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The American Society of Cinematographers has trained its lens on the nominees for the 2026 ASC Awards. See the full list below.
The ASCs celebrate the year’s best in cinematography in seven categories spanning feature films, TV, documentaries and music videos. Winners will be feted during the 40th anniversary ASCs ceremony at The Beverly Hilton on March 8, a week before the Oscars. The show will be livestreamed at asc.com.
Vying for the marquee the Theatrical Feature Film prize are Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners), Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another), Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme), Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein) and
Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams).
The ASC’s Theatrical Feature Film winner has gone on to claim the Best Cinematography Oscar nearly half of the time — 18 times in its 39 years — but not last year. Maria‘s Edward Lachman at won the ASC back in March, but Lol Crawley took the Academy Award for The Brutalist.
Here are the nominees for the 2026 ASC Awards:
Theatrical Feature Film
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Michael Bauman One Battle After Another
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Episode of a Half-Hour Series
Adam Bricker, Hacks (“I Love LA”)
Fraser Brown, Twisted Metal (“NUY3ARZ”)
Paul Daley, The Righteous Gemstones (“Prelude”)
Daniel Grant, Murderbot (“Escape Velocity Protocol”)
Matthew J. Lloyd, Government Cheese (“Trial and Error”)
Adam Newport-Berra, The Studio (“The Oner”)
Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Bauman, Monster: The Ed Gein Story (“Buxum Bird”)
Sam Chiplin, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (“Episode One”)
Pete Konczal, Black Rabbit (“Isle of Joy”)
Matthew Lewis, Adolescence (“Episode Two”)
Igor Martinović, Black Rabbit (“Attaf**kinboy”)
Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series
Alex Disenhof, Task (“Crossings”)
Jessica Lee Gagne, Severance (“Hello, Ms. Cobel”)
Dana Gonzalez, Alien: Earth (“Neverland”)
Ben Kutchins, The White Lotus (“Killer Instincts”)
Christophe Nuyens, Andor (“I Have Friends Everywhere”)
Spotlight Award
Steven Breckon, The Plague
Mátyás Erdély, Orphan
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Amrum
Documentary Award
Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko, 2000 Meters from Andriivka
Brandon Somerhalder, Come See Me in the Good Light
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen, Folktales
ASC Music Video Award
Jeff Cronenweth, “Supernatural” (Performed by Ariana Grande)
Jon Joffin, “False Prophet” (Performed by Pillars of a Twisted City)
Jon Joffin, “Visiting Hours” (Performed by Jon Bryant)
Juliette Lossky, “Altamaha-ha” (Performed by Stacy Subero)
Rodrigo Prieto, “The Fate of Ophelia” (Performed by Taylor Swift)
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