Nigel Walters, BSC, new president of Imago

Imago, the Federation of European Cinematographers has appointed Nigel Walters, BSC as its new president. Nigel, currently vice-president of the BSC, was unanimously voted by delegates representing 1400 cinematographers from 27 European nations at Imago's AGM in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in February.

Imago was set up in 1992 by the cinematographic societies of Italy, France, Germany and the UK and exists to promote the activities of cinematographers and their craft.

In his acceptance speech, Nigel reminded the audience that this has been an amazing year for European cinematographers with four of the five Oscar nominations being Imago members. He added that the cultural diversity of Europe is also its strength and noted that BAFTA members voted for La Vie en Rose, Das Leben des Anderes, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as well as Atonement. Nigel set out the priorities for his presidency as the implementation of the model contract for authorship rights and the improvement of working conditions. We wish him all success.