Los Angeles, Feb. 29 -- Ed Lachman, an American cinematographer, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Camerimage Film Festival, Variety reported.

Lachman was born on March 31, 1946.

In the 1920s, his grandfather owned five vaudeville theatres that were later transformed into movie houses. He co-managed them with Lachman's father, a film theatre distributor who later purchased a tiny cinema in Boonton, NJ.

Lachman has worked with numerous directors, including Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven, I'm Not There, Carol, Wonderstruck, Dark Waters), Ulrich Seidl (Import/Export), Steven Soderbergh (The Limey and Erin Brockovich), Gregory Nava (Selena, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, My Family), and Paul Schrader (Light Sleeper, Touc...