The Canadian Society of Cinematographers celebrated its 65th annual awards ceremony recently, honoring outstanding talent in the industry. Notable achievements include Brendan Steacy, CSC, ASC, who received the award for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series – Non-Commercial for his exceptional work on the “Hot Hot Hot” episode of the hit Netflix series Painkiller, color graded by Senior Colorist Joanne Rourke.

Jon Joffin, ASC was honored with two awards, including Best Cinematography in a Half-Hour Scripted Series for his outstanding contributions to the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon!, particularly the episode “Something Real,” which featured color grading by Senior Colorist Jill Bogdanowicz.

Christopher Lew, CSC, also earned significant recognition, winning multiple awards including Best Dramatic Short Cinematography for ‘Closing Dynasty,’ skillfully graded by Senior Colorist Joseph Bicknell.

Congratulations to all the winners for their exceptional achievements.

To view the complete list of winners, click here.

WINNERS

Painkiller – ‘Hot Hot Hot’

Dramatic Series Cinematography – Non-Commercial | Brendan Steacy, CSC ASC  

• Color | Joanne Rourke  
• Additional Color | Ian Passy   
• Finishing Editor | Darren Hinchy   
• Color Producer | Jacob Blum 
• Director | Peter Berg   
• DP | Brendan Steacy, CSC ASC  
• Editor | Geofrey Hildrew, ACE
• Production Design | Melanie Paizis Jones

Schmigadoon! – ‘Something Real’

Half Hour Scripted Series | Jon Joffin, ASC

• Supervising Color | Jill Bogdanowicz 
• Color | Bob Festa 
• Finishing Editor | Jason Keehne 
• Dailies | Jaan Spirka 
• Color Production | Sean Holland, Deb Gutierrez 
• Director | Alice Mathias
• DP | Jon Joffin, ASC
• Editor | Liza Cardinale, ACE 
• Production Design | Jamie Walker McCall 

Closing Dynasty

Dramatic Short Cinematography | Christopher Lew 

• Color | Joseph Bicknell 
• Director | Lloyd Lee Choi 
• DP | Christopher Lew 
• Editor | Ashley Ingbretson 
• Production Design | Chen-Wei Liao