Лучшим видеооператором 2008 года стал осетинский фрилансер Казбек Басаев!

мой коллега и хороший приятель Казбек Басаев только что победил в Лондоне в конкурсе "лучший видеооператор 2008" в номинации "новости". уникальная награда вручается британской организацией The Rory Peck Trust. На конкурс Казбек представил кадры с войны в Южной Осетии.

Казбек, ты молодец, мои поздравления! очень многим у нас есть чему у тебя поучиться. желаю дальнейших успехов! ты - лучший!

кадры, снятые Казбеком можно посмотреть по этой ссылке: http://rorypecktrust.org/page/3146/Watch+Finalists+Clips

А это описание видео на ангийском:

Kazbek Basayev shot the Russia-Georgia conflict from the South Ossetia side, reaching its capital Tskhinvali with the first wave of Russian troops. 

His pictures show the human casualties of war – the dead and injured, shocked and displaced survivors in devastated streets – and they provided the first coverage of burning Georgian villages in territory taken under Russian/Ossetian control.

The judges praised the human quality of Kazbek’s camerawork and his ability to tell a complete story through the pictures he shot. One said: “He was dealing with a population under stress, a foreign power, tanks, and burning buildings but in the middle of all that he managed to convey the human face of conflict with a series of thoughtful and beautifully composed shots.”

Biography
Kazbek was born in 1969 in the Soviet city of Ordzhonikidze, now re-named Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia. He trained as a vet at the State Agriculture University and did National Service with the Soviet Army in Belarus before getting a job with local TV in North Ossetia.  From 2000 to 2005 Kazbek worked as a cameraman for the Russian channel NTV before becoming a freelance.  He is married with two daughters.