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2020 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![1917 Roger Deakins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1917-sam-mendes-movie-image.jpg)
1917
Roger Deakins
2019 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Roma Alfonso Cuarón](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roma-alfonso-cuaron-movie-image.jpg)
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
2018 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Blade Runner 2049 Roger Deakins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blade-runner-2049-denis-villeneuve-image.jpg)
Blade Runner 2049
Roger Deakins
2017 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![La La Land Linus Sandgren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Linus Sandgren
2016 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-revenant-image.jpg)
The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki
2015 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-image.jpg)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
2014 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Emmanuel Lubezki
2013 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Life of Pi Claudio Miranda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-of-pi-image.jpg)
Life of Pi
Claudio Miranda
2012 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Hugo Robert Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hugo-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Hugo
Robert Richardson
2011 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Inception Wally Pfister](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/inception-christopher-nolan-image.jpg)
Inception
Wally Pfister
2010 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Avatar Mauro Fiore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/avatar-james-cameron-image.jpg)
Avatar
Mauro Fiore
2009 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle
2008 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/there-will-be-blood-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
There Will Be Blood
Robert Elswit
2007 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Navarro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pans-labyrinth-guillermo-del-toro-image.jpg)
Pan’s Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro
2006 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Memoirs of a Geisha Dion Beebe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/memoirs-of-a-geisha-rob-marshall-image.jpg)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Dion Beebe
2005 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Aviator Robert Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-aviator-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Aviator
Robert Richardson
2004 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Boyd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world-peter-weir-image.jpg)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Russell Boyd
2003 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Road to Perdition Conrad L. Hall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/road-to-perdition-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
Road to Perdition
Conrad L. Hall
2002 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Andrew Lesnie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Andrew Lesnie
2001 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Peter Pau](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-image.jpg)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Peter Pau
2000 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![American Beauty Conrad L. Hall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
Conrad L. Hall
1999 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Saving Private Ryan Janusz Kaminski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/saving-private-ryan-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Saving Private Ryan
Janusz Kaminski
1998 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Titanic Russell Carpenter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/titanic-james-cameron-image.jpg)
Titanic
Russell Carpenter
1997 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The English Patient John Seale](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-english-patient-image.jpg)
The English Patient
John Seale
1996 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Braveheart John Toll](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/braveheart-mel-gibson-image.jpg)
Braveheart
John Toll
1995 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Legends of the Fall John Toll](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/legends-of-the-fall-edward-zwick-image.jpg)
Legends of the Fall
John Toll
1994 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Schindler's List Janusz Kaminski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/schindlers-list-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Schindler’s List
Janusz Kaminski
1993 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![A River Runs Through It Philippe Rousselot](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-river-runs-through-it-robert-redford-image.jpg)
A River Runs Through It
Philippe Rousselot
1992 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![JFK Robert Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jfk-oliver-stone-image.jpg)
JFK
Robert Richardson
1991 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Dances with Wolves Dean Semler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dances-with-wolves-kevin-costner-image.jpg)
Dances with Wolves
Dean Semler
1990 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Glory Freddie Francis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/glory-edward-zwick-image.jpg)
Glory
Freddie Francis
1989 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Mississippi Burning Peter Biziou](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mississippi-burning-image.jpg)
Mississippi Burning
Peter Biziou
1988 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Last Emperor Vittorio Storaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-emperor-image.jpg)
The Last Emperor
Vittorio Storaro
1987 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Mission Chris Menges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-mission-roland-joffe-image.jpg)
The Mission
Chris Menges
1986 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Out of Africa David Watkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/out-of-africa-sydney-pollack-image.jpg)
Out of Africa
David Watkin
1985 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Killing Fields Chris Menges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-killing-fields-image.jpg)
The Killing Fields
Chris Menges
1984 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Fanny and Alexander Sven Nykvist](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fanny-and-alexander-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Fanny and Alexander
Sven Nykvist
1983 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Gandhi Billy Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gandhi-richard-attenborough-image.jpg)
Gandhi
Billy Williams
1982 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Reds Vittorio Storaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reds-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Reds
Vittorio Storaro
1981 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Tess Geoffrey Unsworth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tess-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Tess
Geoffrey Unsworth
1980 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/apocalypse-now-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
Apocalypse Now
Vittorio Storaro
1979 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Days of Heaven Néstor Almendros](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/days-of-heaven-terrence-malick-image.jpg)
Days of Heaven
Néstor Almendros
1978 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Close Encounters of the Third Kind Vilmos Zsigmond](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Vilmos Zsigmond
1977 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Bound for Glory Haskell Wexler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bound-for-glory-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Bound for Glory
Haskell Wexler
1976 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Barry Lyndon John Alcott](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barry-lyndon-stanley-kubrick-image.jpg)
Barry Lyndon
John Alcott
1975 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Towering Inferno Fred J. Koenekamp](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-towering-inferno-john-guillermin-image.jpg)
The Towering Inferno
Fred J. Koenekamp
1974 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Cries & Whispers Sven Nykvist](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cries-and-whispers-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Cries & Whispers
Sven Nykvist
1973 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Cabaret Geoffrey Unsworth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cabaret-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
Cabaret
Geoffrey Unsworth
1972 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Fiddler on the Roof Oswald Morris](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fiddler-on-the-roof-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
Fiddler on the Roof
Oswald Morris
1971 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Ryan's Daughter Freddie Young](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ryans-daughter-david-lean-image.jpg)
Ryan’s Daughter
Freddie Young
1970 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Conrad L. Hall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-george-roy-hill-image.jpg)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Conrad L. Hall
1969 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Romeo and Juliet Pasqualino De Santis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/romeo-and-juliet-franco-zeffirelli-image.jpg)
Romeo and Juliet
Pasqualino De Santis
1968 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Bonnie and Clyde Burnett Guffey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bonnie-and-clyde-image.jpg)
Bonnie and Clyde
Burnett Guffey
1958 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Bridge on the River Kwai Jack Hildyard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Jack Hildyard
1939 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Great Waltz Joseph Ruttenberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-great-waltz-julien-duvivier-victor-fleming-josef-von-sternberg-image.jpg)
The Great Waltz
Joseph Ruttenberg
1938 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![The Good Earth Karl Freund](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-good-earth-sidney-franklin-victor-fleming-gustav-machaty-sam-wood-image.jpg)
The Good Earth
Karl Freund
1937 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Anthony Adverse Tony Gaudio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anthony-adverse-mervyn-leroy-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Anthony Adverse
Tony Gaudio
1936 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![A Midsummer Night's Dream Hal Mohr](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-midsummer-nights-dream-william-dieterle-max-reinhardt-image.jpg)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hal Mohr
1935 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Cleopatra Victor Milner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cleopatra-cecil-b.-demille-image.jpg)
Cleopatra
Victor Milner
1934 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![A Farewell to Arms Charles Lang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-farewell-to-arms-frank-borzage-image.jpg)
A Farewell to Arms
Charles Lang
1932 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Shanghai Express Lee Garmes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shanghai-express-josef-von-sternberg-image.jpg)
Shanghai Express
Lee Garmes
1931 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Floyd Crosby](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tabu-a-story-of-the-south-seas-f.w.-murnau-image.jpg)
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Floyd Crosby
1930s Academy Awards – Cinematography
![With Byrd at the South Pole Joseph T. Rucker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/with-byrd-at-the-south-pole-image.jpg)
With Byrd at the South Pole
Joseph T. Rucker
1930 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![White Shadows in the South Seas Clyde De Vinna](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/white-shadows-in-the-south-seas-w.s.-van-dyke-robert-j.-flaherty-image.jpg)
White Shadows in the South Seas
Clyde De Vinna
1929 Academy Awards – Cinematography
![Sunrise Charles Rosher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sunrise-f.w.-murnau-image.jpg)