Societies & Associations of Cinematographers  -  Miscellaneous

Societies & Associations of Cinematographers

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ABC - Brazil

Associação Brasileira de Cinematografia/Association of Brazilian Cinematographers
Founded in January 2000.

ACS - Australia

Australian Cinematographers Society
The ACS was founded by a group of cinecamera people in Sydney in 1958. Its Articles of Association were finalized in 1960.

ADF - Argentina

Asociación Argentina de Autores de Fotografía Cinematográfica

AEC - Spain

Asociación Española de Autores de Obras Fotográficas Cinematográficas
Founded in 1992 in Rome.

AFC - France

Association Française des Directeurs de la Photographie Cinematographique

Founded in 1990.

AIC - Italy

Associazione Italiana Autori della Fotografia Cinematografica
Founded in 1950.

AIP - Portugal

Associação de Imagem Cinema - Televisão Portuguesa
Founded in 1998.

AMC - Mexico

Sociedad Mexicana de Autores de Fotografía Cinematográfica/Mexican Society of Cinematographers
Founded in 1992.

ASC - USA

American Society of Cinematographers
Formed on 21 December 1918 and replacing the Cinema Camera Club [1913, New York] and the Static Club [1913, California]. The official charter was issued on 8 January 1919. Membership was [and is] by invitation only. William S. Hart and Mary Pickford were the first producers to place the letters 'A.S.C.' after the photographer's name in screen credits.

BSC - UK

British Society of Cinematographers
In 1947, Bert Easey, head of the Denham Studio and Pinewood Studio camera departments, put forward the idea of forming a society of British cinematographers. Most of Britain's cameramen were gathered for an industry dinner at the Orchard Hotel in Ruislip. With the approval of the assembled gathering the British Society of Cinematographers Limited, with 55 original members, was born in September 1949.

BVK - Germany

Bundesverband Kamera/German Society of Cinematographers
Before WWII, Guido Seeber founded the 'Club Deutscher Kameramänner'. The CDK was disbanded during the Third Reich, but it was revived in 1950. In 1980, the organization was replaced by the Bundesverband Kamera.

CSC - Canada

Canadian Society of Cinematographers
The CSC was conceived in 1957 in the lobby of a film studio at Woodbine and Danforth in east-end Toronto. The idea for the Society originated with Herbert Alpert. Alpert said it was 'mostly out of pride' that he felt the need to establish a society similar to the American Society of Cinematographers, despite the small size of the film community in Toronto and in Canada in general.

DFF - Denmark

Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund/Danish Association of Cinematographers
Founded in 1954.

fsf - Sweden

Föreningen Sveriges Filmfotografer/Swedish Society of Cinematographers
Founded in November 1961.

HSC - Hungary

Magyar operatörök társasága/Hungarian Society of Cinematographers
Founded in April 1990.

ICG/Local 600

USA

International Cinematographers Guild [Local 600 IATSE]

IMAGO - Europe

IMAGO - European Federation of Cinematographers
IMAGO was founded in Rome on 13 December 1992 on the initiative of Luciano Tovoli and with the participation of the AIC, AFC, BSC and BVK.

ISC - India

Indian Society of Cinematographers
Founded in December 1995.

JSC - Japan

Japanese Society of Cinematographers
In December 1954, 75 cinematographers affiliated with the major studios founded the Nippon Cinematographers Club. The name was changed to Japanese Society of Cinematographers in 1960.

NSC - Netherlands

Netherlands Society of Cinematographers
Founded in 1994.

SBC - Belgium

Belgian Society of Cinematographers
On 4 April 1993, Luciano Tovoli invited ten Belgian cinematographers for an informal meeting, which was followed a week later by the decision to found an  association. On 11 December the bilingual statutes were signed.

ACO - UK

The Association of Camera Operators

Founded in February 2010. The Association of Camera Operators is a voluntary organization of UK based, professional feature film, commercials and television drama cameramen and camerawomen, specializing in the art of camera operating.

SOC - USA

Society of Camera Operators
The SOC, formed in 1978, is an honorary organization composed of several hundred men and women internationally, who make their living operating film and/or video cameras. The SOC was incorporated in 1981 in California.

Miscellaneous

Aerial Cinematography - technical
AFI Silent Films - catalog
AllMovie Guide - database
Camera Market - buy or sell cameras and lenses
Cinematography.com - news & technical forum

Creative Planet Network - news
Digital Cinema Society - technical

DPTV - online video magazine that supports and

promotes the art of cinematography

DVD Beaver - DVD reviews
Film Schools - worldwide Film Schools directory
IMDb - database
ICFF Manaki Brothers - festival
Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London, UK - Cinematography Course
MovieMaker - magazine
Plus Camerimage - festival