Awards
He was awarded the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 by the American Society of Cinematographers.
He has been nominated for five Academy Awards, each time in the field of cinematography. The first nomination came in 1983 for the film The Right Stuff. His second was in 1984 for The Natural. A third came in 1996 for Fly Away Home, then a fourth in 2000 for The Patriot and finally a fifth for his work in The Passion of the Christ.
He also won the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award for his work in The Patriot.
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