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HYPE WILLIAMS
ULRIKE OTTINGER
ALEX GIBNEY
VANCE BURBERRY
ENERGACAMERIMAGE HONOURS FIVE AHEAD OF 2022 FESTIVAL
accolades include multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Video Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and BET Awards. Ottinger takes the laurels for avant- garde achievements in film. Her surrealist work spans themes of memory, loneliness and existentialism. EnergaCamerimage will be screening four of her films – Ticket of No Return (1979), Prater (2007), Under Snow (2011) and Paris Calligrammes (2020) – in addition to presenting her award. Burberry picks up the Camerimage award for achievements in the field of music videos. His career began with lighting live performances, moving to the US on INXS’s world tour. From there, he transitioned to music videos, working with artists from a range of genres including Guns N’ Roses, Celine Dion and the Weeknd. He says of cinematography: “The imagery must connect the audience emotionally to the story being told.” Finally, Burum is the recipient of the EnergaCamerimage 2022 lifetime achievement award. A UCLA graduate, his early projects include Little House on the Prairie and PBS’s Cosmos . As a cinematographer, he regularly collaborated with Francis Ford Coppola,
The international film festival EnergaCamerimage takes place next month, celebrating achievements in cinematography. In advance of the full programme being released, the organisers have confirmed five cinematographers and directors set to receive accolades during the 2022 event: Alex Gibney, Hype Williams, Ulrike Ottinger, Vance Burberry and Stephen H Burum. Gibney’s award is for outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking. His notable works centre around social and cultural events, as chronicled in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005), Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) and The Crime of the Century (2021). Gibney has also produced biographies on Steve Jobs, Frank Sinatra and Lance Armstrong, directed TV episodes and contributed to journalistic publications. Williams, a director and photographer who mainly works on music videos, advertising campaigns and fashion magazines, will receive the award for achievements in the field of music videos for a director. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, 2Pac, the Notorious BIG and Jay-Z. His previous
Awards in cinematography and direction cover documentaries, feature films, music videos and television series
HIGH PRAISE The EnergaCamerimage Golden Frog is a prestigious accolade for cinematographers
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