Founded 1949
50th Anniversary
Congratulations to BSC members Remi Adefarasin, BSC and Richard Greatrex, BSC who have received ASC Award nominations for their cinematography on 'ELIZABETH' and 'SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE'.
The British Society of Cinematographers unveiled a bust of William Friese Greene 1855-1921 entitled 'The First Cinematographer' by Diana Thomson FRBS in the Hallway of the Old House, outside the BSC Club Room at Shepperton Studios on Friday 15th January 1999 to mark the start of their 50th Anniversary Year.
With the support of the Kodak President's Fund, The British Society of Cinematographers
are currently hosting a series of 'Question and Answer' screenings for
cinematography students and camera department personnel at Pinewood Studios.
Following on from LAND GIRLS (Henry Braham BSC) and FIRELIGHT (Nic Morris BSC), HIDEOUS
KINKY (John de Borman) , THE MASK OF ZORRO (Phil Meheux), THE HI -LO COUNTRY was run last
night on 28th January with director of Photography Oliver Stapleton fielding
questions from the floor.
Dante Spinotti, AIC won the BSC Best Cinematography Award 1997-8 for his
outstanding cinematography of 'L.A. CONFIDENTIAL'. The award was announced at Pinewood
Studios at Operators Night on Friday 4th December 1998. The other nominees
included:
Nic Morris BSC
FIRELIGHT
Robert Richardson ASC THE HORSE WHISPERER
Russell Carpenter ASC TITANIC
Eduardo Serra AFC WINGS OF THE
DOVE
Frances Russell
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The Nominations for the above award are as follows.
Nic Morris BSC
FIRELIGHT
Robert Richardson ASC THE HORSE WHISPERER
Dante Spinotti ASC LA
CONFIDENTIAL
Russell Carpenter ASC TITANIC
Eduardo Serra AFC WINGS OF THE
DOVE
The award will be presented at the BSC Operators Night at Pinewood Studios on Friday 4th
December 1998.
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The British Society of Cinematographers are currently hosting a series of 'Question and
Answer' screenings with the Directors of Photography. BSC members, camera department
personnel and students are all welcome.
Following on from LAND GIRLS (Henry Braham BSC) and FIRELIGHT (Nic Morris BSC), HIDEOUS
KINKY photographed by John de Borman will be run at Pinewood on Thursday 19th November
1998.
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The British Society of Cinematographers will be unveiling a bust of William Friese Greene
1855-1921 entitled 'The First Cinematographer' by Diana Thomson FRBS at Shepperton on
Friday 15th January 1999 to mark their 50th Anniversary of the Society which was founded
in 1949.
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THE FOLLOWING CINEMATOGRAPHERS WERE INVITED AND HAVE ACCEPTED FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE
BRITISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS:
Seamus McGarvey,
John Hooper
Chris Howard
Henry Braham
Daf Hobson,
Gavin Finney,
Oliver Curtis.
THE FOLLOWING WERE INVITED AND HAVE ACCEPTED ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BRITISH
SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS:
Steve Alcorn
Ian Foster
Nic Milner
Martin Kenzie
Tony Woodcock.
NEW PATRON MEMBERS ARE
Ice Film Equipment
Men In White Coats
Cirro Lite (Europe) Ltd.
In the New Years Honours List the following BSC members were given the following prestigious honours:
JOE DUNTON - M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire)
OSSIE MORRIS - O.B.E.(Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
At the BSC's annual OPERATORS NIGHT dinner,hosted by president Mike Southon, Alex Thompson won the Best Cinematography award for Hamlet. The prize was presented by Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE, retiring British Film Commissioner. In his acceptance speech Alex praised the crew of both A and B units stating that a DOP never makes a movie on his own.
Jeanne-Pierre Beaviala accepted The Bert Easey Technical Award and praised British Films, saying how they were more appreciated in France than in the UK, "British Films", he said "Were not much ado about nothing"
Mike Southon read the citation and reminisced about two days spent in Jeanne Pierre's company at Madrid Imagen in 1996. He alluded to Jeanne Pierre's prelidiction for smoking all of Mike's supply of Havana cigars. Mike talked of the first time he held the Aaton LTR and what a revelation it was.
In an emotional speech Joe Dunton accepting the John Alcott memorial Award expressed his wish that as conditions and hours got tougher and tougher it was important for all sides of the industry to respect each other and pull together.
In an amusing "double act" Ossie Morris read the citation and presented the BSC Lifetime Acheivment award to Freddie Francis. He talked about their early days together and how short Freddie Francis is compared to him making much play of reducing the height of the microphone for Freddie's acceptance speech.
Sir Sydney samuelson CBE spoke of his work at The British Film Commission and how impressed he was with the new UK government's determination to help the British Film Industry. He spoke passionately about the British Cinematography Trust.
Andy Cooper spoke movingly about his father Freddie Cooper who has recently died. He told two anecdotes that summed up what a marvellous person Freddie was and hoped many in the room would pass on the legion of other stories so that he collect them.
Approximately four thousand pounds was raised for two charities, The Great ormond Street Children's Hospital and the Cinema Benevolent Fund.
Catering was by Silent Movies.
BSC BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD NOMINEES.
John Seale for THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Darius Khondji for EVITA
Alex Thomson for HAMLET
Chris Menges for MICHAEL COLLINS
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