KODAK Film Awards 2019
In 2019, the KODAK Film Awards expanded to recognize broader accomplishments in the visual arts including industry partners, still photography and other filmic art categories. Kodak also celebrated acclaimed shot-on-film movies and television of the 2019 awards season including BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, Vice, Mother, A Quiet Place, First Man, Shoplifters, Ready Player One, Her Smell, The Walking Dead, and Bad Times at the El Royale.
2019 Honorees
Adam McKay
Kodak Lifetime Achievement
Academy Award® winning writer/director/producer Adam McKay will be the first recipient of the KODAK Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has created an extraordinary body of highly successful and internationally acclaimed motion picture art during their career. McKay’s VICE (Annapurna Pictures), a subversively comedic look at former Vice President Dick Cheney’s rise to become the most powerful VP in history has received 8 Academy Award, 6 BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and marks his 6th feature shot on 35mm film. Most recently, McKay, a double-nominee at this year’s DGA Awards, won for Best Dramatic Series for SUCCESSION (HBO), also shot on film.
Drew Goddard
Auteur Award
In recognition of extraordinary talent, discernment, and unyielding perspective in the field of motion picture arts.
Alex Ross Perry
Auteur Award
In recognition of extraordinary talent, discernment, and unyielding perspective in the field of motion picture arts.
Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Lumiere Award
In recognition of extraordinary artistry, discernment, and unyielding perspective in the field of cinematography.
Chayse Irvin
Lumiere Award
In recognition of extraordinary artistry, discernment, and unyielding perspective in the field of cinematography.
The Walking Dead
Television Series of the Year
In recognition of outstanding creative and cinematic achievement in episodic television.
Grant Singer
Music Film Director of the Year
In recognition of extraordinary talent, discernment and unyielding perspective in the field of music short films.
Brantley Gutierrez
Music Film Director of the Year
In recognition of extraordinary talent, discernment and unyielding perspective in the field of music short films.
Jason Wise
Documentarian of the Year
In recognition of excellence and ingenuity in the craft of documentary filmmaking.
FotoKem
Photochemical Laboratory of the Year
In recognition of outstanding quality and world class service to the motion picture arts and film medium.
New Beverly Cinema
Theatre of the Year
In recognition of exhibition standards and patron services that elevate the cultural and communal experience of cinema.
Norman Seeff
Icon Award
In recognition of outstanding and iconic career achievement in the photographic arts.
Tacita Dean
Visual Artist Award
In recognition of extraordinary talent, discernment, unyielding artistic perspective and commitment to the film medium.
Giles Duley
Humanitarian Award
In recognition of extraordinary courage and the impactful use photographic arts to drive awareness of humanitarian issues.
