The 28th American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 1, 2014, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2013.
The film nominees were announced on January 8, 2014. A three-way tie boosted the number of film nominees to seven. Sean Bobbitt, Philippe Le Sourd, and Phedon Papamichael received their first nominations in the film category (though Papamichael has received prior nominations for his TV work).
This year also marked the inaugural Spotlight Award "to recognize outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries typically screened at film festivals, internationally or in limited theatrical release". The nominees were announced on January 14, 2014.
With his third win in the film cinematography category, Emmanuel Lubezki joined Roger Deakins and Conrad L. Hall as the only cinematographers to have won the award more than twice.
Winners and nominees
Board of Directors Award
awarded to writer-director-producer John Wells.
Film
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC – Gravity
Barry Ackroyd, BSC – Captain Phillips
Sean Bobbitt, BSC – 12 Years a Slave
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC – Prisoners
Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC – Inside Llewyn Davis
Philippe Le Sourd – The Grandmaster
Phedon Papamichael, ASC – Nebraska
Spotlight Award
Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski – Ida
Mark Lee Ping Bin – Renoir
Camille Cottagnoud – Winter Nomads
Television
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in One-Hour Episodic Television Series
Jonathan Freeman, ASC – Game of Thrones (Episode: "Valar Dohaeris") (HBO) Steven Bernstein, ASC – Magic City (Episode: "The Sins of the Father") (Starz) David Franco – Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Erlkönig") (HBO) Pierre Gill, CSC – The Borgias (Episode: "The Purge") (Showtime) David Greene, CSC – Beauty and the Beast (Episode: "Tough Love") (The CW) Anette Haellmigk – Game of Thrones (Episode: "Kissed by Fire") (HBO) Kramer Morgenthau, ASC – Sleepy Hollow (Episode: "Pilot") (Fox) Ousama Rawi, BSC, CSC – Dracula (Episode: "The Blood Is the Life") (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Half-Hour Episodic Series
Blake McClure – Drunk History (Episode: "Detroit") (Comedy Central) Peter Levy, ASC, ACS – House of Lies (Episode: "The Runner Stumbles") (Showtime) Matthew J. Lloyd, CSC – Alpha House (Episode: "Pilot") (Amazon)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie/Miniseries
Jeremy Benning, CSC – Killing Lincoln (National Geographic) David Luther – The White Queen (Episode: "War at First Hand") (Starz) Ashley Rowe, BSC – Dancing on the Edge (Episode: "Episode 1.1") (Starz)
Other awards
ASC International Award: Eduardo Serra
Bud Stone Award of Distinction: Beverly Wood
Career Achievement in Television: Richard M. Rawlings Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award: Dean Cundey