2021
GREIG FRASER, ACS, ASC
Dune
2020
ERIK MESSERSCHMIDT, ASC
Mank
2019
ROGER DEAKINS, CBE, ASC, BSC
1917
2018
ALFONSO CUARON
Roma
2017
ROGER DEAKINS, CBE, ASC, BSC
Blade Runner 2049
2016
LINUS SANDGREN
La La Land
2015
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI, ASC, AMC
The Revenant
2014
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI, ASC, AMC
Birdman
2013
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI, ASC, AMC
Gravity
2012
CLAUDIO MIRANDA
Life of Pi
2011
ROBERT RICHARDSON, ASC
Hugo
2010
WALLY PFISTER, ASC
Inception
2009
MAURO FIORE
Avatar
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
2007
ROBERT ELSWIT, ASC
There Will Be Blood
2006
GUILLERMO NAVARRO, ASC, AMC
Pan’s Labyrinth
2005
DION BEEBE, ASC, ACS
Memoirs of a Geisha
2004
ROBERT RICHARDSON, ASC
The Aviator
2003
RUSSELL BOYD, ACS, ASC
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2002
PAWEL EDELMAN, PCS
The Pianist
2001
ANDREW LESNIE, ACS, ASC
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999
CONRAD L. HALL
American Beauty
1998
JANUSZ KAMINSKI
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 KAMINSKI
Schindler's List
1992
PHILIPPE 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
Ghandi
1981
VITTORIO STORARO
Reds
1980
GEOFFREY UNSWORTH
GHISLAIN CLOQUET
Tess
1979
VITTORIO STORARO
Apocalypse Now
1978
NESTOR 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 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
HASKELL WEXLER
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(black and white)
TED MOORE
A Man For All Seasons
(color)
1965
ERNEST LASZLO
Ship of Fools
(black and white)
FREDDIE YOUNG
Doctor Zhivago
(color)
1964
WALTER LASSALLY
Zorba the Greek
(black and white)
HARRY STRADLING
My Fair Lady
(color)
1963
JAMES WONG HOWE
Hud
(black and white)
LEON SHAMROY
Cleopatra
(color)
1962
JEAN BOURGOIN
WALTER WOTTITZ
The Longest Day (black and white)
FRED A. YOUNG
Lawrence of Arabia
(color)
1961
EUGEN SHUFTAN
The Hustler
(black and white)
DANIEL L. FAPP
West Side Story
(color)
1960
FREDDIE FRANCIS
Sons and Lovers
(black and white)
RUSSELL METTY
Spartacus
(color)
1959
WILLIAM C. MELLOR
The Diary of Anne Frank
(black and white)
ROBERT L. SURTEES
Ben-Hur
(color)
1958
SAM LEAVITT
The Defiant Ones
(black and white)
JOSEPH RUTTENBERG
Gigi
(color)
1957
JACK HILDYARD
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956
JOSEPH RUTTENBERG
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(black and white)
LIONEL LINDON
Around the World in 80 Days
(color)
1955
JAMES WONG HOWE
The Rose Tattoo
(black and white)
ROBERT BURKE
To Catch a Thief
(color)
1954
BORIS KAUFMAN
On the Waterfront
(black and white)
MILTON KRASNER
Three Coins in the Fountain
(color)
1953
BURNETT GUFFEY
From Here to Eternity
(black and white)
LOYAL GRIGGS
Shane (color)
1952
ROBERT SURTEES
The Bad and the Beautiful
(black and white)
WINTON C. HOCH
ARCHIE STOUT
The Quiet Man
(color)
1951
WILLIAM C. MELLOR
A Place in the Sun
(black and white)
ALFRED GILKS
JOHN ALTON
An American in Paris
(color)
1950
ROBERT KRASKER
The Third Man
(black and white)
ROBERT SURTEES
King Solomon's Mines
(color)
1949
PAUL C. VOGEL
Battleground
(black and white)
WINTON HOCH
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(color)
1948
WILLIAM DANIELS
The Naked City
(black and white)
JOSEPH VALENTINE
WILLIAM V. SKALL
WINTON HOCH
Joan of Arc
(color)
1947
GUY GREEN
Great Expectations
(black and white)
JACK CARDIFF
Black Narcissus
(color)
1946
ARTHUR MILLER
Anna and the King of Siam
(black and white)
CHARLES ROSHER
LEONARD SMITH
ARTHUR ARLING
The Yearling
(color)
1945
HARRY STRADLING
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(black and white)
LEON SHAMROY
Leave Her to Heaven
(color)
1944
JOSEPH LaSHELLE
Laura
(black and white)
LEON SHAMROY
Wilson
(color)
1943
ARTHUR MILLER
The Song of Bernadette
(black and white)
HAL MOHR
W. HOWARD GREENE
The Phantom of the Opera
(color)
1942
JOSEPH RUTTENBERG
Mrs. Miniver
(black and white)
LEON SHAMROY
The Black Swan
(color)
1941
ARTHUR MILLER
How Green Was My Valley
(black and white)
ERNEST PALMER
RAY RENNAHAN
Blood and Sand
(color)
1940
GEORGE BARNES
Rebecca
(black and white)
GEORGE PERINAL
The Thief of Bagdad
(color)
1939
GREGG TOLAND
Wuthering Heights
(black and white)
ERNEST HALLER
RAY RENNAHAN
Gone with the Wind
(color)
1938
JOSEPH RUTTENBERG
The Great Waltz
1937
KARL FREUND
The Good Earth
1936
TONY GAUDIO
Anthony Adverse
1935
HAL MOHR
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1934
VICTOR MILNER
Cleopatra
1933
CHARLES BRYANT LANG, JR.
A Farewell to Arms
1932
LEE GARMES
Shanghai Express
1931
FLOYD CROSBY
Tabu
1930
JOSEPH T. RUCKER
WILLARD VAN DER VEER
With Byrd at the South Pole
1929
CLYDE DE VINNA
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928
CHARLES ROSHER
KARL STRUSS
Sunrise