March 2024 Issue of American Cinematographer

The March 2024 issue shines a spotlight on this year’s ASC Award honorees, featuring profiles of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don Burgess, ASC; Career Achievement in Television Award recipient Steven Fierberg, ASC; Presidents Award recipient Amy Vincent, ASC; and Board of Governors Award recipient Spike Lee. Also featured are looks at film capture on LED walls and the making of the music video for the Police’s “Every Breath You Take.”

• President’s Desk: ASC President Shelly Johnson reflects on the many contributions the late Victor J. Kemper, ASC made to the Society and to the art of cinema.

• ASC Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Don Burgess, ASC reflects on his career — including his longstanding collaboration with Robert Zemeckis — and the critical personal and professional support he received from the very beginning.

• ASC Career Achievement in Television Award honoree Steven Fierberg, ASC traces his career from its humble beginnings in New York City to the creative highs of television’s Entourage, The Affair and Emily in Paris.

• ASC Presidents Award honoree Amy Vincent, ASC discusses the synergy that drives her work and why mentorship and education are at the heart of it.

• A portrait of ASC Board of Governors honoree Spike Lee — featuring observations from ASC cinematographers Ernest Dickerson, Ellen Kuras, and Newton Thomas Sigel, among others — illuminates why the Society’s recognition is well deserved.

• ASC associate member/AC technical editor Jay Holben reports on a recent test of shooting film on LED walls.

• Short Takes: Daniel Pearl, ASC pens this account of shooting the music video for the Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” a classic of the genre.

• In Memoria: A tribute to John Bailey, ASC highlights the blog he wrote for AC for 12 years, and a tribute to Victor J. Kemper, ASC includes an appreciation by friend and colleague Richard Crudo, ASC.

• New Products & Services: A look at some noteworthy tools for virtual production.

• Wrap Shot: Martin Scorsese receives the 1995 ASC Board of Governors Award.