Each year, the Society of Camera Operators hosts its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards to honor not only some of the finest examples of camera operating in the past year, but also to shine a spotlight on individuals who have given us a career’s worth of exceptional work behind the camera. It’s a space where people in the industry can come together to celebrate one another’s work and enjoy all the merriment of a Hollywood awards show.
But the thing about having an awards show celebrating the work of camera operators is that you still need people to operate the cameras! That’s where people like Gene Huelsman, David Levisohn and Chris Metcalf come in—just three out of the dozens of people who worked behind the scenes on this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Camera Operator reached out to Huelsman, Levisohn and Metcalf to learn a little bit more about their work as operators and what it’s like working an event surrounded by their peers.
Read the story here on SOC.org
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