Television Nominees Announced by American Society of Cinematographers
Tuesday January 20, 9:07 am ET

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifteen nominees are vying for top honors in three television categories of the 18th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. Winners will be named at the ASC Awards gala on February 8, at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Episodic nominees are John Aronson for "Dead Wives Club"/CROSSING JORDAN (NBC), Thomas A. Del Ruth, ASC for "7AWF83429"/THE WEST WING (NBC), Jeffrey Jur, ASC for "Pick A Number"/CARNIVALE (HBO), Chris Manley for "Dr. Germ"/THREAT MATRIX (ABC), and Eric Schmidt for "Time to Hate"/COLD CASE (CBS).

Nominations in the TV movie/miniseries/pilot category in the basic cable or pay television competition include Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC for ANGELS IN AMERICA (HBO), Michael Mayers for THE PENTAGON PAPERS (FX), Donald M. Morgan, ASC for OUT OF THE ASHES (Showtime), Tami Reiker for the CARNIVALE pilot (HBO), and Ashley Rowe, BSC for TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE (Showtime).

Nominees in the TV movie/miniseries/pilot category for network television are Pierre Gill, CSC for HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL (CBS), Ernest Holzman, ASC for "The Calling"/MIRACLES pilot (ABC), Michael Mayers for THE LYON'S DEN pilot (NBC), Bill Roe, ASC for the LAS VEGAS pilot (NBC), and Eric Van Haren Noman, ASC for BRUSH WITH FATE (CBS).