“Greyhound” and “Jurassic Park III” DP Shelly Johnson has been elected fiftieth President of the American Society of Cinematographers.
The ASC board of governors has introduced a brand new slate of officers. Johnson, who takes the reigns from incumbent President Mandy Walker, beforehand served because the org’s president from 2023-25. The Board additionally voted in Vice Presidents Charlie Lieberman, Alice Brooks and John Simmons; Treasurer Charles Minsky; Secretary Scott Cunningham; and Sergeant-at-Arms Chris Chomyn.
“It has been an honor and absolute pleasure to have served as the first female president of the ASC,” stated Walker, who termed out after 4 years on the Board, together with one as president. ”During the last 12 months, I’ve had wonderful help from my board and the ASC workers. “Our membership and the committees we now have in place create a socially vibrant and educational service for our members and the filmmaking community. I’m proud to hand over to Shelly who had served me in this role and has helped make the society what it is today.”
The brand new ASC Board, elected by the group’s energetic membership, consists of Natasha Braier, Russell Carpenter, Richard Crudo, Steven Fierberg, Michael Goi, Tommy Maddox-Upshaw, Erik Messerschmidt, M. David Mullen, Cynthia Pusheck, Nancy Schreiber, and Amy Vincent. Alternate Board Membersinclude Ernest Dickerson, Dejan Georgevich, Suki Mendencevic, Lowell Peterson and Rodney Taylor.
Johnson not too long ago accomplished principal images on the World Struggle II drama “Greyhound 2: The Good Shepherd,” starring Tom Hanks, which is slated for launch later this 12 months. He has a protracted‑operating collaboration with director Joe Johnston that started with “Jurassic Park III” and continued throughout 5 extra options, together with “Hidalgo,” “The Wolfman,” “Lumen” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.” His different characteristic credit embrace “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” “The Last Castle,” “Honest Thief,” “Blacklight,” “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” “Sky High,” Simon West’s “Wild Card,” “Boundless,” “Elevation” and the upcoming “Summerhouse.”
Johnson says, “The ASC has been instrumental in shaping cinematography since its earliest days. At its core, great cinematography is rooted in a deeply human point of view—where every image reflects the cinematographer’s personal vision shaped by sensitivity, intuition and intent. That perspective is developed through dialogue with peers, and sustained through a tradition of mentorship, linking one generation of image-makers to the next.” He provides, “The ASC will continue to foster this exchange, creating a space where artistry and innovation meet—balancing rapid technological change with the application of tools that serve expression, rather than define it.”
Via a variety of trade packages and initiatives, the ASC advances its mission to encourage the subsequent era of cinematographers and elevate the artwork of filmmaking.
Greater than 20 committees information the Society’s work, together with the award‑profitable Movement Imaging Know-how Council (MITC), established in 2003 to look at how rising applied sciences impression the imaging chain in help of filmmakers’ inventive targets.
The Imaginative and prescient Committee champions the development of underrepresented cinematographers, their crews and different filmmakers. The Society additionally gives regional and worldwide Grasp Courses led by ASC members, hosts Clubhouse Conversations with filmmakers discussing acclaimed work, and helps movie‑faculty engagement by way of the Schooling & Outreach Committee.
