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2019 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Portrait of a Lady on Fire Claire Mathon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-celine-sciamma-image.jpg)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Claire Mathon
2018 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Roma Alfonso Cuarón](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roma-image.jpg)
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Shape of Water Dan Laustsen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-shape-of-water-guillermo-del-toro-image.jpg)
The Shape of Water
Dan Laustsen
2016 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Moonlight James Laxton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moonlight-image.jpg)
Moonlight
James Laxton
2015 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-image.jpg)
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Seale
2014 LAFCA Award – Best 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
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Emmanuel Lubezki
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Skyfall Roger Deakins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/skyfall-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
Skyfall
Roger Deakins
2011 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Tree of Life Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-tree-of-life-terrence-malick-image.jpg)
The Tree of Life
Emmanuel Lubezki
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Black Swan Matthew Libatique](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/black-swan-darren-aronofsky-image.jpg)
Black Swan
Matthew Libatique
2009 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The White Ribbon Christian Berger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-white-ribbon-michael-haneke-image.jpg)
The White Ribbon
Christian Berger
2008 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Still Life Nelson Lik-wai Yu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/still-life-zhangke-jia-image.jpg)
Still Life
Nelson Lik-wai Yu
2007 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Janusz Kaminski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Janusz Kaminski
2006 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Children of Men Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/children-of-men-image.jpg)
Children of Men
Emmanuel Lubezki
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Good Night, and Good Luck. Robert Elswit](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/good-night-and-good-luck.-george-clooney-image.jpg)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Robert Elswit
2004 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Collateral Dion Beebe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/collateral-michael-mann-image.jpg)
Collateral
Dion Beebe
2003 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-peter-webber-image.jpg)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Eduardo Serra
2002 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Far from Heaven Edward Lachman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/far-from-heaven-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Far from Heaven
Edward Lachman
2001 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Man Who Wasn't There Roger Deakins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-man-who-wasnt-there-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Roger Deakins
2000 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1999 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Insider Dante Spinotti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-insider-michael-mann-image.jpg)
The Insider
Dante Spinotti
1998 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1997 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![L.A. Confidential Dante Spinotti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
Dante Spinotti
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Michael Collins Chris Menges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/michael-collins-neil-jordan-image.jpg)
Michael Collins
Chris Menges
1996 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1995 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Shanghai Triad Yue Lü](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shanghai-triad-yimou-zhang-image.jpg)
Shanghai Triad
Yue Lü
1994 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Ed Wood Stefan Czapsky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ed-wood-tim-burton-image.jpg)
Ed Wood
Stefan Czapsky
1993 LAFCA Award – Best 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 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Piano Stuart Dryburgh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Stuart Dryburgh
1992 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Raise the Red Lantern Fei Zhao](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/raise-the-red-lantern-yimou-zhang-image.jpg)
Raise the Red Lantern
Fei Zhao
1991 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Barton Fink Roger Deakins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barton-fink-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
Barton Fink
Roger Deakins
1990 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Goodfellas Michael Ballhaus](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodfellas-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Goodfellas
Michael Ballhaus
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Fabulous Baker Boys Michael Ballhaus](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fabulous-baker-boys-steve-kloves-image.jpg)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michael Ballhaus
1988 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Wings of Desire Henri Alekan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wings-of-desire-wim-wenders-image.jpg)
Wings of Desire
Henri Alekan
1987 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1986 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Mission Chris Menges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-mission-roland-joffe-image.jpg)
The Mission
Chris Menges
1985 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1984 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1983 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1982 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Blade Runner Jordan Cronenweth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blade-runner-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
Blade Runner
Jordan Cronenweth
1981 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Reds Vittorio Storaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reds-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Reds
Vittorio Storaro
1980 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Tess Ghislain Cloquet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tess-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Tess
Ghislain Cloquet
1979 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![The Black Stallion Caleb Deschanel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-black-stallion-carroll-ballard-image.jpg)
The Black Stallion
Caleb Deschanel
1978 LAFCA Award – Best 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
1977 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Julia Douglas Slocombe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/julia-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
Julia
Douglas Slocombe
1976 LAFCA Award – Best Cinematography
![Bound for Glory Haskell Wexler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bound-for-glory-hal-ashby-image.jpg)