Lubezki nabs top prize at ASC Honours

In the continuation of his honours dominance in feature cinematography this year, Emmanuel Lubezki, the d.p. behind "The Tree of Existence," nabbed the most effective prize within the 26th annual American Society of Cinematographers' kudofest on Sunday evening within the Hollywood and Highland Grand Ballroom.Lubezki's photography round the Terrence Malick film has nearly taken professionals organizations' d.p. laurels up to now, like the large three: The La Film Experts Assn., the NY Film Experts Circle as well as the National Society of Film Experts.Since the ASC inaugurated its honours ceremony in 1986, the invitation-only org's individuals who win and people in the Academy have overlapped 10 occasions, including four in the last six years. Lubezki won the ASC award formerly for 2007's "Kids of Males," which is Oscar-nominated this year for "Tree of Existence."Other individuals who win incorporated Jonathan Freeman for your "21" episode of "Boardwalk Empire" ("21") for starters-hour Episodic Television Series/Pilot Martin Ruhe, who acquired top honors for PBS' "Page Eight" in television movie/miniseries too as with the inaugural Episodic Series or Pilot category, Michael Weaver mentioned the prize for Showtime's "Californication" ("Suicide Solution").Dante Spinotti recognized the Lifetime Achievement laurel from director Michael Mann, with whom he done "Warmth" and "Public Competitors," among other films. Other honorary kudos were handed to Harrison Ford (Board of Goverors award), whose reel incorporated d.p. touchstones "Apocalypse Now" and "Bladerunner" and who gave a distinctive shoutout to dolly grips Francis Kenny (President's award), who uses the Red-colored-colored Epic camera on "Justiified" and known to his acceptance to the ASC as engaging in "the school of advanced visual metaphors" William Wages (Career Achievement in TV) and Fred Godfrey (Bud Stone Award of Distinction). Contact Steve Chagollan at steve.chagollan@variety.com