American Cinematographer

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American Cinematographer
The American Cinematographer. 1923-01 Vol. III no. 10 cover.jpg
The American Cinematographer (1923-01 Vol. III no. 10) cover
Categories Cinematography, film
Frequency Monthly
First issueNovember 1, 1920
Country United States
Based in Hollywood, California
Language English
Website theasc.com/american-cinematographer
ISSN 0002-7928

American Cinematographer is a magazine [1] [2] [3] published monthly by the American Society of Cinematographers. It focuses on the art and craft of cinematography, covering domestic and foreign feature productions, television productions, short films, music videos and commercials.

Contents

The emphasis is on interviews with cinematographers, but directors and other filmmakers are often featured as well. Articles include technical how-to pieces, discussions of tools and technologies that affect cinematography, and historical features.

History

The American Society of Cinematographers was founded in 1919. It began publishing American Cinematographer on November 1, 1920, as a twice-monthly four-page newsletter about the ASC and its members. In 1922, the publication went monthly. In 1929, editor Hal Hall started to change the publication; he reformatted it to standard magazine size, increased the page count, and included more articles on amateur filmmaking. For a while during the 1930s, the magazine was devoted to professional cinematography and amateur moviemaking in equal measure. In 1937, the ASC purchased a Spanish bungalow, near Grauman's Chinese Theatre, at 1782 North Orange Drive in Hollywood, California, which remains the Society’s headquarters and is known worldwide as the ASC Clubhouse. In 2019, the Society completed construction of the ASC ARRI Education Center, located behind the Clubhouse. This includes the American Cinematographer offices.

Modern era

Contributors to the magazine include its staff editors, freelance writers, cinematographers (including ASC members) and other filmmakers. The magazine has won several Maggie Awards and Folio: Eddie Awards for editorial excellence, and several awards for individual articles.[ citation needed ]

In 2006, the magazine introduced a digital edition that is produced on the Nxtbook platform and is a replica of the print edition. It's available worldwide at a much lower subscription cost and offers a download option for offline reading.

The magazine's website (please see the "External links" for the official Web site) features content from the print magazine and original web-exclusive reporting, as well as archival stories from the past 100 years.

Chronology of executive editors

See also

Citations

  1. Martin, Douglas (July 26, 2007). "Laszlo Kovacs, Cinematographer, Dies at 74". The New York Times .
  2. Lee, Linda (December 10, 1998). "Framing a Vision, Invisibly Maryse Alberti, an Independent Force in Independent Films". The New York Times .
  3. Turan, Kenneth (July 16, 2010). "Movie review: 'Inception'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on July 20, 2010.

General and cited references