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ASC and American Cinematheque Celebrate First Annual Festival of Cinematography Hundreds of film goers helped the ASC and American Cinematheque inaugurate the First Annual Festival of Cinematography at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles from April 18-20. The films screened were a litany of Oscar winners and classics from several eras of American cinema, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Deliverance, Taxi Driver, Reflections of Fear, The Virgin Suicides and Matewan. Many of the screenings featured lively discussions involving the cinematographers responsible for the celebrated and indelible images which were showcased. Click on the images to enlarge. American Cinematheque's Dennis Bartok chatted with Zsigmond about his Oscar-nominated work on Deliverance. Okada talks with Fraker about Reflections of Fear, his directorial entrée that teamed him with Laszlo Kovacs, ASC. After the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid screening, Woody Omens, left, conducted a conversation about Conrad L. Hall, ASC with Daryn Okada, ASC (second from left,) Bill Fraker, ASC and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC. Festival attendees peruse complimentary issues of American Cinematographer magazine in the lobby of the Egyptian Theatre.

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