Blog: How the American Society of Cinematographers is dealing with diversity

“My sponsor at ASC was Michael Goi [‘American Horror Story’], who is, of course, Asian American. I can’t help but think of James Wong Howe, who, decades and decades ago, was an Oscar-winning cinematographer [for ‘Hud’ and ‘The Rose Tattoo’]. Back then, if you can imagine the racial hurdles — he was still able to become this well-known, almost household name. That’s pretty incredible.”