`FOUR MINUTES` SPORTS EMMY NOMINATION LEG FOR CINEMATOGRAPHER JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC

Released on = July 11, 2006, 2:45 pm

Press Release Author = Stacey Kumagai/Media Monster Communications, Inc.

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Now that Cinematographer,James Chressanthis, ASC has his
second Emmy nomination, is he ready for his spotlight?

Press Release Body = Los Angeles, CA --- Every year, the annual hope for The Emmys
is for the show not to run four hours. But for Cinematographer, James
Chressanthis,ASC the hope is to be sprinting toward a FOUR MINUTES Emmy win for
Outstanding
Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. This is the second Outstanding
Cinematography Emmy nomination for Chressanthis. His first was for the 2001
biography Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows. Currently, Chressanthis is
Director of Photography and one of the directors of the CBS primetime hit series
Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

For Chressanthis, FOUR MINUTES became a true labor of love. "As I looked
through the lens I was able to relive some of my most cherished experiences
as a long distance runner," states Chressanthis. "It was so important for me
to get it right: to represent just how difficult, grueling and painful
running at this level is, to convey the joy and exhilaration in the
achievement of pure performance. I wanted to honor and surpass The Loneliness
of the Long Distance Runner, Prefontaine, Without Limits and Chariots of
Fire," he explains.

FOUR MINUTES - an ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE) production - was the
first-ever original movie to premiere on ESPN2. This 'little film that
could' in this year's Emmy race is also nominated for a 2006 ESPY Award as
Best Sports Movie (http://espn.go.com/espy2006/index.html). The film is
about Roger Bannister, who ran the first sub-four-minute mile in history,
with a time of 3:59.4 on May 6, 1954. Bannister, the 25-year-old native of
Harrow, England became a neurologist and the first Chairman of the British
Sports Council and was knighted for these services in 1975.

James Chressanthis, ASC is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers,
the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the
International Cinematographers Guild. His impressive credits boast a diverse array
of projects: 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, The Reagans, Eloise At The Plaza and
Eloise At
Christmastime (with Julie Andrews), The Music Man, Chicago (Additional Photography),
Brian\'s Song, American Family (Pilot) and Urban Legend; to working on music videos
with Dr. Dre, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Bobby McFerrin, MC
Hammer and NWA.

The Creative Arts Awards are Saturday. August 19th and The 58th Annual Primetime
Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, August 27th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angeles, and broadcast on NBC. For interviews with James
Chressanthis, ASC -please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai at 818-506-8675 or
mediamonster@yahoo.com

JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC's WEBSITE: http://www.chressanthis.com

FOUR MINUTES WEBSITE: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnMicrosite?showID

Web Site = http://www.chressanthis.com

Contact Details = Please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai, Media Monster
Communications at 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com for interviews with James
Chressanthis, ASC

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