The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) was honored this year to present the Governor’s Award to Mr. Michael Keaton for his extraordinary body of work and commitment to the craft of Camera Operating on February 11, 2017 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.
Mr. Keaton’s most recent successes with Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Spotlight, and The Founder are examples of his expanding creative genius and the depth and variety of his performances. Mr. Keaton has also been in the director’s chair with The Merry Gentlemen, starring Mary McDonald.
The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) advances the art, craft, and creative contributions of the Camera Operator. The SOC is an internationally recognized professional honorary society. The core activities of the Society are the annual SOC Awards, publishing the Society’s magazine Camera Operator and our charitable commitment to The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
SOC AWARDS 2017- Nominees and Honorees
SOC Camera Operator Lifetime Achievement Award
Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown
SOC Camera Technician Lifetime Achievement Award
Bobby Mancuso
Bobby Mancuso
SOC Still Photographer Lifetime Achievement Award
Phil Caruso
Phil Caruso
La La Land Camera Operator Ari Robbins
won SOC Feature Film Award.
Andrew Mitchell won the SOC Television Camera Operator Award
for The People v. OJ Simpson: America Crime Story.
for The People v. OJ Simpson: America Crime Story.
SOC Mobile Camera Platform Operator Lifetime
Achievement Award Mike Moad
SOC Technical Achievement Award
That Cat: The Patented Silent Cat Camera Slider
SOC Technical Achievement Award
SHOTOVER: K1 6-Axis Stabilizer
Camera Operator of the Year - Film
Nominees:
Stephen Campanelli, SOC – Sully
David Emmerichs, SOC – Nocturnal Animals
Mark Goellnicht, SOC – Hacksaw Ridge
Petr Hlinomaz – Manchester By the Sea
Jacques Jouffret, SOC – Deep Water Horizon
Ari Robbins, SOC – La La Land -WINNER
Camera Operator of the Year - Television
Nominees:
Andrew Mitchell, SOC – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story- WINNER
Ben Semanoff, SOC & Bruce MacCallum, SOC – The Night Of
Steven Matzinger & Greg Smith – Westworld
Bob Gorelick, SOC – Stranger Things
Aaron Medick, SOC – Mr. Robot
Sean Savage, Assoc. BSC & ACO – Game of Thrones
La La Land Camera Operator Ari Robbins Won SOC Feature Film Award.
Phil Caruso was handed the SOC Still Photography Lifetime Achievement Award.
Phil Caruso was handed the SOC Still Photography Lifetime Achievement Award.
Steadicam Inventor/operator Garret Brown received Camera Operator Lifetime
Achievement Award. The Honorees and winner are accompanied by SOC
President George Billinger.
John Toll, ASC presented the SOC Mobile Camera Platform Operator Lifetime
Achievement Award to Mike Moad
Dr Thomas Lee, Vision Center, Children Hospital Los Angeles &
Nichole Huenergardt, Chapman /Leonard Studio Equipment
Caleb Deschanel, ASC presented the SOC Camera Operator
Lifetime Achievement Award to Garrett Brown
Tim Smith, Amy Kawadler, & Canon EOS Digital Cinema team
attended the award ceremony
Ari Robbins, SOC addresses the audience on his experiences camera operating
the multi-award winner feature film "La La Land"For a extensive gallery of photos of the SOC Awards visit: SOC Awards 2017 Albums
