September 2024

The First Emmy Given For Cinematography

This article originally ran in AC April 1955. [Ed. Note: The Primetime Emmy Awards began in 1949, but it wasn't until their seventh year, in 1955, that the categories were expanded to include a one honoring cinematography.] A new and important photographic award was presented for the first time this year for achievement in motion picture photography. The annual awards of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences this year included an “Emmy” for the best direction of photography of a filmed television show. It went to Lester Shorr for the photography of “I Climb The Stairs,” a film [an episode] in the currently popular Medic television series. Richard Boone as Dr. Konrad Styner in the Medic episode "I Climb the Stairs" (NBC/1954)...more