinematography for his work on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. The pair have collaborated again on Malick’s new film Lawless, currently in production.
The announcement:
The Australian Cinematographers Society National President, Ron Johanson ACS announced in Sydney today that renowned cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC is the recipient of the 2012 ACS International Award for Cinematography for his work on the Terrence Malick film, “The Tree of Life”. This is the second time Lubezki has been the recipient of this Award, having won previously with “Children of Men”.
Mr. Lubezki’s body of work includes, Burn after Reading, The New World, Sleepy Hollow, Ali, Meet Joe Black and is currently shooting Lawless, again with Terrance Malick. His longstanding and successful collaboration with Director, Terrence Malick, is well documented.
Previous recipients have been Dion Beebe ACS ASC, Roger Deakins BSC ASC, Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC, Anthony Dod Mantle BSC DFF and Robert Richardson ASC.
The award will be presented at the ACS 2012 National Awards for Cinematography in Sydney on Saturday, May 5. Tickets are available at www.cinematographer.org.au
Source: Australian Cinematographers Society press release
