2026 ASC Awards Nominees Revealed

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has unveiled the nominees for its 2026 Outstanding Achievement Awards, recognizing excellence across feature films, documentaries, television, and music videos. Winners will be celebrated at the 40th Annual ASC Awards on March 8, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. For those unable to attend in person, the ceremony will be livestreamed on theasc.com.

Below is a complete list of this year’s nominees by category:

Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC for Sinners

Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another

Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for Marty Supreme

Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF for Frankenstein

Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP for Train Dreams

Episode of a Half-Hour Series (Sponsored by RED Digital Cinema)

Adam Bricker, ASC for Hacks (“I Love LA”)

Fraser Brown, CSC for Twisted Metal (“NUY3ARZ”)

Paul Daley for The Righteous Gemstones (“Prelude”)

Daniel Grant for Murderbot (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)

Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC for Government Cheese (“Trial and Error”)

Adam Newport-Berra for The Studio (“The Oner”)

Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Sponsored by ARRI)

Michael Bauman for Monster: The Ed Gein Story (“Buxum Bird”)

Sam Chiplin for The Narrow Road to the Deep North (“Episode One”)

Pete Konczal, ASC for Black Rabbit (“Isle of Joy”)

Matthew Lewis for Adolescence (“Episode Two”)

Igor Martinović for Black Rabbit (“Attaf**kinboy”)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series (Sponsored by Panavision)

Alex Disenhof, ASC for Task (“Crossings”)

Jessica Lee Gagne for Severance (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)

Dana Gonzales, ASC for Alien: Earth (“Neverland”)

Ben Kutchins, ASC for The White Lotus (“Killer Instincts”)

Christophe Nuyens, SBC for Andor (“I Have Friends Everywhere”)

Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)

Steven Breckon for The Plague


Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC for Orphan


Karl-Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK for Amrum


Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon U.S.A.)

Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for 2000 Meters from Andriivka

Brandon Somerhalder for Come See Me in the Good Light

Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen for Folktales

ASC Music Video Award (Sponsored by Nanlux)

Jeff Cronenweth, ASC for “Supernatural” (Performed by Ariana Grande)

Jon Joffin, ASC and Mitchell Baxter for “False Prophet” (Performed by Pillars of a Twisted City)

Jon Joffin, ASC for “Visiting Hours” (Performed by Jon Bryant)

Juliette Lossky for “Altamaha-ha” (Performed by Stacy Subero)

Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC for “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift)

Last year’s ASC feature film winner was Edward Lachman, ASC for his work on Maria.

For information regarding the 40^th ASC Awards, visit www.theasc.com or call 323-969-4333.

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