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2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Lighthouse
Jarin Blaschke
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Suspiria
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Call Me by Your Name
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Moonlight
James Laxton
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Carol
Edward Lachman
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

12 Years a Slave
Sean Bobbitt
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ben Richardson
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Artist
Guillaume Schiffman
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Black Swan
Matthew Libatique
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

A Serious Man
Roger Deakins
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Wrestler
Maryse Alberti
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Janusz Kaminski
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Pan’s Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Robert Elswit
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Motorcycle Diaries
Eric Gautier
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

In America
Declan Quinn
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Far from Heaven
Edward Lachman
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Mulholland Drive
Peter Deming
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Requiem for a Dream
Matthew Libatique
2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Three Seasons
Lisa Rinzler
1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Velvet Goldmine
Maryse Alberti
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Declan Quinn
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Fargo
Roger Deakins
1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Leaving Las Vegas
Declan Quinn
1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Barcelona
John Thomas
1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Menace II Society
Lisa Rinzler
1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Night on Earth
Frederick Elmes
1992 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Kafka
Walt Lloyd
1991 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Wild at Heart
Frederick Elmes
1990 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Drugstore Cowboy
Robert D. Yeoman
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sven Nykvist
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Matewan
Haskell Wexler
1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography

Platoon
Robert Richardson
1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
