During the Society of Camera Operator’s Lifetime Achievement Awards this February, three operators were recognized as Camera Operators of the Year. Daniel Bishop SOC | ASSOC BSC | ACO was recognized in the Film category for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front, and the operating team of Dave Chameides, SOC, and Cristian Trova received the Television award for their work on the fourth and final season of Ozark.
Camera Operator invited this year’s Camera Operator of the Year recipients to participate in a conversation to discuss the awards, their work, and the ins-and-outs of working as a camera operator.
All Quiet on the Western Front shows the horrors of the First World War through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists out of exuberant patriotic pride only to find the realities of war are far from what he imagined. Directed by Edward Berger from a screenplay by Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell, the film stars Felix Krammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, and Daniel Brühl.
Ozark follows Marty Byrde and his family as they attempt to get make good on a bad money-laundering scheme by starting up an even bigger one. The series was created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams and stars Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, and Julia Garner.
Watch the conversation here on SOC.org
