On Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency in Century City, Austrian born cinematographer Christian Berger ACC, took top honors at the 24th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards for his masterly neo-realist look in black and white photography on the German language drama "The White Ribbon" (Das Wiese Band) by Palme D'Or 2009 winner director, Michael Haneke. The White Ribbon, Berger and Haneke are also nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film for the upcoming 82nd Academy Awards. 
Steven Poster , ASC and guest
Bill Bennett, ASC and guests
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC and Tim Roth
Daryn Okada, ASC and Zooey Deschanel
Jack Green ASC, Dicky Deats and Jack Green. Jr.
Larry Parker accepting his honorary ASC membership
Richard Crudo, ASC and Robyn Rosenfeld
Julio Macat ASC, Spanish Goya Award Winner
Javier Aguisarrobe and Vilmos Zgimond, ASC
Ron Garcia, ASC and guest
Christian Tschida, Sebastian Lumme, Geoffrey Chapell
Dan Kneece, SOC and guest
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC and guests
Mr.and Mrs. Ron Vidor, SOC
Wally Pfister, ASC and guests
Emily Deschanel
Mary Jo Deschanel and Daryn Okada, ASC
Michael Negrin, ASC presenting the ASC Presidents
Award tio his father Sol Negrin, ASC
Morgan Freeman, ASC Board of Governors recipient
and Michael Goi, ASC President
Mrs.and Mr. Sol Negrin, ASC and Chris Doyle
Mr.and Mrs.Benji Bakshi
Shawn Steiner and guests
The ASC was founded during the dawn on the industry in 1919 for the purpose of advancing the evolving art and craft of filmmaking. There are more than 300 members today from countries around the world. ASC also has some 150 associate members from allied sectors of the motion picture and television industries. For more information about the ASC, visit www.theasc.com
George Leon photo ©2010
