Society of Camera Operators
2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
February 24, 2024 | Directors Guild of America
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Recipients of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Larry McConkey, SOC Camera Operator Lifetime Achievement Award
Dave Hilmer Camera Operator – Broadcast & Live Lifetime Achievement Award
Mande Whitaker, SOC Camera Operator – Unscripted Lifetime Achievement Award
Patrick McArdle Camera Technician Lifetime Achievement Award
Rick Marroquin Mobile Camera Platform Operator Lifetime Achievement Award
Claudette Barius Still Photographer Lifetime Achievement Award
2024 CAMERA OPERATORS OF THE YEAR
NOMINEES for FEATURE FILMS:
Mick Froehlich, SOC – Leave the World Behind
Geoffrey Haley, SOC – Chevalier
Ari Issler – Boston Strangler, with Nick Müller, SOC, “B” Camera / Steadicam Operator
Andrew ‘AJ’ Johnson, SOC – Carmen
Juanjo Sánchez, SOC – Society of the Snow, with Manuel Branáa, SOC, Operator de Cámara B
Winners 2024: Juanjo Sánchez, SOC and Manuel Branáa, SOC, Society of the Snow
NOMINEES for TELEVISION:
Dominic Bartolone, SOC – Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, S2E6 “Beat L.A.” with Jessica Cannon, “B” Camera Operator, Justin Cameron, SOC, “C” Camera Operator, and John Lyke, Rollerblade Camera Operator
Neal Bryant, SOC – The Last of Us, S1E3 “Long, Long Time” with Carey Toner, Camera Operator
Don Devine, SOC – Barry S4E2 “Bestest Place on Earth”, with Neal Bryant, SOC, “B” Camera / Steadicam Operator
Mitch Dubin, SOC – Fargo S5E1 “The Tragedy of the Commons”, with Francois Archambault, SOC “B” Camera Operator
Gary Malouf – The Bear S2E10 “The Bear”, with Chris Dame, “B” Camera Operator
Winners 2024: Neal Bryant, SOC and Carey Toner, The Last of Us
Photos by Gianna Iovino and Ethan M. Sigmon