Academy Award for Best Cinematography
| Academy Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1929 |
| Most recent winner | Erik Messerschmidt Mank (2020) |
| Website | oscars |
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award. It is given each year to a cinematographer for work in one particular movie.
Winners and nominees
1920s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 (1st) | ||
| Charles Rosher Karl Struss |
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | |
| George Barnes | The Devil Dancer | |
| George Barnes | The Magic Flame | |
| George Barnes | Sadie Thompson | |
| 1928/29 (2nd) | ||
| Clyde De Vinna | White Shadows in the South Seas | |
| John F. Seitz | The Divine Lady | |
| Ernest Palmer | 4 Devils | |
| Arthur Edeson | In Old Arizona | |
| George Barnes | Our Dancing Daughters | |
| Ernest Palmer | Street Angel |
1930s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1929/30 (3rd) | ||
| Joseph T. Rucker Willard Van der Veer |
With Byrd at the South Pole | |
| Arthur Edeson | All Quiet on the Western Front | |
| William H. Daniels | Anna Christie | |
| Tony Gaudio Harry Perry |
Hell's Angels | |
| Victor Milner | The Love Parade | |
| 1930/31 (4th) | ||
| Floyd Crosby | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | |
| Edward Cronjager | Cimarron | |
| Lee Garmes | Morocco | |
| Charles Lang | The Right to Love | |
| Barney McGill | Svengali | |
| 1931/32 (5th) | ||
| Lee Garmes | Shanghai Express | |
| Ray June | Arrowsmith | |
| Karl Struss | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
| 1932/33 (6th) | ||
| Charles Lang | A Farewell to Arms | |
| George J. Folsey | Reunion in Vienna | |
| Karl Struss | The Sign of the Cross | |
| 1934 (7th) | ||
| Victor Milner | Cleopatra | |
| Charles Rosher | The Affairs of Cellini | |
| George J. Folsey | Operator 13 | |
| 1935 (8th) | ||
| Hal Mohr (write-in)[1] | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Ray June | Barbary Coast | |
| Victor Milner | The Crusades | |
| Gregg Toland | Les Misérables | |
| 1936 (9th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Tony Gaudio | Anthony Adverse | |
| Victor Milner | The General Died at Dawn | |
| George J. Folsey | The Gorgeous Hussy | |
| Color (Special Achievement) | ||
| W. Howard Greene Harold Rosson |
The Garden of Allah | |
| 1937 (10th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Karl Freund | The Good Earth | |
| Gregg Toland | Dead End | |
| Joseph A. Valentine | Wings Over Honolulu | |
| Color (Special Achievement) | ||
| W. Howard Greene | A Star is Born | |
| 1938 (11th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | The Great Waltz | |
| James Wong Howe | Algiers | |
| Ernest Miller Harry J. Wild |
Army Girl | |
| Victor Milner | The Buccaneer | |
| Ernest Haller | Jezebel | |
| Joseph A. Valentine | Mad About Music | |
| Norbert Brodine | Merrily We Live | |
| J. Peverell Marley | Suez | |
| Robert De Grasse | Vivacious Lady | |
| Joseph Walker | You Can't Take It With You | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Young in Heart | |
| Color (Special Achievement) | ||
| Oliver Marsh Allen Davey |
Sweethearts | |
| 1939 (12th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Gregg Toland | Wuthering Heights | |
| Joseph A. Valentine | First Love | |
| Victor Milner | The Great Victor Herbert | |
| Joseph H. August | Gunga Din | |
| Gregg Toland | Intermezzo: A Love Story | |
| Tony Gaudio | Juarez | |
| Norbert Brodine | Lady of the Tropics | |
| Joseph Walker | Only Angels Have Wings | |
| Bert Glennon | Stagecoach | |
| Arthur C. Miller | The Rains Came | |
| Color | ||
| Ernest Haller Ray Rennahan |
Gone with the Wind | |
| Ray Rennahan Bert Glennon |
Drums Along the Mohawk | |
| Georges Périnal Osmond Borradaile |
The Four Feathers | |
| William V. Skall | The Mikado | |
| Sol Polito W. Howard Greene |
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | |
| Harold Rosson | The Wizard of Oz | |
1940s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 (13th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| George Barnes | Rebecca | |
| James Wong Howe | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | |
| Ernest Haller | All This, and Heaven Too | |
| Charles Lang | Arise, My Love | |
| Harold Rosson | Boom Town | |
| Rudolph Maté | Foreign Correspondent | |
| Tony Gaudio | The Letter | |
| Gregg Toland | The Long Voyage Home | |
| Joseph A. Valentine | Spring Parade | |
| Tony Gaudio | Waterloo Bridge | |
| Color | ||
| Georges Périnal | The Thief of Bagdad | |
| Oliver T. Marsh Allen M. Davey |
Bitter Sweet | |
| Arthur C. Miller Ray Rennahan |
The Blue Bird | |
| Leon Shamroy Ray Rennahan |
Down Argentine Way | |
| Victor Milner W. Howard Greene |
North West Mounted Police | |
| Sidney Wagner William V. Skall |
Northwest Passage | |
| 1941 (14th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Arthur C. Miller | How Green Was My Valley | |
| Karl Freund | The Chocolate Soldier | |
| Gregg Toland | Citizen Kane | |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
| Joseph Walker | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | |
| Leo Tover | Hold Back the Dawn | |
| Sol Polito | Sergeant York | |
| Edward Cronjager | Sun Valley Serenade | |
| Charles Lang | Sundown | |
| Rudolph Maté | That Hamilton Woman | |
| Color | ||
| Ernest Palmer Ray Rennahan |
Blood and Sand | |
| Wilfred M. Cline Karl Struss William E. Snyder |
Aloma of the South Seas | |
| William V. Skall Leonard Smith |
Billy the Kid | |
| Karl Freund W. Howard Greene |
Blossoms in the Dust | |
| Bert Glennon | Dive Bomber | |
| Harry Hallenberger Ray Rennahan |
Louisiana Purchase | |
| 1942 (15th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Mrs. Miniver | |
| James Wong Howe | Kings Row | |
| Stanley Cortez | The Magnificent Ambersons | |
| Charles G. Clarke | Moontide | |
| Edward Cronjager | The Pied Piper | |
| Rudolph Maté | The Pride of the Yankees | |
| John J. Mescall | Take a Letter, Darling | |
| Ted Tetzlaff | The Talk of the Town | |
| Leon Shamroy | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | |
| Arthur C. Miller | This Above All | |
| Color | ||
| Leon Shamroy | The Black Swan | |
| Milton R. Krasner William V. Skall W. Howard Greene |
Arabian Nights | |
| Sol Polito | Captains of the Clouds | |
| W. Howard Greene | Jungle Book | |
| Victor Milner William V. Skall |
Reap the Wild Wind | |
| Edward Cronjager William V. Skall |
To the Shores of Tripoli | |
| 1943 (16th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Arthur C. Miller | The Song of Bernadette | |
| James Wong Howe Elmer Dyer Charles A. Marshall |
Air Force | |
| Arthur Edeson | Casablanca | |
| Tony Gaudio | Corvette K-225 | |
| John F. Seitz | Five Graves to Cairo | |
| Harry Stradling | The Human Comedy | |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Madame Curie | |
| James Wong Howe | The North Star | |
| Rudolph Maté | Sahara | |
| Charles Lang | So Proudly We Hail! | |
| Color | ||
| Hal Mohr W. Howard Greene |
Phantom of the Opera | |
| Ray Rennahan | For Whom the Bell Tolls | |
| Edward Cronjager | Heaven Can Wait | |
| Charles G. Clarke Allen M. Davey |
Hello, Frisco, Hello | |
| Leonard Smith | Lassie Come Home | |
| George J. Folsey | Thousands Cheer | |
| 1944 (17th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Joseph LaShelle | Laura | |
| John F. Seitz | Double Indemnity | |
| Sidney Wagner | Dragon Seed | |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Gaslight | |
| Lionel Lindon | Going My Way | |
| Glen MacWilliams | Lifeboat | |
| Stanley Cortez Lee Garmes |
Since You Went Away | |
| Robert Surtees Harold Rosson |
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | |
| Charles Lang | The Uninvited | |
| George J. Folsey | The White Cliffs of Dover | |
| Color | ||
| Leon Shamroy | Wilson | |
| Rudolph Maté Allen M. Davey |
Cover Girl | |
| Edward Cronjager | Home in Indiana | |
| Charles Rosher | Kismet | |
| Ray Rennahan | Lady in the Dark | |
| George J. Folsey | Meet Me in St. Louis | |
| 1945 (18th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Harry Stradling | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| Arthur C. Miller | The Keys of the Kingdom | |
| John F. Seitz | The Lost Weekend | |
| Ernest Haller | Mildred Pierce | |
| George Barnes | Spellbound | |
| Color | ||
| Leon Shamroy | Leave Her to Heaven | |
| Robert H. Planck Charles P. Boyle |
Anchors Aweigh | |
| Leonard Smith | National Velvet | |
| Tony Gaudio Allen M. Davey |
Kismet | |
| George Barnes | The Spanish Main | |
| 1946 (19th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Arthur C. Miller | Anna and the King of Siam | |
| George J. Folsey | The Green Years | |
| Color | ||
| Charles Rosher Leonard Smith Arthur E. Arling |
The Yearling | |
| Joseph Walker | The Jolson Story | |
| 1947 (20th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Guy Green | Great Expectations | |
| George J. Folsey | Green Dolphin Street | |
| Charles Lang | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | |
| Color | ||
| Jack Cardiff | Black Narcissus | |
| J. Peverell Marley William V. Skall |
Life with Father | |
| Harry Jackson | Mother Wore Tights | |
| 1948 (21st) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| William H. Daniels | The Naked City | |
| Charles Lang | A Foreign Affair | |
| Nicholas Musuraca | I Remember Mama | |
| Ted D. McCord | Johnny Belinda | |
| Joseph H. August (posthumous nomination) | Portrait of Jennie | |
| Color | ||
| Joseph A. Valentine William V. Skall Winton Hoch |
Joan of Arc | |
| Charles G. Clarke | Green Grass of Wyoming | |
| William E. Snyder | The Loves of Carmen | |
| Robert H. Planck | The Three Musketeers | |
| 1949 (22nd) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Paul C. Vogel | Battleground | |
| Franz Planer | Champion | |
| Joseph LaShelle | Come to the Stable | |
| Leo Tover | The Heiress | |
| Leon Shamroy | Prince of Foxes | |
| Color | ||
| Winton Hoch | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | |
| Harry Stradling | The Barkleys of Broadway | |
| William E. Snyder | Jolson Sings Again | |
| Robert H. Planck Charles Schoenbaum |
Little Women | |
| Charles G. Clarke | Sand | |
1950s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 (23rd) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Robert Krasker | The Third Man | |
| Milton R. Krasner | All About Eve | |
| Harold Rosson | The Asphalt Jungle | |
| Victor Milner | The Furies | |
| John F. Seitz | Sunset Boulevard | |
| Color | ||
| Robert Surtees | King Solomon's Mines | |
| Charles Rosher | Annie Get Your Gun | |
| Ernest Palmer | Broken Arrow | |
| Ernest Haller | The Flame and the Arrow | |
| George Barnes | Samson and Delilah | |
| 1951 (24th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| William C. Mellor | A Place in the Sun | |
| Franz Planer | Death of a Salesman | |
| Norbert Brodine | The Frogmen | |
| Robert Burks | Strangers on a Train | |
| Harry Stradling | A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| Color | ||
| Alfred Gilks John Alton |
An American in Paris | |
| Leon Shamroy | David and Bathsheba | |
| Robert Surtees William V. Skall |
Quo Vadis | |
| Charles Rosher | Show Boat | |
| John F. Seitz W. Howard Greene |
When Worlds Collide | |
| 1952 (25th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Robert Surtees | The Bad and the Beautiful | |
| Russell Harlan | The Big Sky | |
| Joseph LaShelle | My Cousin Rachel | |
| Virgil Miller | Navajo | |
| Charles Lang | Sudden Fear | |
| Color | ||
| Winton Hoch Archie Stout |
The Quiet Man | |
| Harry Stradling | Hans Christian Andersen | |
| Freddie Young | Ivanhoe | |
| George J. Folsey | Million Dollar Mermaid | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | |
| 1953 (26th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Burnett Guffey | From Here to Eternity | |
| Hal Mohr | The Four Poster | |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Julius Caesar | |
| Joseph C. Brun | Martin Luther | |
| Franz Planer Henri Alekan |
Roman Holiday | |
| Color | ||
| Loyal Griggs | Shane | |
| George J. Folsey | All the Brothers Were Valiant | |
| Edward Cronjager | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | |
| Robert H. Planck | Lili | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Robe | |
| 1954 (27th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Boris Kaufman | On the Waterfront | |
| John F. Warren | The Country Girl | |
| George J. Folsey | Executive Suite | |
| John F. Seitz | Rogue Cop | |
| Charles Lang | Sabrina | |
| Color | ||
| Milton R. Krasner | Three Coins in the Fountain | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Egyptian | |
| Robert Burks | Rear Window | |
| George J. Folsey | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | |
| William V. Skall | The Silver Chalice | |
| 1955 (28th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| James Wong Howe | The Rose Tattoo | |
| Russell Harlan | Blackboard Jungle | |
| Arthur E. Arling | I'll Cry Tomorrow | |
| Joseph LaShelle | Marty | |
| Charles Lang | Queen Bee | |
| Color | ||
| Robert Burks | To Catch a Thief | |
| Harry Stradling | Guys and Dolls | |
| Leon Shamroy | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | |
| Harold Lipstein | A Man Called Peter | |
| Robert Surtees | Oklahoma! | |
| 1956 (29th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Somebody Up There Likes Me | |
| Boris Kaufman | Baby Doll | |
| Harold Rosson | The Bad Seed | |
| Burnett Guffey | The Harder They Fall | |
| Walter Strenge | Stagecoach to Fury | |
| Color | ||
| Lionel Lindon | Around the World in 80 Days | |
| Harry Stradling | The Eddy Duchin Story | |
| Leon Shamroy | The King and I | |
| Loyal Griggs | The Ten Commandments | |
| Jack Cardiff | War and Peace | |
| 1957 (30th)[2] | ||
| Jack Hildyard | The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
| Milton R. Krasner | An Affair to Remember | |
| Ray June | Funny Face | |
| William C. Mellor | Peyton Place | |
| Ellsworth Fredericks | Sayonara | |
| 1958 (31st)[3] | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Sam Leavitt | The Defiant Ones | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | Desire Under the Elms | |
| Lionel Lindon | I Want to Live! | |
| Charles Lang | Separate Tables | |
| Joseph MacDonald | The Young Lions | |
| Color | ||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Gigi | |
| Harry Stradling | Auntie Mame | |
| William H. Daniels | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |
| James Wong Howe | The Old Man and the Sea | |
| Leon Shamroy | South Pacific | |
| 1959 (32nd) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| William C. Mellor | The Diary of Anne Frank | |
| Sam Leavitt | Anatomy of a Murder | |
| Joseph LaShelle | Career | |
| Charles Lang | Some Like It Hot | |
| Harry Stradling | The Young Philadelphians | |
| Color | ||
| Robert Surtees | Ben-Hur | |
| Lee Garmes | The Big Fisherman | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | The Five Pennies | |
| Franz Planer | The Nun's Story | |
| Leon Shamroy | Porgy and Bess | |
1960s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 (33rd) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Freddie Francis | Sons and Lovers | |
| Joseph LaShelle | The Apartment | |
| Charles Lang | The Facts of Life | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Inherit the Wind | |
| John L. Russell | Psycho | |
| Color | ||
| Russell Metty | Spartacus | |
| William H. Clothier | The Alamo | |
| Joseph Ruttenberg Charles Harten |
BUtterfield 8 | |
| Sam Leavitt | Exodus | |
| Joseph MacDonald | Pepe | |
| 1961 (34th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Eugen Schüfftan | The Hustler | |
| Edward Colman | The Absent-Minded Professor | |
| Franz Planer | The Children's Hour | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Judgment at Nuremberg | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | One, Two, Three | |
| Color | ||
| Daniel L. Fapp | West Side Story | |
| Jack Cardiff | Fanny | |
| Russell Metty | Flower Drum Song | |
| Harry Stradling | A Majority of One | |
| Charles Lang | One-Eyed Jacks | |
| 1962 (35th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Jean Bourgoin Walter Wottitz |
The Longest Day | |
| Burnett Guffey | Birdman of Alcatraz | |
| Russell Harlan | To Kill a Mockingbird | |
| Ted D. McCord | Two for the Seesaw | |
| Ernest Haller | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | |
| Color | ||
| Freddie Young | Lawrence of Arabia | |
| Harry Stradling | Gypsy | |
| Russell Harlan | Hatari! | |
| Robert Surtees | Mutiny on the Bounty | |
| Paul Vogel | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | |
| 1963 (36th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| James Wong Howe | Hud | |
| George J. Folsey | The Balcony | |
| Lucien Ballard | The Caretakers | |
| Ernest Haller | Lilies of the Field | |
| Milton R. Krasner | Love with the Proper Stranger | |
| Color | ||
| Leon Shamroy | Cleopatra | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Cardinal | |
| William H. Daniels Milton R. Krasner Charles Lang Joseph LaShelle |
How the West Was Won | |
| Joseph LaShelle | Irma la Douce | |
| Ernest Laszlo | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | |
| 1964 (37th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Walter Lassally | Zorba the Greek | |
| Philip H. Lathrop | The Americanization of Emily | |
| Milton R. Krasner | Fate Is the Hunter | |
| Joseph F. Biroc | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | |
| Gabriel Figueroa | The Night of the Iguana | |
| Color | ||
| Harry Stradling | My Fair Lady | |
| Geoffrey Unsworth | Becket | |
| William H. Clothier | Cheyenne Autumn | |
| Edward Colman | Mary Poppins | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
| 1965 (38th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Ernest Laszlo | Ship of Fools | |
| Loyal Griggs | In Harm's Way | |
| Burnett Guffey | King Rat | |
| Conrad Hall | Morituri | |
| Robert Burks | A Patch of Blue | |
| Color | ||
| Freddie Young | Doctor Zhivago | |
| Leon Shamroy | The Agony and the Ecstasy | |
| Russell Harlan | The Great Race | |
| William C. Mellor Loyal Griggs |
The Greatest Story Ever Told | |
| Ted D. McCord | The Sound of Music | |
| 1966 (39th) | ||
| Black-and-white | ||
| Haskell Wexler | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |
| Joseph LaShelle | The Fortune Cookie | |
| Kenneth Higgins | Georgy Girl | |
| Marcel Grignon | Is Paris Burning? | |
| James Wong Howe | Seconds | |
| Color | ||
| Ted Moore | A Man for All Seasons | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Fantastic Voyage | |
| Russell Harlan | Hawaii | |
| Conrad Hall | The Professionals | |
| Joseph MacDonald | The Sand Pebbles | |
| 1967 (40th) | ||
| Burnett Guffey | Bonnie and Clyde | |
| Richard H. Kline | Camelot | |
| Robert Surtees | Doctor Dolittle | |
| Robert Surtees | The Graduate | |
| Conrad Hall | In Cold Blood | |
| 1968 (41st) | ||
| Pasqualino De Santis | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Harry Stradling | Funny Girl | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | Ice Station Zebra | |
| Oswald Morris | Oliver! | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Star! | |
| 1969 (42nd) | ||
| Conrad Hall | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |
| Arthur Ibbetson | Anne of the Thousand Days | |
| Charles Lang | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | |
| Harry Stradling (posthumous nomination) | Hello, Dolly! | |
| Daniel L. Fapp | Marooned | |
1970s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) | ||
| Freddie Young | Ryan's Daughter | |
| Fred J. Koenekamp | Patton | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Airport | |
| Osami Furuya Sinsaku Himeda Masamichi Satoh Charles F. Wheeler |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | |
| Billy Williams | Women in Love | |
| 1971 (44th) | ||
| Oswald Morris | Fiddler on the Roof | |
| Owen Roizman | The French Connection | |
| Robert Surtees | The Last Picture Show | |
| Freddie Young | Nicholas and Alexandra | |
| Robert Surtees | Summer of '42 | |
| 1972 (45th) | ||
| Geoffrey Unsworth | Cabaret | |
| Harry Stradling, Jr. | 1776 | |
| Charles Lang | Butterflies Are Free | |
| Harold E. Stine | The Poseidon Adventure | |
| Douglas Slocombe | Travels with My Aunt | |
| 1973 (46th) | ||
| Sven Nykvist | Cries and Whispers | |
| Owen Roizman | The Exorcist | |
| Jack Couffer | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | |
| Robert Surtees | The Sting | |
| Harry Stradling, Jr. | The Way We Were | |
| 1974 (47th) | ||
| Fred J. Koenekamp Joseph F. Biroc |
The Towering Inferno | |
| John A. Alonzo | Chinatown | |
| Philip H. Lathrop | Earthquake | |
| Bruce Surtees | Lenny | |
| Geoffrey Unsworth | Murder on the Orient Express | |
| 1975 (48th) | ||
| John Alcott | Barry Lyndon | |
| Conrad Hall | The Day of the Locust | |
| James Wong Howe | Funny Lady | |
| Robert Surtees | The Hindenburg | |
| Haskell Wexler Bill Butler |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
| 1976 (49th) | ||
| Haskell Wexler | Bound for Glory | |
| Richard H. Kline | King Kong | |
| Ernest Laszlo | Logan's Run | |
| Owen Roizman | Network | |
| Robert Surtees | A Star Is Born | |
| 1977 (50th) | ||
| Vilmos Zsigmond | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| Fred J. Koenekamp | Islands in the Stream | |
| Douglas Slocombe | Julia | |
| William A. Fraker | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | |
| Robert Surtees | The Turning Point | |
| 1978 (51st) | ||
| Néstor Almendros | Days of Heaven | |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | The Deer Hunter | |
| William A. Fraker | Heaven Can Wait | |
| Robert Surtees | Same Time, Next Year | |
| Oswald Morris | The Wiz | |
| 1979 (52nd) | ||
| Vittorio Storaro | Apocalypse Now | |
| William A. Fraker | 1941 | |
| Giuseppe Rotunno | All That Jazz | |
| Frank Phillips | The Black Hole | |
| Néstor Almendros | Kramer vs. Kramer |
1980s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 (53rd) | ||
| Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumous award) Ghislain Cloquet |
Tess | |
| Néstor Almendros | The Blue Lagoon | |
| Ralf D. Bode | Coal Miner's Daughter | |
| James Crabe | The Formula | |
| Michael Chapman | Raging Bull | |
| 1981 (54th) | ||
| Vittorio Storaro | Reds | |
| Alex Thomsons | Excalibur | |
| Billy Williams | On Golden Pond | |
| Miroslav Ondříček | Ragtime | |
| Douglas Slocombe | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| 1982 (55th) | ||
| Billy Williams Ronnie Taylor |
Gandhi | |
| Jost Vacano | Das Boot | |
| Allen Daviau | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
| Néstor Almendros | Sophie's Choice | |
| Owen Roizman | Tootsie | |
| 1983 (56th) | ||
| Sven Nykvist | Fanny and Alexander | |
| Don Peterman | Flashdance | |
| Caleb Deschanel | The Right Stuff | |
| William A. Fraker | WarGames | |
| Gordon Willis | Zelig | |
| 1984 (57th) | ||
| Chris Menges | The Killing Fields | |
| Miroslav Ondříček | Amadeus | |
| Caleb Deschanel | The Natural | |
| Ernest Day | A Passage to India | |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | The River | |
| 1985 (58th) | ||
| David Watkin | Out of Africa | |
| Allen Daviau | The Color Purple | |
| William A. Fraker | Murphy's Romance | |
| Takao Saito Masaharu Ueda Asakazu Nakai |
Ran | |
| John Seale | Witness | |
| 1986 (59th) | ||
| Chris Menges | The Mission | |
| Jordan Cronenweth | Peggy Sue Got Married | |
| Robert Richardson | Platoon | |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts | A Room with a View | |
| Don Peterman | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
| 1987 (60th) | ||
| Vittorio Storaro | The Last Emperor | |
| Michael Ballhaus | Broadcast News | |
| Allen Daviau | Empire of the Sun | |
| Philippe Rousselot | Hope and Glory | |
| Haskell Wexler | Matewan | |
| 1988 (61st) | ||
| Peter Biziou | Mississippi Burning | |
| John Seale | Rain Man | |
| Conrad Hall | Tequila Sunrise | |
| Sven Nykvist | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | |
| Dean Cundey | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 1989 (62nd) | ||
| Freddie Francis | Glory | |
| Mikael Salomon | The Abyss | |
| Haskell Wexler | Blaze | |
| Robert Richardson | Born on the Fourth of July | |
| Michael Ballhaus | The Fabulous Baker Boys |
1990s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (63rd) | ||
| Dean Semler | Dances with Wolves | |
| Allen Daviau | Avalon | |
| Vittorio Storaro | Dick Tracy | |
| Gordon Willis | The Godfather Part III | |
| Philippe Rousselot | Henry & June | |
| 1991 (64th) | ||
| Robert Richardson | JFK | |
| Allen Daviau | Bugsy | |
| Stephen Goldblatt | The Prince of Tides | |
| Adam Greenberg | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| Adrian Biddle | Thelma & Louise | |
| 1992 (65th) | ||
| Philippe Rousselot | A River Runs Through It | |
| Stephen H. Burum | Hoffa | |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts | Howards End | |
| Robert Fraisse | The Lover | |
| Jack N. Green | Unforgiven | |
| 1993 (66th) | ||
| Janusz Kamiński | Schindler's List | |
| Gu Changwei | Farewell My Concubine | |
| Michael Chapman | The Fugitive | |
| Stuart Dryburgh | The Piano | |
| Conrad Hall | Searching for Bobby Fischer | |
| 1994 (67th) | ||
| John Toll | Legends of the Fall | |
| Don Burgess | Forrest Gump | |
| Roger Deakins | The Shawshank Redemption | |
| Piotr Sobociński | Three Colors: Red | |
| Owen Roizman | Wyatt Earp | |
| 1995 (68th) | ||
| John Toll | Braveheart | |
| Stephen Goldblatt | Batman Forever | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | A Little Princess | |
| Michael Coulter | Sense and Sensibility | |
| Lü Yue | Shanghai Triad | |
| 1996 (69th) | ||
| John Seale | The English Patient | |
| Darius Khondji | Evita | |
| Roger Deakins | Fargo | |
| Caleb Deschanel | Fly Away Home | |
| Chris Menges | Michael Collins | |
| 1997 (70th) | ||
| Russell Carpenter | Titanic | |
| Janusz Kamiński | Amistad | |
| Roger Deakins | Kundun | |
| Dante Spinotti | L.A. Confidential | |
| Eduardo Serra | The Wings of the Dove | |
| 1998 (71st) | ||
| Janusz Kamiński | Saving Private Ryan | |
| Conrad Hall | A Civil Action | |
| Remi Adefarasin | Elizabeth | |
| Richard Greatrex | Shakespeare in Love | |
| John Toll | The Thin Red Line | |
| 1999 (72nd) | ||
| Conrad Hall | American Beauty | |
| Roger Pratt | The End of the Affair | |
| Dante Spinotti | The Insider | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | Sleepy Hollow | |
| Robert Richardson | Snow Falling on Cedars |
2000s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (73rd) | ||
| Peter Pau | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | |
| John Mathieson | Gladiator | |
| Lajos Koltai | Malèna | |
| Roger Deakins | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | |
| Caleb Deschanel | The Patriot | |
| 2001 (74th) | ||
| Andrew Lesnie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| Bruno Delbonnel | Amélie | |
| Sławomir Idziak | Black Hawk Down | |
| Roger Deakins | The Man Who Wasn't There | |
| Donald McAlpine | Moulin Rouge! | |
| 2002 (75th) | ||
| Conrad Hall (posthumous award) | Road to Perdition | |
| Dion Beebe | Chicago | |
| Edward Lachman | Far from Heaven | |
| Michael Ballhaus | Gangs of New York | |
| Paweł Edelman | The Pianist | |
| 2003 (76th) | ||
| Russell Boyd | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | |
| César Charlone | City of God | |
| John Seale | Cold Mountain | |
| Eduardo Serra | Girl with a Pearl Earring | |
| John Schwartzman | Seabiscuit | |
| 2004 (77th) | ||
| Robert Richardson | The Aviator | |
| Zhao Xiaoding | House of Flying Daggers | |
| Caleb Deschanel | The Passion of the Christ | |
| John Mathieson | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| Bruno Delbonnel | A Very Long Engagement | |
| 2005 (78th) | ||
| Dion Beebe | Memoirs of a Geisha | |
| Wally Pfister | Batman Begins | |
| Rodrigo Prieto | Brokeback Mountain | |
| Robert Elswit | Good Night, and Good Luck | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | The New World | |
| 2006 (79th) | ||
| Guillermo Navarro | Pan's Labyrinth | |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | The Black Dahlia | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | Children of Men | |
| Dick Pope | The Illusionist | |
| Wally Pfister | The Prestige | |
| 2007 (80th) | ||
| Robert Elswit | There Will Be Blood | |
| Roger Deakins | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | |
| Seamus McGarvey | Atonement | |
| Janusz Kamiński | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
| Roger Deakins | No Country for Old Men | |
| 2008 (81st) | ||
| Anthony Dod Mantle | Slumdog Millionaire | |
| Tom Stern | Changeling | |
| Claudio Miranda | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
| Wally Pfister | The Dark Knight | |
| Roger Deakins Chris Menges |
The Reader | |
| 2009 (82nd) | ||
| Mauro Fiore | Avatar | |
| Bruno Delbonnel | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | |
| Barry Ackroyd | The Hurt Locker | |
| Robert Richardson | Inglourious Basterds | |
| Christian Berger | The White Ribbon |
2010s
| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (83rd) | ||
| Wally Pfister | Inception | |
| Matthew Libatique | Black Swan | |
| Danny Cohen | The King's Speech | |
| Jeff Cronenweth | The Social Network | |
| Roger Deakins | True Grit | |
| 2011 (84th) | ||
| Robert Richardson | Hugo | |
| Guillaume Schiffman | The Artist | |
| Jeff Cronenweth | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | The Tree of Life | |
| Janusz Kaminski | War Horse |