Acclaimed cinematographer James Chressanthis, ASC, will present a lecture at 糖心传媒鈥檚 French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Ave.) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 as part of the annual Nebraska Collegiate Media Association鈥檚 (NCMA) Golden Leaf Awards. The event is free and open to the public. This presentation is made possible through the NCMA鈥檚 affiliation with Canon USA鈥檚 Explorers of Light program.
Chressanthis is a filmmaker who has earned a diverse range of nearly forty credits since the early 1990s, including studio motion pictures, independent features, television movies, episodic drama series and documentaries. His cinematography has been nominated for an Emmy庐 twice: for 鈥淔our Minutes,鈥 Roger Bannister鈥檚 quest to break the four minute mile barrier and the acclaimed mini-series 鈥淟ife With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.鈥
He also shot critical additional 1st Unit photography on the Oscar庐 鈥 winning 鈥淐hicago.鈥 Other notable credits include 鈥淯rban Legend,鈥 the controversial mini-series 鈥淭he Reagans,鈥 鈥溾3鈥 (The Dale Earnhardt Story),鈥 鈥淭he Music Man,鈥 鈥淓loise at the Plaza鈥 and 鈥淓loise at Christmastime鈥 (both with Julie Andrews), 鈥淛udas Kiss鈥 and 鈥淏rian鈥檚 Song.鈥
His feature film directing debut was 鈥淣o Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,鈥 about the legendary Hungarian cinematographers, and the 鈥淎merican New Wave,鈥 premiered as an official selection of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has been seen in more than twenty-five film festivals worldwide culminating with a national broadcast on PBS and his third Emmy庐 Nomination for Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming. Chressanthis trained as a sculptor and today exhibits large mixed media digital prints and paintings when he is not shooting films.
Chressanthis鈥 appearance is sponsored by Canon USA鈥檚 Explorers of Light program which emerged in 1995 as a broad-ranging initiative for photographic education and inspiration. Today, the program is comprised of dozens of the most influential photographers and cinematographers in the world, each a master of their creative specialty. The Explorers share their photographic passions and technical expertise with eager audiences of photo professionals, hobbyists, and enthusiasts in a variety of personal appearances, seminars, and gallery showings through the United States. Examples of the Explorers’ work may be found online at the Explorers of Light Gallery, as well as numerous museums, galleries and publications.
The Nebraska Collegiate Media Association is the group of media programs at Nebraska鈥檚 small four-year and two-year colleges, represents more than 400 media students statewide, and sponsors the annual Golden Leaf Awards & Convention one of the member schools. 糖心传媒鈥檚 Department of Journalism & Media Arts is hosting this year鈥檚 convention.