The filmmakers’ ‘bold choices’ for the look and feel of the Citytv series Across the River to Motor City paid off for DOP David Greene, who picked up the prize for TV drama at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards on Saturday in Toronto.

‘It’s a wonderful honor,’ Greene tells Playback Daily. ‘But the biggest joy for me is being able to sit down with my fellow filmmakers and look at the project, and be proud of it.’

Greene beat out fellow DOPs Pierre Jodoin (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) and Rene Ohashi (Sea Change) for the honors.

The busy Toronto DOP recently wrapped the France/Canada copro miniseries XIII, starring Val Kilmer, for French caster Canal +, and is currently prepping the Shaftesbury Films TV series The Listener. His latest feature film, Tennessee, directed by Canuck Aaron Woodley and starring Mariah Carey, opens the Tribeca Film Festival at the end of April.

Meanwhile, negotiations are underway between Rogers Media, owners of the City stations, and Toronto prodco Devine Entertainment for a second season of Motor City. The series is coproduced by Jonsworth Productions.

DOP Ousama Rawi took home the CSC Award for TV series cinematography for his work on ‘Episode 106’ of the CBC drama The Tudors, beating out Stephen McNutt for Battlestar Galactica, and Glen Winter, up for Smallville.

Best lensing on a feature film went to Dylan Macleod for the Vancouver-shot psychological thriller Civic Duty, starring Peter Krause as a man obsessed with terrorist plots. Macleod beat out DOPs Luc Montpellier, who was nominated for Paolo Barzman’s Emotional Arithmetic, and Vic Sarin, up for the historical drama Partition, which he also directed.

The Kodak New Century Award, recognizing contribution to the art of cinematography, was presented to veteran DOP Rodney Charters. His credits include TV series 24 and Nash Bridges, and MOWs TekWar (1994), Conundrum (1996) and Blind Faith (1998).

Other special award winners at the gala included cinematographer Roger Racine, who received the Bill Hilson Award for his service to the Canadian film industry, and Robert Bocking, who won the Fujifilm Award for contribution to the CSC.