• Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Top 20 Winners Breakdown

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    2019 – Roger Deakins, 1917
    2018 – Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
    2017 – Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
    2016 – Linus Sandgren, La La Land
    2015 – Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
    2014 – Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    2013 – Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
    2012 – Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
    2011 – Robert Richardson, Hugo
    2010 – Wally Pfister, Inception
    2009 – Mauro Fiore, Avatar
    2008 – Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
    2007 – Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
    2006 – Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth
    2005 – Dion Beebe, Memoirs of a Geisha
    2004 – Robert Richardson, The Aviator
    2003 – Russell Boyd, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
    2002 – Conrad L. Hall, Road to Perdition
    2001 – Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2000 – Peter Pau, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    1999 – Conrad L. Hall, American Beauty
    1998 – Janusz Kamiński, Saving Private Ryan
    1997 – Russell Carpenter, Titanic
    1996 – John Seale, The English Patient
    1995 – John Toll, Braveheart
    1994 – John Toll, Legends of the Fall
    1993 – Janusz Kamiński, Schindler’s List
    1992 – Phillipe Rousselot, A River Runs Through It
    1991 – Robert Richardson, JFK
    1990 – Dean Semler, Dances with Wolves
    1989 – Freddie Francis, Glory
    1988 – Peter Biziou, Mississippi Burning
    1987 – Vittorio Storaro, The Last Emperor
    1986 – Chris Menges, The Mission
    1985 – David Watkin, Out of Africa
    1984 – Chris Menges, The Killing Fields
    1983 – Sven Nykvist, Fanny and Alexander
    1982 – Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor, Gandhi
    1981 – Vittorio Storaro, Reds
    1980 – Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet, Tess
    1979 – Vittorio Storaro, Apocalypse Now
    1978 – Néstor Almendros, Days of Heaven
    1977 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    1976 – Haskell Wexler, Bound for Glory
    1975 – John Alcott, Barry Lyndon
    1974 – Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc, The Towering Inferno
    1973 – Sven Nykvist, Cries and Whispers
    1972 – Geoffrey Unsworth, Cabaret
    1971 – Oswald Morris, Fiddler on the Roof
    1970 – Freddie Young, Ryan’s Daughter
    1969 – Conrad Hall, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    1968 – Pasqualino De Santis, Romeo and Juliet
    1967 – Burnett Guffey, Bonnie and Clyde
    1966 – Ted Moore, (Color) A Man for All Seasons
    Haskell Wexler, (B&W) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    1965 – Freddie Young, (Color) Doctor Zhivago
    (Ernest Laszlo), (B&W) Ship of Fools
    1964 – Harry Stradling, (Color) My Fair Lady (
    Walter Lassally, (B&W) Zorba the Greek
    1963 – Leon Shamroy, (Color) Cleopatra
    James Wong Howe, (B&W) Hud
    1962 – Freddie Young, (Color) Lawrence of Arabia
    Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz, (B&W) The Longest Day
    1961 – Daniel L. Fapp, (Color) West Side Story
    Eugen Schüfftan, (B&W) The Hustler
    1960 – Russell Metty, (Color) Spartacus
    Freddie Francis, (B&W) Sons and Lovers
    1959 – Robert Surtees, (Color) Ben-Hur
    William C. Mellor, (B&W) The Diary of Anne Frank
    1958 – Joseph Ruttenberg, (Color) Gigi
    Sam Leavitt, (B&W) The Defiant Ones
    1957 – Jack Hildyard, The Bridge on the River Kwai
    1956 – Lionel Lindon, (Color) Around the World in 80 Days
    Joseph Ruttenberg, (B&W) Somebody Up There Likes Me
    1955 – Robert Burks, (Color) To Catch a Thief
    James Wong Howe, (B&W) The Rose Tattoo
    1954 – Milton Krasner, (Color) Three Coins in the Fountain
    Boris Kaufman, (B&W) On the Waterfront
    1953 – Loyal Griggs, (Color) Shane
    Burnett Guffey, (B&W) From Here to Eternity
    1952 – Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout, (Color) The Quiet Man
    Robert Surtees, (B&W) The Bad and the Beautiful
    1951 – Alfred Gilks, John Alton, (Color) An American in Paris
    William C. Mellor, (B&W) A Place in the Sun
    1950 – Robert Surtees, (Color) King Solomon’s Mines
    Robert Krasker, (B&W) The Third Man
    1949 – Winton C. Hoch, (Color) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    Paul C. Vogel, (B&W) Battleground
    1948 – Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton C. Hoch, (Color) Joan of Arc
    William Daniels, (B&W) The Naked City
    1947 – Jack Cardiff, (Color) Black Narcissus
    Guy Green, (B&W) Great Expectations
    1946 – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling, (Color) The Yearling
    Arthur C. Miller, (B&W) Anna and the King of Siam
    1945 – Leon Shamroy, (Color) Leave Her to Heaven
    Harry Stradling, (B&W) The Picture of Dorian Gray
    1944 – Leon Shamroy, (Color) Wilson
    Joseph LaShelle, (B&W) Laura
    1943 – Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene, (Color) Phantom of the Opera
    Arthur C. Miller, (B&W) The Song of Bernadette
    1942 – Leon Shamroy, (Color) The Black Swan
    Joseph Ruttenberg, (B&W) Mrs. Miniver
    1941 – Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, (Color) Blood and Sand
    Arthur C. Miller, (B&W) How Green Was My Valley
    1940 – George Périnal, (Color) Thief of Bagdad
    George Barnes, (B&W) Rebecca
    1939 – Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, (Color) Gone with the Wind
    Gregg Toland, (B&W) Wuthering Heights
    1938 – Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey, (Color) Sweethearts
    Joseph Ruttenberg, (B&W) The Great Waltz
    1937 – W. Howard Greene, (Color) A Star is Born
    Karl Freund, (B&W) The Good Earth
    1936 – W. Howard Greene, Harold Rossen, (Color) The Garden of Allah
    Tony Guadio, (B&W) Anthony Adverse
    1935 – Hal Mohr, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    1934 – Victor Milner, Cleopatra
    1933/32 – Charles Lang, A Farewell to Arms
    1932/31 – Lee Garmes, Shanghai Express
    1931/30 – Floyd Crosby, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
    1930/29 – Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van der Veer, With Byrd at the South Pole
    1929/28 – Clyde De Vinna, White Shadows in the South Seas
    1928/27 – Charles Rosher, Karl Struss, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans