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CONTENTS

2 ................. CSC executive

4 ................. president’s message

6 ................. program

9 ................. CSC awards Sponsors

10 ................. Jury Selected Nominees

17 ................. past recipients

21 ................. remarks from the awards Chair

22 ................. CSC Sponsors

24 ................. 2012 Jurors

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CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

2012 EXECUTIVE

president Joan Hutton cscCo-Vice-president ron Stannett csc Carolyn WongSecretary antonin lhotsky cscTreasurer Joseph Sunday phdmembership Co-Chair philip earnshaw csc d. gregor Hagey cscpublicity Co-Chair Nikos evdemon csc Sarah moffateducation Co-chair ernie Kestler dylan macleod cscDirectors ex-officio Michael Jari Davidson John Holosko csc Carlos esteves csc AWARDS COMMITTEE

Chair ron Stannett cscTechnical Chair John HodgsonCommittee members robert Bocking csc albert dunk csc, aSC

george Hosek csc Joan Hutton cscCSC executive director Susan Saranchuk

AWARDS PRODUCTION

Host Carolyn Wong, CSC Co-Vice-presidentdirector luke galloStage manager Sydney KondrussCamera Coordinator ian mclarenCamera Operators Jordan de Biasi alex Sikorsky John Simonassi audio/Visual aVW TelaVShow reel, courtesy of david Oliver, editor, Soho

CSC Office, 131 - 3007 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario M1M 1P1

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55TH CSC AWARDS PROGRAM PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Welcome to the 55th CSC annual awards gala. Tonight is the night

when we celebrate our craft by rejoic-ing and honouring those who have made outstanding contributions to the art of cinematography.

in case you haven’t noticed, there has been a slight change to the name of our awards show. We no longer use the calen-dar year as a label, but instead each gala will now be signified by the chronological age of our organization and celebration. This has been done to acknowledge

our past, to let us know where we stand in the present and to always point towards the future. That’s why this year is the 55th CSC annual awards gala.

Technology in our industry continues to advance in leaps and bounds. What is new today can easily be eclipsed by even newer technology tomorrow. Who would have thought that we’d be able to watch movies, television shows and sports on the internet, let alone on our cell phones. By the way, tonight’s proceedings are being broadcast live on the internet. Working in a constantly changing technological landscape is a challenge for all of us in the film and television industry. But, one steadfast constant, is the artistry and the vision of the cinematographer as the creator and keeper of the image. Nowhere is that more evident than this evening. Truly masters of their craft, this year’s nominees have much to crow about as Canada’s top cinematic talents. Their work, simply put, is stellar and spectacular. i congratulate all of them on their accomplishments!

The 55th CSC awards gala would be a mere shadow of itself without our sponsors. Their unflagging and generous support of the CSC, not only tonight, but with all our endeavours, allows us to vigorously pursue our goal, “to promote and foster the art of cinematography”. i thank all of our sponsors for their assistance, cooperation and collaboration. Together, we can continuously work towards building a healthy and vibrant film and television industry that benefits us all.

an event such as tonight’s, just doesn’t happen. it requires the co-ordinated effort and hard work of many groups and people. it all begins with the CSC volunteer executive board, of which i’m proud to be a member. The success

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of this awards gala, as with all of our events, is born through the direction and guidance of the board. i would to thank everyone on the executive for their time and commitment. i would also like to salute this year’s jury members for a job well done on a difficult task. Sitting in judgement of your peers, to pick tonight’s nominees and winners is not easy. We owe a great debt of gratitude to all our jury members for their time and expertise. i would also like to ac-knowledge the work of our awards Committee, chaired by ron Stannett csc. ron, along with Technical awards chair John Hodgson, committee members Bert dunk csc ASC, robert Bocking csc and george Hosek csc, kept us on the straight and narrow with the rules, regulations and procedures. a very special thank you to CSC executive director Susan Saranchuk who pulls this awards show together each and every year through her talented leadership. and to executive assistant Karen longland for her hard work and dedication in helping produce this year’s awards gala. To everyone involved in making The 55th annual awards gala a success, your efforts as always are much appreciated.

To everyone here tonight, thank you for attending and celebrating the best in cinematography! enjoy the evening!

Joan Hutton csc

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5:30 pmRECEPTION

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7:30 pmOPENING REMARKSJoan Hutton csc, president

8:00 p.m.DINNER & AWARD PRESENTATIONS

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THE CSC PRESENTS THE 55TH ANNUAL CSC AWARDS NOMINEES

STUDENT CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARDSponsored by Panavision Canada

Heather Cameron • There Was Light • york universityYann-Manuel Hernandez • de quel sommeil reviendrons-nous?

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Special Honourees

THE PRESIDENT’S AWARDPaul Bronfman, Chairman and CeO, William F. White international inc.

“For outstanding service to the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.”

Well known for his business acumen as Chairman and CeO of both the Com-web group inc and William F. White international inc, paul Bronfman is also an ardent supporter of the CSC and its pursuits. A firm believer in education for our industry, paul, through his companies, provides the bedrock of equip-ment, facilities, time and expertise on which the CSC builds much of its train-ing programs and workshops. paul’s belief in cinematography and our society’s goals is embodied by the magnanimous donation of a large space for the CSC clubhouse at the William F. White Centre in Toronto. The CSC is honoured to name paul Bronfman as this year’s recipient of the of The president’s award in gratitude for the generosity, guidance and friendship he has shown the society.

THE CAMERA ASSISTANT AWARD OF MERITDean ej Friss,

“For excellence and outstanding professionalism in the performance of the AC duties and responsibilities.”

THE BILL HILSON AWARDDenny Clairmont, president, Clairmont Camera

“For outstanding service contributing to the development of the motion picture industry in Canada.”

denny Clairmont is considered one of the foremost camera and lens techni-cians in the world. it’s been said that there hasn’t been a camera built that he couldn’t improve. as president and co-founder of Clairmont Camera Film and Digital, Denny and his company have modified dozens of motion picture cameras and they’ve invented hundreds more pieces of customized camera equipment that have enabled cinematographers the world over to get that special shot or effect. denny has been honoured twice by the emmys and once by the Oscars for his ingenious technical abilities. denny is also credited with lighting the spark that lead to the development of the Vancouver Film and Television industry. a legend in our industry, The CSC is delighted in presenting denny Clairmont with the 2012 Bill Hilson award.

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THE KODAK NEW CENTURY AWARD Ousama Rawi csc, BSC

“For outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography.”

Ousama rawi began his career as “tea boy” (pa) in a commercial production house in london. His talent behind the lens quickly shone through and Ousa-ma became one of england’s top commercial cinematographers. He repeated his commercial cinematography success in Canada by establishing one of the country’s leading commercial production houses. eventually Ousama moved into long format motion pictures and is now based in Toronto and los angeles. Known as a perfectionist, Ousama is acclaimed for his lush and rich images that are likened to moving pieces of art as exemplified by his work on the highly acclaimed TV series, The Tudors. in recognition of his extraordinary talent and creativity, Ousama is this year’s recipient of the Kodak New Century award.

Director of Photography Awards

ROBERT BROOKS AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

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Samy Inayeh csc • Hedley InvincibleSamy Inayeh csc • Jakalope Magnolia

Adam Marsden csc • City and Colour Fragile Bird

DRAMATIC SHORT CINEMATOGRAPHY

D. Gregor Hagey csc • Artist UnknownD. Gregor Hagey csc • Call of Duty: Operation Kingfish

Matthew J. Lloyd csc • Rodarte Curve of Forgotten ThingsC. Kim Miles csc • Mortal Kombat Legacy

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FRITZ SPIESS AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Todd M. Duym • Obakki Fashion Fall/WinterPierre Gill csc • Le Lait Hiver

Christopher Mably • iKea Couch FortAdam Marsden csc • gS Jewelry

TV DRAMA CINEMATOGRAPHY Sponsored by Sim Video Productions Ltd.

Pierre Gill csc • CyberbullyDavid Moxness csc • The Kennedys “moral issues and inner Turmoil”

Michael Storey csc • John A: Birth of a Country

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David Greene csc • Lost Girl “Barometz, Trick, pressure” David Greene csc • XIII “ep. 101”

Glen Keenan csc • Nikita “partners”Rene Ohashi csc, ASC • Nikita “echoes”

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David Greene csc • The EntitledJon Joffin • Daydream Nation

Ronald Plante csc • Funky TownRonald Plante csc • Monsieur Lazhar

Closing Remarks ron Stannett csc, awards Chair

THE BILL HILSON AWARD

The Bill Hilson award is named after the man who generated and regulated the procedures for film quality control in the early days of CBC Television. This award is presented for outstanding service contributing to the development of the motion picture industry.

paST reCipieNTS

2011 rob Sim2010 evertz microsystems ltd.2009 Frieder Hochheim2008 roger racine csc2007 Helmut Cremer2006 ralph C. ellis2005 Stan Ford2004 michael Spencer2003 ivan putora2002 Wescam2001 ed Higginson csc2000 doug dales1999 maria Topalovich

1998 austin & Joe grimaldi1997 don Hall1996 Colin davis1995 glen Ferrier1994 Bill White1993 robert C. Crone csc1992 Fin Quinn1991 peter edwards1990 gerd Kurz1989 miklos lente csc1988 patrick Spence-Thomas1987 Fred lemmin

1986 Neil Seale1985 imaX1984 edmond l. deFay csc1983 Janet g.m. good1982 robert rouveroy csc1980 Wilson markle csc (Hon)1979 robert Bocking csc1978 Norman C. allin csc1976 robert Brooks csc1974 roy Tash csc1973 Fritz Spiess csc

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THE KODAK NEW CENTURY AWARD

The Kodak New Century award is presented to recognize persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography.

2011 george Willis csc, SaSC

2010 Vic Sarin csc 1998 ernest mcNabb csc2009 pierre letarte csc 1997 rene Ohashi csc, ASC

2008 rodney Charters csc, ASC 1996 miklos lente csc2007 pierre gill csc 1995 laszlo george csc2006 robert mclachlan csc, ASC 1994 roger moride csc2005 Harry makin csc 1993 george morita csc2004 paul Sarossy csc, b SC 1992 manfred guthe csc2003 ron Orieux csc 1991 Kenneth post csc2002 guy dufaux csc 1990 robert Bocking csc2001 John Bartley csc, ASC 1989 robert Brooks csc2000 richard leiterman CSC 1988 mike Smith1999 Bert dunk csc, ASC 1987 Fritz Spiess csc

THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD

The president’s award is presented to recognize persons who have made extraordinary contributions to the CSC.

2011 donald angus2010 david J. Woods 2001 Joseph Sunday phd2009 Nikos evdemon csc 2000 robert Brooks cscformerly the Fujifilm Award 1999 robert rouveroy csc2008 robert Bocking csc 1998 lance Carlson2007 richard Stringer csc 1997 Herbert alpert csc, 2006 Bill White 1996 Jim mercer csc2005 Susan Saranchuk 1995 dr. Wally gentleman csc2004 philip earnshaw csc 1994 Kenneth post csc2003 gerd Kurz 1993 Fritz Spiess csc2002 Joan Hutton csc 1992 m. Jackson-Samuels csc

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Congratulations and Thank You! Clairmont Camera would like to congratulate all of the

2012 CSC Award Winners for a job well done!

We’d also like to thank the CSC for bestowing the 2012 Bill

Hilson Award to our company president, Denny Clairmont.

We pledge our continuing support and efforts towards

advancing the motion picture industry in Canada and look

forward to working with our CSC friends and members.

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Congratulations and Thank You! Clairmont Camera would like to congratulate all of the

2012 CSC Award Winners for a job well done!

We’d also like to thank the CSC for bestowing the 2012 Bill

Hilson Award to our company president, Denny Clairmont.

We pledge our continuing support and efforts towards

advancing the motion picture industry in Canada and look

forward to working with our CSC friends and members.

D e n n y C l a i r m o n t

REMARKS FROM THE AWARDS CHAIR – 2012

after accepting the positions of CSC co-vice president and awards chair it quickly became evident to me that you’re only as good as the people around you. and the people with whom i’ve worked with in the past

year have been the best. The CSC, as a non-profit organization, relies heavily on volunteers and corporate sponsorship to make the wheels of progress turn.

i would like to give a very heartfelt thank you to all the sponsors of the 55th CSC awards gala. your support and interest in the CSC is very much appreci-ated. For all of you at this evening’s gala, please take a moment to look over our gala Sponsor list to acknowledge their contributions to our event. also, please remember, that the support by many of our sponsors goes beyond tonight. it is the year round commitment to the CSC that allows us to pursue endeavors such as training courses and publishing the Canadian Cinematographer magazine.

There were over 150 submissions to our awards competition this year and the caliber of work was terrific. It’s a challenge picking the best from the best, but our juries stepped up to the plate with alacrity. i thank all the jury members for their time and devotion to this important task.

We are one of the few awards shows that still accept 35mm submissions in its features category. i would like to thank Technicolor for the use of their excellent 35mm facility. i would also like to thank Sheridan College’s Screen industries research and Training Centre for the use of their ground-breaking facilities to screen the non-print feature entries. as a sign of the times, less than half of the feature entries were 35mm prints. Thank you SONy for providing state of the art equipment which allowed us to judge all the other categories at the CSC Clubhouse.

a special note of appreciation goes to Soho for allowing us to use an editing suite and to Soho’s talented editor, david Oliver, for editing the awards gala show reel.

i also thank my fellow awards committee members, award’s Technical Chair John Hodgson, robert Bocking csc, Bert dunk csc ASC, george Hosek csc and Joan Hutton csc for their time, input and guidance with this year’s competition.i would also like to give a big round of applause to the CSC executive director Susan Saranchuk for producing this special evening and to Karen longland plus all the volunteers who make the awards show a success.

This awards show would not exist if it were not for all the cinematographers who submitted their work for judging. i say thank you for your trust in the CSC and your commitment to your craft.

in closing, thank you to everyone attending the 55th CSC annual awards gala and helping celebrate the art of cinematography.

ron Stannett cscCSC Co-Vice president and awards Chair

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CSC SALUTES ITS SPONSOR MEMBERS

all axis remote Camera Systemsapplied electronics ltd.

arri Canada ltd.Canon Canada inc.CinequipWhite inc.Clairmont CameraCooke Optics ltd.

dazmo digitaldeluxe Toronto

FuJiFilm Canada FuJiFilm, Optical devices division

image media Farm inc.Kingsway motion picture ltd.

Kino Flo inc.Kodak Canada inc.lee Filters Canada

mole-richardson Co.Osram Sylvania ltd./ltée

panasonic Canadapanavision Canada

pS production ServicesredlaB digitalrosco Canada

Sharp’s BroadcastSim Video productionsSony of Canada ltd.The Source Shop

Technicolor Vistek

William F. White international inc.ZgC inc.

ZTV Broadcast Services

Kodak congratulates all the 2012 CSC Awards Nominees,

Special Honourees and

Ousama Rawi, csc, bsc, recipient of the

Kodak New Century Award,

for his outstanding contribution to the

art of cinematography

A SALUTE

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The CSC would like to thank S.I.R.T. & TECHNICOLOR for Hosting the 2012 Juries

Theatrical features screenings

For their time and effort spent in viewing and adjudicating this year’s CSC entries, the CSC thanks the following:

Jeremy Benning cscJohn Berrie cscBob Bocking cscKim derko csc

Bert dunk csc, aSC

Carlos esteves cscgeorge Hosek cscSamy inayeh csc

antonin lhotsky cscalwyn Kumst csc

Boris mojsovski cscpasha patriki csc

andré pienaar cscpeter rowe csc

michael Savoie cscBret Vandyke csc

Tony Wannamaker csc

Jury Chairrobert Bocking csc

Jury Technical ChairJohn Hodgson

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CSC NOMINEES AND WINNERS.

WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORTCINEMATOGRAPHERS ACROSS CANADA.

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