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Super 16 Dream: HURT LOCKER Wins Best Picture oscar
THE HURT LOCKER took home
top honors at the 82nd Academy
Awards, garnering Best
Director for Kathryn Bigelow
and Best Motion Picture of the
Year. The Iraq war film following
a maverick bomb technician
played by Jeremy Renner marks
the first time a female has ever
won the Oscar for directing.
To transport audiences into the reality of
the high intensity, emotionally charged
experience of a bomb squad, the filmmakers
chose to capture scenes on
Super 16. Since the film was independently
financed, the lower cost of
Super 16 was certainly appealing. This
decision was not solely determined by
budget, the filmmakers also wanted to
take advantage of the high production
value the Super 16 look brought, along
with great versatility of the medium.
Bigelow wanted to show multiple points of
Christian Berger
Christian Berger, AAC, Alar Kivilo,
ASC, CSC and Eagle Egilsson claimed
top honors in the three competitive
categories at the 24th Annual American
Society of Cinematographers
(ASC) Outstanding Achievement
Awards celebration at the Hyatt Regency
Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on
Feb. 27, 2010.
Berger, who hails from Austria, won the
feature film competition for THE WHITE RIBBON.
Egilsson, a native of Iceland, earned top
accolades in the episodic category for
DARK BLUE (VENICE KINGS). Kivilo, who is
photo: Phil McCarten
view with four handheld cameras simultaneously
for the majority of the production.
This portability was an important factor while
shooting on location in Jordan.
Bigelow enlisted cinematographer Barry
Ackroyd, BSC, who is known for putting
viewers right in the moment – as seen on
productions like UNITED 93 and BATTLE
FOR SEATTLE.
THE HURT LOCKER was Ackroyd’s first Oscar
nomination for Best Cinematography.
“Everything about this movie – the directing,
script, camera work, music, editing – was
conceived from the beginning with the
single goal of creating that heightened
sense of realism that underscores the tension,
without losing the layering of these complicated
characters,” says Bigelow.
Outstanding performances also brought
much acclaim to the film PRECIOUS, shot
on ARRICAMs provided by ARRI CSC.
ASC Celebrates International
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from Canada, was the recipient of the television
movie/miniseries award for TAKING
CHANCE.
The other nominees in the feature film category
were Barry Ackroyd, BSC for THE HURT
LOCKER, Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for NINE
Mauro Fiore, ASC for AVATAR and Robert
Richardson, ASC for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.
Nominated for Best Picture, directing, film
editing, Best Actress, adapted screenplay
and supporting actress, the independent film
took home Oscars for the last two categories.
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photo: Phil McCarten
C a m e r a
The American Society of Cinematographers
is a non-profit association dedicated to
advancing the art of filmmaking. Since its
charter in 1919, the ASC has been committed
to educating aspiring filmmakers and others
about the art and craft of cinematography.
Currently, the membership roster comprises
302 cinematographers who hail from about
20 different countries.
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Kathryn Bigelow
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