Robert Richardson, ASC won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2012 with HUGO

[Sanjin Jukic]

Robert Richardson, ASC won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2012 with HUGO.

Congratulations Bob!!!

This Oscar was his third out of seven career nominations.

Previously he won for THE AVIATOR and JFK.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Robert-Richardson/107840342572495

 

[Carlos Reyes]

Would have loved to see tree of life take this category. Hugo was beautiful cinematography wise, but also a lot of vfx

That said I really, really enjoyed Hugo, congratulations to that team they deserved it

 

[Matt Ryan]

Would have loved to see tree of life take this category. Hugo was beautiful cinematography wise, but also a lot of vfx

That said I really, really enjoyed Hugo, congratulations to that team they deserved it

Remember Avatar and DP Mauro Fiore's win? That was almost completely vfx.

Congrats to Bob!

 

[albert rudnicki]

It was beautifully shot, but I got really annoyed by having that back light in every single shot; including reverse.

 

[Philipe Ratton]

Richardson is one of my favorites but this was Lubezky's year, no question about it.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I never saw Bob that nervous before! I truly think he believed The Artist was gonna win.

He's a terrific guy, very talented, and really deserved the award. Hugo​ was a beautiful, groundbreaking film in many ways.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Richardson himself was also surprised:

He’s on his third statue – after “JFK” and “The Aviator.”

He thought “Tree of Life” would win.

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[Patrick Tresch]

I found Hugo's image very unpleasingly post produced over colored and with a highly CGIed look. Richardson is the finest cinematographer In Hollywood and I admire his work. I think he did what they asked for. But this picture is not his best cinematography work of the year. IMHO...

Pat

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

I found Hugo's image very unpleasingly post produced over colored and with a highly CGIed look. Richardson is the finest cinematographer In Hollywood and I admire his work. I think he did what they asked for. But this picture is not his best cinematography work of the year. IMHO...

Pat

Agree.

Also I didn't like HUGO's image look at all.

 

[emil tanem]

I found it interesting that Robert immediately commented on the cinematography award beeing first. What do you think of the issue - if there is one?

 

[Marc Wielage]

Also I didn't like HUGO's image look at all.

Have you seen the recent Blu-ray release? I think it's actually quite beautiful, and deserved the award. The "making of" documentaries are also quite good. It's pretty stunning, the number of physical sets vs. green screen work on the film. Very, very intricate filmmaking, and as far as I'm concerned, the lighting and camerawork were world-class.

 

[Steven Chill]

Hugo is already out on Blu-ray? Wow...I didn't expect that.