Refresh for updates… The American Society of Cinematographers is handing out its 40th anniversary ASC Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton, and Deadline is updating the winners as they are announced. See the list below.
The ASCs celebrate the year’s best in cinematography in seven categories spanning feature films, TV, documentaries and music videos. Vying for the marquee the Theatrical Feature Film prize are Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners), Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another), Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme), Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein) and Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams). The same quintet is nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar next weekend.
The ASC’s Theatrical Feature Film winner has gone on to claim the Best Cinematography Oscar nearly half of the time — 18 times in its 39 years — but not last year. Maria‘s Edward Lachman at won the ASC last March, but Lol Crawley took the Academy Award for The Brutalist.
Already tonight, Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko won the Documentary Award for 2000 Meters from Andriivka, with Chernov accepting the honor and saying Babenko remains in Kyiv working. In the Episode of a Half-Hour Series race, Adam Newport-Berra won for Emmy winner The Studio (for the episode “The Oner.”
Also on tap tonight, Frankenstein filmmaker and two-time Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro receives the ASC’s Board of Governors Award tonight. The honor is given to collaborators who champion directors of photography and elevate the visual craft at the heart of cinema.
Additional honorees include Robert Yeoman receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award; M. David Mullen the Career Achievement in Television Award; Cynthia Pusheck the Presidents Award; and Stephen Pizzello, editor-in-chief of American Cinematographer, the ASC Award of Distinction.
Here are the winners of the 2026 ASC Awards revealed so far, following by the remaining nominees:
Winners
Episode of a Half-Hour Series
Adam Newport-Berra, The Studio (“The Oner”)
Documentary Award
Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko, 2000 Meters from Andriivka
Spotlight Award
Mátyás Erdély, Orphan
Nominees
Theatrical Feature Film
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SinnersMichael Bauman One Battle After AnotherDarius Khondji, Marty SupremeDan Laustsen, FrankensteinAdolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Episode of a Half-Hour Series
Adam Bricker, Hacks (“I Love LA”)Fraser Brown, Twisted Metal (“NUY3ARZ”)Paul Daley, The Righteous Gemstones (“Prelude”)Daniel Grant, Murderbot (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)Matthew J. Lloyd, Government Cheese (“Trial and Error”)Adam Newport-Berra, The Studio (“The Oner”)
Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Bauman, Monster: The Ed Gein Story (“Buxum Bird”)Sam Chiplin, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (“Episode One”)Pete Konczal, Black Rabbit (“Isle of Joy”)Matthew Lewis, Adolescence (“Episode Two”)Igor Martinović, Black Rabbit (“Attaf**kinboy”)
Episode of a One-Hour Regular SeriesAlex Disenhof, Task (“Crossings”)Jessica Lee Gagne, Severance (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)Dana Gonzalez, Alien: Earth (“Neverland”)Ben Kutchins, The White Lotus (“Killer Instincts”)Christophe Nuyens, Andor (“I Have Friends Everywhere”)
Spotlight Award
Steven Breckon, The PlagueMátyás Erdély, OrphanKarl Walter Lindenlaub, Amrum
Documentary Award
Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko, 2000 Meters from AndriivkaBrandon Somerhalder, Come See Me in the Good LightLars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen, Folktales
ASC Music Video Award
Jeff Cronenweth, “Supernatural” (Performed by Ariana Grande)Jon Joffin, “False Prophet” (Performed by Pillars of a Twisted City)Jon Joffin, “Visiting Hours” (Performed by Jon Bryant)Juliette Lossky, “Altamaha-ha” (Performed by Stacy Subero)Rodrigo Prieto, “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift)
